Personal life Clara Nomee was born on May 12, 1938, in
Crow Agency, Montana, to parents, Henry Pretty On Top, Sr. and Susie White Hip. Her parents gave her the Crow name of
Xooxaashe iisaashe itshe, meaning "Good Corn Stock". She would serve for five, two-year terms in office between 1990 and 2000. Nomee was one of just six
Native American leaders selected to meet with officials of the
Clinton administration in
Washington, D.C. in 1993. She helped to establish Crow Native Days, which attracts thousands of visitors and tourists to the Crow Tribe reservation annually. Birdinground nullified all deals made by Nomee's administration after her 1997 indictment and fired approximately 130 Crow Tribe government employees after taking office. (Two years later, Birdinground was convicted of one count of bribery by a federal court and sentenced to a prison term of 37 months.) Nomee largely remained largely out of the public's eye after leaving office in 2000, though she did make occasional public appearances. She died at St. Vincent's Hospital in
Billings, Montana, on January 31, 2012, at the age of 73. She was buried at Lodge Grass Cemetery following a funeral at Lodge Grass Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church. The Crow Chairman at the time,
Cedric Black Eagle, released a written statement saying, "Her 10-year tenure as madam chairman helped to bring stability in Crow tribal government and saw a decade of many achievements that still stand today to reflect the kind of leadership she brought to the Crow people." ==References==