The Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation and Native voters filed a lawsuit challenging  Chouteau County’s unfair, at-large voting system. The suit alleges the system unlawfully dilutes the voting strength of Native voters and has denied them any representation on the county commission for more than a decade.   

On June 2, 1924, the Indian Citizenship Act was signed into law, granting U.S. citizenship to Native people.