Sneaky, really sneaky to pump the underground water from under your neighbors land! How did the white man get on the reservation? He stole the Blackfeet allottees lands with the help of the BIA. Now it is our groundwater resources that are in jeopardy because white landowners are awaiting the approval of the Blackfeet water compact to deplete reservation streams and pump the water out from under our feet while we look dumb and ignorant, because the BIA will not protect our water resources. It is the "rule of capture" that applies to groundwater pumping because the underground water aquifers migrates to the pump, so while we are sitting doing nothing the border-whites are pumping valuable bottled water that comes from under our allotments. These border-whites have already got away with stealing a billion dollars worth of oil, so it is nothing to them to steal our water too. The idea of selling water is nothing new to the Blackfeet Indians since Green Grass Bull, a Blackfeet entrepreneur hauled drinking water to the people in his horse and wagon in big barrels. He is the smartest Indian yet since our tribal council and the BIA are still sitting on their butts watching our water go down to Havre and the towns and farmers, but nothing for the Indians. Bottled water is the fastest growing product globally outselling Coca Cola and other sugar-drinks, which are mostly water. Profits of $5.4 billion from bottled water @ $7.50 per gallon for the highest quality drinking water marketed by Perrier. The profits of groundwater pumping will be enough to make everyone rich! The Cobell Case did not figure the future profits in the millions from every Blackfeet allotment from water marketing, so keep your tiny land interests instead of giving your land to the tribe for pennies. There is every possibility that corporations will locate bottled water plants on the Blackfeet Reservation bringing profits in the billions of dollars annually for Blackfeet landowners and the Blackfeet Tribe. I know of some Indian tribes who already have water bottling plants on their reservations that also bring hundreds of high paying jobs and royalties to landowners that will make them richer than oil or gold forever. As long as the rivers flow, as the treaties go, the Indians will be free of poverty and government cheese. Freshwater is scarce and becoming more valuable every day. Corporate interests are always seeking new sources of pure drinking water to meet global market demands. The numbers are in the billions of dollars as the price of groundwater rises with demand. The Blackfeet still have around 1.3 million acres of prime groundwater property adjacent to Glacier Park with glacial runoff from the park glaciers bringing the highest price for the highest bidders. I will be in Browning next week and hope to meet with tribal council members and landowners interested in learning more about how to market our billion-dollar groundwater resources, and to build a fire under the BIA superintendent to get our water on the global water markets so we, the Blackfeet landowners, can get rich instead of white parasites out north who belong down east of the reservation in MONTANA! Think how much $7,50 per gallon X 325,851 gallons per acre foot X 1.3 million acre feet! We is rich! We need a Blackfeet landowners coalition to push for our water rights to market our fresh, clean waters unpolluted since Napi gave it to us in back the day and Green Grass Bull showed us how to market our clean, pure, fresh water resources. I am a proud owner of underground water aquifers under my land if the white man don/t steal it from me first! Oh, they will!
Bob Juneau Sr.
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