Rocky Boy casino lawsuit stretches back more than a decade

Wednesday’s hearing in a lawsuit that has led the government of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation to warn it would be laying people off and not making payments in some areas to its members is the latest step in a story about funding a tribal casino that goes back more than 10 years.

The Chippewa Cree Business Committee and its Child Support Services office announced last Tuesday that due to BEH Gaming Ltd.’s lawsuit freezing up funds, the tribe would have to reduce its workforce, stop sending child support payments and stop making general assistance payments, in documents posted on The...