Feds fund Rocky Boy water system repairs

Indian Health Services will reimburse the Chippewa Cree Tribe for a portion of the cost associated with recent breaks and contamination of the water system on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation that had left some reservation residents without access to water.

The office of Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont, announced the funding in a press release.

Daines had urged Mary Smith, deputy director of IHS, in a Jan. 5 letter to provide funding for repairs to the water system.

Tribal Water Resources Interim Director Dustin White said the agreement will provide $13,000 for expenses related to repairs of the water...