Land program strengthens tribal sovereignty and reduces land fractionation
BROWNING, MONT. –(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2016. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today traveled to the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana with U.S. Senator Jon Tester for a signing ceremony commemorating a new agreement with the Blackfeet Nation to implement the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program).
The Buy-Back Program serves as the land consolidation component of the Cobell settlement, which provided $1.9 billion to purchase…
