Tribal Dispute Hits Supreme Court With Trump Support

What started as a simple elk hunt on a Montana reservation has morphed into a U.S. Supreme Court case with potentially dramatic consequences for American Indian tribes.

Crow tribe member Clayvin Herrera says he was just hunting to feed his family as his ancestors have done for years. But Wyoming says he had no right to take the hunt into its forest.

The justices will hear arguments tomorrow in the dispute over an old federal treaty that could not only impact tribes across the country but also farming, ranching, and wildlife interests.

The answer to the question whether the Crow ...