The centralized business community for
tribal members is the unincorporated town of
Crow Agency, which also has the Crow Tribal
Administration’s facilities and 31 programs.
The BIA program offices are located in Crow
Agency; these programs include Irrigation,
Forestry, Roads, Personnel, Credit, Land
Operations, Finance, Law and Order, and Real
Estate Office. The IHS, Crow/Northern
Cheyenne Hospital is located south of Crow
Agency, near US-212. The Little Bighorn
Battlefield, National Park Service is
located two miles south of Crow Agency on
US-212.
Legislative District - Reno AKA Center
Lodge
Educational Facilities - Elementary
District #17H
Crow Agency School: K-6, (406)
638-2252
Little Bighorn College: Tribal
Community College, fully accredited
institution.
Utilities
Electric: Big Horn County Electric
Coop (406) 665-2830
Telephone: Project Telephone Company
(406) 783-5659
Water Storage Tanks: West Crow Hill
Housing Tank and East Hospital Tank
Community Septic Tank Systems:
Contact Mr. Bruce Fritzler, IHS Hospital
Waste Stabilization Ponds: Three
ponds in need of maintenance and
renovation
Solid Waste Handling and Disposal:
As part of the Big Horn County Solid
Waste Plan , solid waste disposal is
contracted.
Medical Facilities and Services
The Crow/Northern Cheyenne Indian Hospital
is a 24-bed hospital that officially opened
April 6,1995. Service Unit was accredited by
the JCAHO in October 2000.
The existing hospital facility provides
general medical, pediatric, newborn, and OB/GYN
inpatient services such as ENT, general
surgery, limited orthopedic and
ophthalmology are performed in the
Crow/Northern Cheyenne Indian hospital
through contractual arrangements with
Specialists in Sheridan, Wyoming and
Billings, Montana.
Nursing home care is provided by the
“Awe-Kualawaache” (Chief
Sits-in-the-Middle-of-the-Land) Nursing Home
was officially opened for occupancy on May
13,1998 and was certified by the state June
9 1998. The facility has a 40 resident
capacity serving Medicaid, and private pay
patients. The nursing home is located in the
old tribal headquarters.
Ambulance Service is contracted by Big Horn
County Ambulance out of Hardin. One
ambulance is stationed at Crow Hospital.
Extrication for vehicular accidents is
provided by the ambulance stationed at
Hardin, Montana.
Fire Protection
Grass and Rangeland
fire suppression: BIA Fire Department
Structural Fire
Suppression: BIA Fire Department has two
new structural fire trucks, but
has limited trained personnel to fight
structural fires. Big Horn County Fire
Department
is dispatched to all structural fires
from Hardin through a cooperative
memorandum of
understanding (MOU) agreement.
Law Enforcement
BIA Police
Department, Crow Agency Office, has
jurisdiction for Indians on the
reservation.
Big Horn County
Sheriff’s Office, Hardin, Montana, has
jurisdiction for non-Indians on
the reservation.
Montana Highway
Patrol has jurisdiction on I-90 through
the reservation.
