Don Wilson of the Blackfeet Tribe confirmed that the $14.5 million was only part of the story. The Blackfeet Tribe could receive $15 million in an agreement that would make all three sides involved satisfied (pacified). Blackfeet get $15 million over 15 years while the farmers get water and the State of Montana is happy, everyone is happy. The Blackfeet would have to agree not to irrigate a portion of their own land in return for payment.
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Submitted by Jessica Racine on Fri, 2007-11-02 13:08.In response to the current article on Blackfeet water compacts with the state I would have to say $14.5 million is peanuts for our water. We have accumulated interest on fee land that far exceeds the amount we are being offered for our vital resource. A pattern of resource exploitation has existed since the begining of relations with the whiteman.
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