Rocky Boy asks for emergency hearing in lawsuit

The Chippewa Cree Tribe has called for an emergency hearing with Hill County District Court Judge Daniel Boucher to immediately release funds the tribe says were wrongly taken from tribal accounts by BEH Gaming Ltd., a  Florida gaming company, as a result of judgment in an ongoing lawsuit.

BEH sued the tribe and other entities, saying they failed to repay money BEH guaranteed or lent them to build or improve Northern Winz Casino on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation.

Shelby DeMars, a spokesperson for the tribe said this morning in an email that the tribe has not yet received any response a...