Montana Oil & Gas

The World

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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