The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.87-88

Senator Lane of Oregon inserted a provision “That any and all minerals, including coal, oil and gas, in the lands hereby opened are reserved for the benefit of the Indians of said reservation; Provided, That the allotments heretofore or which may hereafter be made of lands classified as coal or valuable for coal or other minerals shall proceed to patent, which patent shall contain a reservation of the coal, oil or gas, or other mineral deposits for the benefit of the said tribe.” Senator Lane concluded that under this section we reserve all the minerals for the benefit of the tribe.

Senator Walsh inserted the provision to force the Indians to carry the reservation waters to the edge of the reservation, and then carry the waters onto the lands of the border-whites in Montana with the reclamation project construction costs compiled by the Reclamation Service of $942,413.68 to be charged to the Blackfeet tribal accounts. Senator Walsh’s Blackfeet Allotment Bill was never intended to benefit the Indians as the investigator reported, “They intended to carry that ditch down to the edge of the reservation; then carry it over onto the lands of the whites in the State of Montana.”

The Blackfeet Allotment law reads “The ditches and canals on said irrigation may be used, extended or enlarged for the purpose of conveying said water by any person, association, or corporation under and upon compliance with the provisions of the laws of the State of Montana.” The newly emancipated Blackfeet Allottees lost their reserved tribal estate protection and cattle economy to become “civilized” and allotted land owners, but would remain racketeering victims under the new Indian Allotment Policy as they had been as tribal communalists. The agency ring was left in place, and in charge.

While the rest of the United States would enjoy rapid economic progress in the “American way of life” little of it touched the reservation except the sight of “tipsy” agency employees in new suits “whizzing” around the agency in new “cars” paid for by tribal funds. The agency purchased nine brand new cars. Most of the Piegan cattle ranchers were in ruin and the Indians once again faced starvation, which usually caused Indian land cessions. The Blackfeet Indians suffered more corruption during the allotment period 1912-1922, when the last Blackfeet allotments were approved by the Secretary of the Interior and the General Land Office of the United States.
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.87-88