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There is no shortage of interest in the four tribal council seats on the ballot in Rocky Boy’s fall elections.
Fifty-six people filed for the seats on the Chippewa Cree Business Committee.
The Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation’s primary election for four tribal seats will be Oct. 7. Voters are asked to go to the old Stone Child College gymnasium to submit their ballots.
The primary elections will whittle down the list of 56 candidates to the eight top candidates.
In conjunction with state elections, the general elections for the tribal seats will be Nov. 4, at the reservation’s Wellness Center.
Rick Morsette, the interim chair of the committee, is not running for re-election. He can remain interim chair without serving on the council. Morsette was named interim chair after trial council removed Ken St. Marks as chair. St. Marks is in a protracted legal battle to get his seat back. Council members have said if St. Marks gets his seat back, they will once again remove him.
State lawmakers are taking an interest in the race.
State Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, has filed, as has Gilbert Meyers, the Republican hopeful for Montana House in the fall election.
The 56 candidates are, in alphabetical order:
Harlan Gopher Baker
Frank Billy
Joe Bigknife
Sammy Camper
Bert Corcoran
Joseph Corcoran
Michael “Big Mike” Corcoran
Misty “Brooks” Denny
Brian “Kelly” Eagleman
Bobbi Jo Favel
Garrick Ferguson Sr.
Van Four Souls
Priscilla “PJ” Friede
Duane M. Gopher
Jonathan “John” Gopher
Russell “Rusty” Gopher
Russell J. Houle Sr.
Calvin Jilot
Terry Koop
Tim Koop Sr.
Jody Lamere
Nicole Lamere
Pete T. Lamere
Beau Mitchell
Dominic Meyers
Gilbert Bruce Meyers
Curtis Monteau Jr.
Wilbur Nagel Sr.
Theron W. Oats
Luke Parisian
Willie Parisian
Raymond “Jazz” Parker
Shane Patacsil
Taj Riotutar
Cody Rivas Sr.
Sonny Roasting Stick
Neal Rosette Sr.
David “Chubby” Russette
Rose Lynn Saddler
Tanya Schmockel
Joshua “Waff” Seaton
Clinton “Chewees” Small
Gerald Small
Stacy Small
Harriet Standing Rock
Jolene “Kisser” Standing Rock
Russell Standing Rock
Donovan Stump
Marva Stump
Leon “Blackie” Sutherland
Pete Sutherland
Frances Topsky
Wilma Jean Denny Tyner
Ted. E. Whitford Sr.
Alvin John Windy Boy Sr.
Jonathan Windy Boy
Reader Comments(1)
rbcitizen writes:
the people in RB are very angry and hurt over this embezzling. SO I say, Good luck to all the new candidates and the ones that are running for re-election, we hope that you do not win... because you all knew what was going on in the first place and did not attempt to put a stop to this corruption. We need honest leaders that will work for the people, our land, our reservation, especially OUR CHILDREN!, their future.
09/25/2014, 11:03 am