Not only that, but to really make some money at
it. It is all here. I have never seen such an opportunity to build a financial
empire all accumulated in one spot. It is going to take a lot of money to do
it. It is a vast proposition and is going to have to be organized on a vast
scale. You have so many phases. In other words, if you do not do it on that
scale, well, it is like trying to cut down a Sequoia tree with a pocket knife.
It is a challenge and is going to take a lot of hard work and sweat to put it
over. We have studied it in our minds and have come up with this idea. We do
not feel that any of the present income of this reservation should be touched
in any way. We feel that if we are to develop this reservation, we should take
care of that ourselves. Understand too, that from an oil and gas standpoint,
wouldn’t think it right for any one to say that we should get any part of that.
I understand most of the oil companies give one-eighth. It should go to the
reservation, to the tribe. Any efforts on our part should come over that
one-eighth. We would like to get a starting point and get it boiled down to
something concrete. But, take for instance this Reagan Field. It is ridiculous
that that field is being developed at the rate it is. We know definitely how to
build a fire under the companies and get that field developed.
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.160
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