BLM to auction seized tribal cattle

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2002

The Bureau of Land Management plans to auction 157 cattle seized from a Nevada tribe.

The herd was taken from lands administered by the BLM but claimed by the Western Shoshone under an 1863 treaty. The Shoshone's South Fork Te-Moak Livestock Association stopped paying fees on the land so they cattle was taken.

The auction is set to take place on Friday. The tribe estimates the herd is worth $100,000.

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