Editing Crow people (section)

===Leadership===
{{Further|Crow Tribal Administration}}
[[File:CarlVenneANDBarackObama-May19-2008.JPG|thumb|upright|left|Crow Tribal Chairperson Carl Venne and Barack Obama on the Crow Indian Reservation in [[Montana]] on 19 May 2008. Obama was the first presidential candidate to visit the Crow Tribe.]]

The seat of government and capital of the [[Crow Indian Reservation]] is Crow Agency, [[Montana]].

The Crow Tribe historically elected a chairperson of tribal council biennially; however, in 2001, the term of office was extended to four years. The previous chairperson was [[Carl Venne]]. The chairperson serves as chief executive officer, speaker of the council, and majority leader of the Crow Tribal Council. The constitutional changes of 2001 created a three-branch government. The chairperson serves as the head of the executive branch, which includes the offices of vice-chairperson, secretary, vice-secretary, and the tribal offices and departments of the Crow Tribal Administration. Notable chairs include [[Clara Nomee]], [[Edison Real Bird Administration|Edison Real Bird]], and [[Robert Yellowtail|Robert "Robie" Yellowtail]].

On 19 May 2008, Hartford and Mary Black Eagle of the Crow Tribe adopted U.S. Senator (later President) [[Barack Obama]] into the tribe on the date of the first visit of a U.S. presidential candidate to the nation.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/05/19/obama_adopted_into_crow_nation.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Obama Adopted into Crow Nation |url-status = dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704194411/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/05/19/obama_adopted_into_crow_nation.html | archive-date=4 July 2008 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Crow representatives also took part in President Obama's inaugural parade. In 2009, Dr. [[Joe Medicine Crow|Joseph Medicine Crow]] was one of 16 people awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]].

During the [[United States federal government shutdown of 2013]], the Crow Tribe furloughed 316 employees and suspended programs providing health care, bus services and improvements to irrigation.<ref name=indian>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Matthew|title=Shutdown hits vulnerable Indian tribes as basics such as foster care, nutrition threatened|url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/226131551.html?page=1&c=y|access-date=3 October 2013|newspaper=Minnesota Star-Tribune|date=2 October 2013|agency=AP|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221051/http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/226131551.html?page=1&c=y|archive-date=4 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 2020, the Tribal Chairman AJ Not Afraid Jr. endorsed [[List of Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign political endorsements|President Donald Trump's reelection]], along with endorsing Republicans [[Steve Daines]] [[2020 United States Senate election in Montana|for the Senate]], [[Greg Gianforte]] [[2020 Montana gubernatorial election|for Governor]] and [[Matt Rosendale]] [[2020 United States House of Representatives election in Montana|for the U.S. House]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Crow Tribal Chairman endorses Trump campaign |url=https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/crow-tribal-chairman-endorses-trump-campaign-0XWBbrkBP0KzVwQnkjQo3A |website=Indian Country Today |date=15 September 2020 |access-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref>
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