Eminent Domain Land Grab on Sioux Indian Reservation: Third Wounded Knee?

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Feds Threatening 'Third Wounded Knee' with Eminent Domain Land Grab on Sioux Indian Reservation

Patrick Henningsen21st Century WireSPECIAL REPORT

In the wake of a Bundy Ranch crisis sparked by a militarized federal land-grab effort in Nevada, it seems that the Department of Interior has set its sights on a new prize - this time targeting once protected Indian reservation land on Pine Ridge in South Dakota.

The Oglala Sioux and Lakota Sioux of the reservation have been told by the Federal Government that the National Parks Service will be taking land that comprises the South Unit of the Badlands National Park as a new 'Tribal National Park', only the wording in the bill clearly indicates that it will be a federally managed national park under the Department of Interior, giving mere lip service to its tribal title.

The Congressional bill has already been written, and if passed through Congress, both tribal members and non tribal members will be stripped of their deeded land – at a price set by the federal government. If owners do not accept Washington's offer (expected to be a meager one), the land can be acquired at no cost because the measure has waived all appraisal rights and stipulates that Washington can simply take Indian land by force under 'eminent domain'.

Thousands of tribe members will be affected by the land-grab. Some residents will be forced to relocate, and many more others will lose their income from grazing allotments on the land – a result which will ultimately force any remaining independent cattle ranchers out of business.

In addition to all this, Tribal members will lose their share of income from entrance fees collected at the adjacent North Gate of the Badlands National Park – a punitive measure which will further compound the existing economic depression on a reservation where the average annual income is around $8,000 per year.??

Washington may be pining for yet another 'Wounded Knee', as many residents and tribal members are prepared to stand their ground in the face of a federal imperialist policy inside US borders - a trend which many Americans have experienced first-hand, particularly in western states like Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona and California.

Pine Ridge and Sioux cattle rancher Bud May with father Avery (Photo credit: Bud May)


Tribal member and local cattle rancher Bud May believes the issue is not confined to Pine Ridge.

May states, "There is a feeling of common cause between attached parties on this issue – namely tribes and other reservations. The bottom line is we'll all be under dictatorial control if something is not done quick".

The federal move initially gained traction after a Tribal Ordinance passed by the Tribal Council in the spring of 2013.

Many Tribal members have been frustrated with the tribal council, which has gone against the will of the people to back the park. All 9 districts on the reservation have passed unanimous resolutions against the park along with the Shannon County Commissioners and several South Dakota State legislators.

Badlands' located on the Pine Ridge Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota (Photo Credit: Bud May)

To add insult to injury, it appears that all landowners were only notified of the measure until after it had passed, with their first news of the federal plan coming in the form of eviction notices issued by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Land Operations department in the fall of 2013.

The Tribal Council of 19 has yet to allow a democratic referendum on the federal takeover, although sources confirm that the referendum option is on the agenda for next month's council meeting.


'Cowboys and Indian' in Common Cause

The federal land-grab crisis was elevated to national news in April when Nevada independent rancher Cliven Bundy and his supporters stood toe to toe in an armed standoff with the the Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over Bundy's private property and land rights which trace back to 1870?s.

Lory Storm, a Nebraska radio host who has been following recent developments at Pine Ridge describes the synergy now happening between what were previously strange bedfellows.

Storm explains, "The difference between this situation and the Bundy Ranch conflict: It will be the first time in the history of our Country that the Cowboys and Indians pose a united front against a federal government that is used to winning battles by first dividing and then conquering."

Already, many land owners are taking the position that they will not comply with the latest order from the government – leaving many to wonder whether this potential standoff will become the third 'Wounded Knee' incident involving a standoff between the Sioux Nation and the US Federal government.

June 25th is the anniversary of the infamous conflict at the Little Big Horn between General Custer, the Northern Cheyenne and the Lakota Sioux, and this year's anniversary will see residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation along with other protesters gathering again Wounded Knee to protest the theft of their land by the Federal Government.

Crowds will gather to protest and a symbolic ride will take place today, where tribal riders will be joined by riders from ranches in Nebraska and South Dakota in the afternoon at the Gordon Legion in a show of solidarity on the issue of private property rights and grazing rights.

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South Dakota oil boom?
Posted: Monday, October 24, 2011 9:26 am ..(notice the DATE)
South Dakota oil boom? By Adam Hurlburt Black Hills Pioneer Black Hills Pioneer | 2 comments

HARDING COUNTY —  South Dakota auctioned off some 67,000 acres of public land in Harding and Butte counties earlier this month — one of the largest oil based public land sales in the state's recent history. One hundred and eighty six of the 189 lots were scooped up by Bedrock Oil and Gas of Boerne, Texas. Could this mean the state is on the edge of a North Dakota-like oil boom?

At this point the most responsible answer is "maybe."

Bedrock Oil and Gas have chosen to keep their intentions to themselves at this point. But they certainly didn't buy all that land for a hunting ranch.

"Basically I view the land lease by Bedrock as a speculative kind of activity," said South Dakota State Geologist Derric Iles.

Iles says there are a number of geologic units buried under the northwest corner of the state that contain unexplored potential. One of these is the Minnelusa formation, which North Dakotans call the Tyler formation. Same rock unit, different name.

"The Tyler (Minnelusa in South Dakota) formation is one of the units most recently shown to be productive, regarding hydrocarbons, in North Dakota," Iles said. "Parts of the Minnelusa are shale, like North Dakota's rich Bakken and Three Forks formations, which are largely responsible for the state's number four ranking in domestic oil production."

The Bakken and Three Forks formations are also responsible for North Dakota's nearly $1billion budget surplus and 3.5 percent unemployment rate, the lowest in the country.

Iles explained that nearly all the geologic formations at the source of North Dakota's tremendous oil and gas related economic boom also underlie northwestern South Dakota. But he was quick to point out a fundamental difference between those formations as they lie in South Dakota and the very same formations in North Dakota, Montana and Canada.

"Those states have the deeper portions of what we call the Williston Basin. As you come into South Dakota all the rock in it has become progressively shallower," Iles said. "Almost without exception the necessary testing of these shallower rock units has not occurred, therein lies our unexplored potential. Any exploratory effort, let alone any effort to produce oil, is an expensive endeavor. Just to explore it will cost some considerable dollars."

Exploration. In all likelihood that's what's going to go down on Bedrock's new land. The Texas company won't confirm it, if indeed that is their plan. But Randy Coleman, landman for Bedrock, did confirm two things, one: that exploring for oil isn't as easy as it looks on the "Beverly Hillbillies" and two: that his phone has been ringing off the hook since the Associated Press ran an article on Bedrock's purchase late last week.

"People are just flipping out, they need to catch their breath and just let this thing kind of evolve. It takes time to drill for oil and gas, it just doesn't come popping out everywhere you put a hole in the ground," he said. "You won't know (what's under northwest South Dakota) until you have exploration people, who I represent, do the follow up work."

That follow up work would include collecting and interpreting seismic reflection data to look for potential trapped hydrocarbons and, if the data appears lucrative, drilling exploratory holes.

"I was with Texas Gas and Oil in 1980, and what we're talking about right here, we did the same thing back then," Coleman said. "What we called it back then was 'trend acerage.' In other words, you just kind of have a geological idea in a geologist's head. And with that you just go out and 'buy the whole world'  kind of thing with nothing to back it up, thinking that somewhere along the line you're going to come back, shoot some seismic, do some well control and put some prospects together. It's no different now than it was in 1980."

Coleman did offer that Bedrock Oil and Gas is an exploration company "that has the capability and expertise to prove up any basin on the face of the earth."

Iles stressed that he and the state geological survey were uncertain as to exactly what's under the surface of the land Bedrock purchased as far as hydrocarbons were concerned.

At this point any oil and gas exploration in the area is just as likely to yield a boom as it is a bust.

"What you're looking at is, you saw a successful state sale that stimulated a little bit of the economy of South Dakota," Coleman said. "We're at the embryonic phase of an exploratory effort and people ought to just catch their breath until somebody goes in there and drills some wells. I hope that South Dakota turns into something similar to North Dakota, because it's really helped out some good people to make a living."

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[Shasta56]

One of my classmates in high school was at the Wounded Knee activity in the seventies.  He was originally from Pine Ridge.

I think my daughter's brother was working up in South Dakota.  I wasn't as quick as Deuem to put two and two together.   The feds are just beyond ridiculous.   Any thing else I might say would not be fit to print.

Shasta