Fort Belknap Tribes seek water rights settlement

Tuesday, May 22, 2007  

The Fort Belknap Indian Community in Montana is asking Congress to settle their water rights.

In 2001, the Gros Ventre Tribe, the Assiniboine Tribe, and the state agreed to resolve a dispute over water from the Milk River. Now the tribes want Congress to authorize a cash and land settlement.

The tribes are asking for $240 million and 55,000 acres. The money would be used to pay for an ethanol plant and a new irrigation system.

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Tribes seek land, cash settlement (AP 5/22)

$rl Fort Belknap Indian Community - http://www.fortbelknapnations-nsn.gov

Opinion: Gros Ventre Tribe opposed to water deal (4/2)