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Solon Moccasin runs for chairman, pledges to address economy

Solon Moccasin graduated from Hardin High School in 1986 and received his Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Administration from Montana State University-Billings in 1993.

He is running for Chairman of the Crow Tribe.

Solon is a third generation rancher residing 10 miles southwest of Lodge Grass. He has worked at the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Crow Agency as an irrigation accountant. While working there, he was able to resolve irrigation issues with land owners and maintain an accurate budget.

He worked with youth when he was the director of the Boys and Girls club of the Crow Nation, and he worked with college students as the Adult Vocational Training Coordinator of the Crow Nation.

Solon is running for the office because he believes that he can change the economic situation of the Crow Tribe through education and good government management. 

Read more about Solon's platform after the jump...

Big Elections Coming Up

The Crow Tribe will hold a primary election on October 11 and the General Election on Saturday, November 1.
The US Presidential election will be held on Tuesday ,November 4.

For the Tribal election, the only place to vote is at the Multi Purpose Building in Crow Agency. Polls will be open from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. The presidential election can be voted either by absentee voting , which starts on October 6, or by going to one of the polls that will be in each town on the Crow Reservation.

The following are candidates for the Crow Primary Election:

Chairman                                                        Vice-Chairman                        

Calvin Coolidge Jefferson                                 Adrian Dean Bird
Manuel Covers Up                                            Cedric Black Eagle(Incumbent)
Carlson Goes Ahead                                         John Holds Jr                                 
Lloyd Hogan Jr.                                               Wallace Red Star
Solon Moccasin
Gerald Pease
Burton Pretty on Top
Carl Venne(Incumbent)

Secretary                                                          Vice-Secretary

Scott Russell (Incumbent)                                    Melva Iron
David Turns Plenty, Jr                                         Darrin Old Coyote(Incumbent)
Hubert Burdick Two Leggins                                Melvin Stops

                                                                                                                          Posted by: Leo Hudetz

Beyond the Photos, the Real Magic of Crow Fair

A group of photographers take pictures during grand entry at the 90th Annual Crow Fair Celebration in Crow Agency, Mont.
Crow News Photo/Adam Sings In The Timber

Even viewed in the most favorable light, impersonal images from a powwow such as Crow Fair miss the most important aspects of the event itself, and the people and cultures on display.

By Robert Struckman, 8-21-08

This column first appeared on NewWest.Net

This year during one of the daily parades at Crow Fair, the annual powwow and rodeo held along the Little Big Horn River on the Crow Reservation in southern Montana, one of my mothers-in-law yelled combatively at a professional photographer who planted himself between her and one of her grandchildren on parade.

“Hey, get out of the way,” she hollered. “We’re taking pictures, too.”

The guy knelt down and kept shooting film.