Montana Oil & Gas

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Jennifer Schmidt reports from Montana where sacred Blackfoot Indian tribal land was leased in the 1980’s to gas and oil companies for potential development. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has declared a moratorium on drilling among the mountain wilderness, and both sides  ? Native Americans and the interested corporation  ? wait to see what will happen next.

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