Two members of the Skull Valley Goshute Tribe of Utah were arrested on Thursday after a meeting at the tribal offices turned into a shouting match.
Rex Allen and his sister, Mary Allen, tried to ask chairman Leon Bear, who is under federal indictment, questions about tribal business. But they were told they could not speak because they hadn't signed in to the meeting.
A Bureau of Indian Affairs officer and a local county deputy arrested the pair after they kept interrupting Bear. Rex Allen was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Mary Allen was charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and assault.
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