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Tribal
Business Council acts to take ownership over of
the Four Bear Bridge
Tribal
Business Council approves Resolution #01-304-MWJR,
which states in part:
"WHEREAS, The ownership of the new bridge and
the old 4 Bears Bridge is in doubt, as the ownership
issue was left in dispute as a result of a decision
rendered on March 5, 1979 by Judge Bruce Van Sickle
of the U.S. District Court for the District of
North Dakota in which he stated that he would
not decide the ownership issue, since the State
of North Dakota had already agreed to maintain
the bridge in a series of agreements with the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and therefore he
did not need to decide the ownership question;
and
WHEREAS, The Three Affiliated Tribes believes
that a minimum, the ACOE owns the bridge, both
the new bridge and the old bridge, and the Three
Affiliated Tribes and the U.S. Department of the
Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, have beneficial use of the new and old
bridge because both the old and the new bridge
are an integral part of the IRR system on the
Fort Berthold Reservation; and
WHEREAS, With the ownership of the new bridge
would go the responsibility for maintenance of
the bridge, in conjunction with the State in a
share relationship, since the bridge is part of
the State of North Dakota's highway system; and
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Three Affiliated
Tribes, acting through its Tribal Business Council
hereby requests that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
and the State of North Dakota hereby quitclaim
any and all interest they may have in ownership
of the new bridge to be constructed across the
Missouri River near New Town, North Dakota, as
described above, to the U.S. Department of Interior
to be held in trust for the benefit of the Three
Affiliated Tribes as a part of the Indian Reservation
Road program on the Fort Berthold Reservation,
subject to the interest of the State, Tribe and
Federal government in keeping the bridge part
of the State Highway System of the State of the
North Dakota and subject to the proviso that the
bridge shall always be open to the public for
the benefit of all persons who have need to cross
over the bridge."
Tribal
Business Council to file Complaint in Federal
Court regarding the Burial Sites off the reservation
The Tribal
Business Council took formal action to authorize
the drafting of a compliant to the Federal District
Court, subject to legal analysis concerning off-reservation
burial sites.
Walking
Shield offers the Tribal Council Toys for the
Children of the Fort Berthold Reservation
Tribal
Business Council took action to agree to remitting
payment for the shipping and handling of 5000
toys for all six segments of the Fort Berthold
Reservation. To be distributed upon receipt.
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