Article: Northern Cheyenne pow wow celebrates water agreement

John Young
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
06-29-1994
Northern Cheyenne pow wow celebrates water agreement.

By John Young

Indian Country Today

LAME DEER, Mont. -- The signing of a landmark water agreement among state, federal and tribal officials will highlight the annual Northern Cheyenne Pow Wow this year.

The focus of the agreement is the Tongue River dam, a state-owned structure located south of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation and just north of the Wyoming state line. The dam, which was weakened by flooding several years ago, poses a threat to downstream communities. Federal legislation to repair the dam was passed, and a pre-construction environmental review is now in progress, ...

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