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Rocky Boy's tribal council rescinds slander ordinance

Great Falls Tribune, Mont.

The Rocky Boy's tribal council unanimously rescinded an ordinance that allowed the tribe to take all the possessions and banish anyone convicted of bad-mouthing tribal employees.

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