EXHIBIT 23
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KMPG
1000 First Interstate Center
401 N. 31st Street
P.O. Box 7108
Billings, MT 59103
Independent Auditors' Consent
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The Board of Directors
Crazy Woman Creek Bancorp Incorporated
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-53543) on Form S-8 of Crazy Woman Creek Bancorp Incorporated of our report
dated October 27, 2000 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Crazy
Woman Creek Bancorp Incorporated and subsidiary as of September 30, 2000 and
1999 and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and
comprehensive income, and cash flows for the years then ended, which report
appears in the September 30, 2000 annual report on Form 10-KSB of Crazy Woman
Creek Bancorp Incorporated.
/s/KPMG LLP
Billings, Montana
December 18, 2000
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