Montana Oil

Interior Dept to cancel energy lease on US, Canadian Blackfoot sacred land

Interior Dept cancelling drilling lease near Glacier National Park BILLINGS, Mont. _ The Interior Department plans to cancel a long-suspended oil and gas drilling lease near Glacier National Park that’s on land considered sacred to the Blackfoot tribes of the U.S. and Canada, according to court documents filed Monday. Tribal leaders said such a move […]

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Blackfeet Indian tribe breaks off talks over drilling on sacred Montana land

Blackfeet leaders have asked Interior Secretary to cancel leases BILLINGS, Mont. – An American Indian tribe in Montana has taken the rare step of breaking off formal talks with the U.S. government and a Louisiana company that has been seeking for decades to drill for natural gas on land considered sacred by the Blackfeet people. Blackfeet tribal

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