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Former Blackfeet operations manager pleads not guilty in tribal theft case

by NICOLE GIRTEN Daily Montanan
| November 29, 2023 12:00 AM

A former operations manager for the Blackfeet Tribe pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges accusing him of stealing thousands in Covid-19 relief funds from the tribe.

James McNeely, 43, of Browning, was charged with theft from an Indian tribal government receiving federal funding, wire fraud and theft from an Indian tribal organization in October.

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