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Rocky Boy council sworn in after half-year wait

The four members of the Chippewa Cree Business Committee who have been waiting to be sworn in while appeals have been going on were finally able to take their seats Thursday.

Beau Mitchell, Jody LaMere, Calvin Jilot and Harlan Gopher Baker filled empty seats on the tribal council after taking their oath.

"I think we can do some great things for the tribe if we just stick together," said Ted Whitford, a committee member who led the meeting Thursday.

Rick Morsette stepped out of his position as vice-chair and interim chair during contention with the voted-in chairman, Ken Blatt St. Marks.

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rbcitizen writes:

I hope they do work at fixing this everyday tribal business. With these women are running this tribe now, all this overtime they get every week has to stop now. If they can't do their work in a 40 hour work week they should be reprimanded or fired. And all their family members they're putting to work. Alot of these applications don't even get turned in to be voted on. because personnel think they can hire and fire. All this has to stop. And seems like no one wants to work at the tribal office.