Daines calls for help with Rocky Boy water

In a letter to Indian Health Services dated Jan 4, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., urged the agency to meet the request of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and fund repairs of the reservation’s water system.

“I write to implore your swift and immediate action in response to the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s urgent request regarding the tribe’s water service,” Daines wrote in his letter.

Daines said the issue is “of the utmost importance and must be addressed immediately.”

Dustin White, interim director of the Tribal Water Resources Department of Public Works, said Thursday that th...