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For Immediate Release: February 3, 1977

John Buffalohorn has been appointed Superintendent of the Northern Cheyenne Agency at Lame Dear, Montana, the Bureau of Indian Affairs announced today.

Buffalohorn, who is a full-blood member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, has been Superintendent of the BIA Fort Totten Agency in North Dakota.

An Army veteran, Buffalohorn, began his career with the BIA in 1954, at the Haskell Institute (now Haskell Indian Junior College). He has been stationed at agencies in Oklahoma, North Dakota and Montana.

A Native of Busby, Montana, Buffalohorn completed the business administration program at Haskell. He is 44.