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The Little Shell Alliance that is trying to change their tribe's constitution now has a committee in place to oversee their upcoming election.

The committee is made up of seven members and will be chaired by Anginette Bromlie-Estey from Helena.

James Parker Shield, Little Shell Alliance member, explained, "Those are all tribal members. Some of them are new faces, including hers. They're upset about what's going on and they want to get involved in reforming their tribal government, taking it back to the people."

Parker Shield says the committee will draft the details of the election that a portion of tribal members voted in last week.

The election will ask members to decide on multiple issues, including replacing current leadership.

Little Shell Tribe president John Sinclair has called the election illegal and has threatened to take action against the Alliance.

Sinclair said, "They've used some obscure idea that they have to justify it and they've gotten approximately 10% of the members to agree with it, so I don't know what else we can do. There's no point in getting upset about something that basically we really have no desire to control."

Sinclair says he is working to put together a three-judge panel to host a hearing on the actions of the Alliance.

The Little Shell Alliance is pushing forward with its election, which is set for March 6th.