http://threewisemenblog.com/2009/12/09/indian-trust-litigation-settled/ Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:03:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://threewisemenblog.com/2009/12/09/indian-trust-litigation-settled/comment-page-1/#comment-4250 Penny Curry Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:41:01 +0000 http://threewisemenblog.com/?p=4033#comment-4250 I agree 100 % we were giving beads again and not the shiny ones either. Ms. Cobell did her best and acting in our behalf but as of yet we still are being shafted. We are buying back the fractured land with our own money from the settlement what is wrong with that picture? It has been paid for with blood, sweat, and tears many times so what is the differance it is happening again. I agree 100 % we were giving beads again and not the shiny ones either. Ms. Cobell did her best and acting in our behalf but as of yet we still are being shafted. We are buying back the fractured land with our own money from the settlement what is wrong with that picture? It has been paid for with blood, sweat, and tears many times so what is the differance it is happening again.

]]> http://threewisemenblog.com/2009/12/09/indian-trust-litigation-settled/comment-page-1/#comment-4042 Elkwalksholy Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:22:43 +0000 http://threewisemenblog.com/?p=4033#comment-4042 The federal gov. basically held up moving forward on other issues affecting indians to force a settlement of this issue. Tribal sovereignty does not exist as long as the federal gov. controls the purse strings. Personally I feel that president obama, took this oppurtunity to throw the indians a bone, if he really had our backs, he could of pushed for a 50 Billion dollar settlement, after all the initial suit asked for 176 billion. I don't think he would of had trouble getting it signed, considering he had control of both congress and the senate. When are indians going to wake up and realize that neither party has our best interest at heart. We have no leaders who walk with integrity, we need indian heros, Ms.Cobell is a hero, and an asset to the Blackfeet tribe, I would encourage her to guard her integrity. The federal gov. basically held up moving forward on other issues affecting indians to force a settlement of this issue. Tribal sovereignty does not exist as long as the federal gov. controls the purse strings. Personally I feel that president obama, took this oppurtunity to throw the indians a bone, if he really had our backs, he could of pushed for a 50 Billion dollar settlement, after all the initial suit asked for 176 billion. I don’t think he would of had trouble getting it signed, considering he had control of both congress and the senate. When are indians going to wake up and realize that neither party has our best interest at heart. We have no leaders who walk with integrity, we need indian heros, Ms.Cobell is a hero, and an asset to the Blackfeet tribe, I would encourage her to guard her integrity.

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