Chippewa Cree Indians of Rocky Boy Sue Chouteau County for Vote Dilution

On August 14, 2025, the Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation and two Native voters filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana challenging Chouteau County’s unfair, at-large voting system for the Board of County Commissioners. The suit alleges the system unlawfully dilutes the voting strength of Native voters and has denied them any representation on the County Commission for more than a decade.   

Read more here and see the Complaint below.

Federal Court Denies Arbitration and Tribal Exhaustion Motions in Dispute Arising from Loan Initiated by Chippewa Cree

Here are the materials in Pearson v. United Debt Holdings (N.D. Ill.):

27 United Debt Motion to Compel Arbitration

27-1 Exhibit

34 Response

35 reply

37 DCT Order

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Denies Petition by Tribal Payday Lenders to Set Aside Investigative Demands

Here:

201309_cfpb_decision-on-petition_great-plains-lending-to-set-aside-civil-investigative-demands

Thanks to S.D. More material here.