The major problem in understanding Blackfeet political history is that the State of Montana has erased all knowledge of the land thefts of Blackfeet allotments in public school education curriculum. Tribal leaders do not understand allottee forced patent frauds and do not see the need to support tribal members individual land claims. Past tribal council Chairman Old Person was proud of his co-dependency on the BIA. He is the first chief to go against his own people. He ought to be banished, shunned and shamed.
The state-tribal water compact and the Cobell Case ignore the massive land thefts of Blackfeet allotments and oil wells. I advise tribal members to oppose settlement of water rights claims in the current Blackfeet water compact and $1,000 “compensation” in the Cobell case. It is arrogant and ignorant to ask us to sell out our forced patent claims to give white ranchers Blackfeet title to stolen land and water rights on the reservation forever.
The tribal council under Chairman Old Person protected the BIA and the rich white ranchers on the reservation. They ignored the Blackfeet victims of the BIA-white ranchers land frauds in the forced fee patents conspiracy. The evidence testified to in Congress is the truth because BIA Officials were under duress to tell the truth or face five years in federal prison for lying to Congress. In that testimony presented by Forest Gerard, Head of the BIA told of the crimes committed by the BIA against the Indian allottees, and the legal need for Congress to restore the title to the Indians.
Why didn’t the Congress restore the Blackfeet allotments? It was because of Chairman Old Person stonewalling the forced patent claims at the reservation level. I was told by the senate lawyer that Chairman Old Person refused the claims, and there was nothing they could do because the tribal council is the elected representative of the Blackfeet people. This is the visible head of the BIA conspiracy to extinguish tribal forced patent claims. The Cobell Case and the state-tribal water compact are void and illegal.
Before you accuse me of lying, why don’t you ask Old Person and Cobell to explain their proposed claims and settlements in plain language we understand? Did Chairman Old Person and Tribal Treasurer Cobell ever give you a Tribal Finance Report? Where is their concern about the 1,200 tribal members who hold legal claims for loss of 350,000 acres of Blackfeet allotments and oil wells? It would seem traitorous not to care.
What of $300,000,000 in compensation due us? Do we “settle” for $1,000 and give white rancher’s title to 350,000 acres of Blackfeet land, water rights and oil wells? The settlement offers are another BIA operative to extinguish the Blackfeet land claims. First return our land and money that the BIA helped to steal. Indian claims come first to a Blackfeet patriot. The reason there is a push to settle claims is the white man is covering his tracks.
The state-tribal water compact and the Cobell Case ignore the massive land thefts of Blackfeet allotments and oil wells. I advise tribal members to oppose settlement of water rights claims in the current Blackfeet water compact and $1,000 “compensation” in the Cobell case. It is arrogant and ignorant to ask us to sell out our forced patent claims to give white ranchers Blackfeet title to stolen land and water rights on the reservation forever.
The tribal council under Chairman Old Person protected the BIA and the rich white ranchers on the reservation. They ignored the Blackfeet victims of the BIA-white ranchers land frauds in the forced fee patents conspiracy. The evidence testified to in Congress is the truth because BIA Officials were under duress to tell the truth or face five years in federal prison for lying to Congress. In that testimony presented by Forest Gerard, Head of the BIA told of the crimes committed by the BIA against the Indian allottees, and the legal need for Congress to restore the title to the Indians.
Why didn’t the Congress restore the Blackfeet allotments? It was because of Chairman Old Person stonewalling the forced patent claims at the reservation level. I was told by the senate lawyer that Chairman Old Person refused the claims, and there was nothing they could do because the tribal council is the elected representative of the Blackfeet people. This is the visible head of the BIA conspiracy to extinguish tribal forced patent claims. The Cobell Case and the state-tribal water compact are void and illegal.
Before you accuse me of lying, why don’t you ask Old Person and Cobell to explain their proposed claims and settlements in plain language we understand? Did Chairman Old Person and Tribal Treasurer Cobell ever give you a Tribal Finance Report? Where is their concern about the 1,200 tribal members who hold legal claims for loss of 350,000 acres of Blackfeet allotments and oil wells? It would seem traitorous not to care.
What of $300,000,000 in compensation due us? Do we “settle” for $1,000 and give white rancher’s title to 350,000 acres of Blackfeet land, water rights and oil wells? The settlement offers are another BIA operative to extinguish the Blackfeet land claims. First return our land and money that the BIA helped to steal. Indian claims come first to a Blackfeet patriot. The reason there is a push to settle claims is the white man is covering his tracks.
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