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COUNCIL
TO LOOK INTO THE BOUNDARY OF THE SIX MILE STRIP
WEST AND THE SOUTH SHORE
The Tribal Business Council took formal action
to address the issues of the West and Southern
Boundaries of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.
This historical information was passed down for
generations and was told to me by Marcus Wells,
Sr. and Mathew Mason, so therefore I placed this
very important issue on the January 24, 2002 Agenda
for action.
The Tribal Business Council Resolution #02-22-MWJR,
states in part:
"WHEREAS, there is reason to believe that the
western boundary of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
has been set in error; and that the intention
of the treaties, legislative enactments and executive
orders creating the western boundary of the Fort
Berthold Indian Reservation require that the boundary
be set six (6) miles west of the existing boundary
and further that the same treaties, legislative
enactments and executive orders require that the
south shore of the Little Missouri River be denominated
as the southern most boundary rather than the
north shore of the Little Missouri River;
WHEREAS, the Department of Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs as Trustee and with a fiduciary
responsibility to the Three Affiliated Tribes'
to control the boundaries of the Fort Berthold
Indian Reservation; and
WHEREAS, it would serve the best interest of the
Three Affiliated Tribes and comply with the Fiduciary
responsibility of the Department of Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, that the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, that the Bureau of Indian Affairs investigate
the treaties, legislative enactments and executive
orders creating the boundaries of the Fort Berthold
Indian Reservation and determine whether the existing
western boundary of the reservation is reconciled
to the intentions of the treaties, legislative
enactments and executive orders creating the Fort
Berthold Indian Reservation and also determine
whether the south shore of the Little Missouri
River is the intended boundary of the south border
of the reservation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Three
Affiliated Tribes by and through the Tribal Business
Council hereby requests that the Secretary of
the Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
research the records of the treaties, legislative
enactments and executive orders creating the boundaries
of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and determine
whether the existing boundaries on the western
and southern boundaries are truly reconciled in
the Bureau of Land Management land title registry
to the intentions of the treaties, legislative
enactments and executive orders establishing the
exterior boundaries of the Fort Berthold Indian
Reservation."
TRIBAL
BUSINESS COUNCIL APPROVES FY 1999 AUDIT AS PRESENTED
BY BRADY MARTZ
Brady Martz presented the FY 1999 Audit which
was developed into two parts the Primary Government
Financial Statements and the Special Revenue Funds.
The Primary Government Financial Statements would
entail primarily the General Fund expenditures
and revenues.
The Special Revenue Funds would then entail the
Federal, State, County, Tribal Funded expenditures
and revenues. Having these two (2) categories,
make it easier then to have the audit prepared
and finalized.
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