Did this happen in 1897, 1946 or last month?

Jeanne Hobbs wanted financial assistance from her tribe to get her roof fixed.

She was told no money existed.

Next, a tribal officer arrived at her doorstep intent on enforcing a new ordinance on the Rocky Boy’s Reservation in Montana that allowed the tribe to seize personal property — including homes, cows and computers — if a person had allegedly made defamatory remarks about a tribal leader.

If the accused was found guilty, the tribe could sell the property, banish the citizen from the reservation for up to five years and levy a $5,000 fine.
A second offense could lead to “relinquishment of enrollment” and a permanent ban from the reservation.

Banned citizens would be considered “legally dead and a nonentity with no civil rights,” nor could they “come before the courts of the tribe for any reason.”