BLACKFEET WATER IS FOR SELLING NOT FARMING WHEAT AND OATS

The price of water is rising every day across the global water markets as drought and climate change cause water shortages for cities and nations. Meanwhile, the tribal council approved a water compact that prohibits us trust landowners from marketing our water rights to nearly a million acres of allotted land owned by Blackfeet trust landowners. The allottees own the Blackfeet Reservation by the allotment act of 1887 and our water rights are preserved in the 1896 Agreement, and our priority date for water rights is the 1855 Treaty. It is stupid to sign an agreement that will not allow us to market our most valuable asset-WATER! The "priority date" of water rights is the most desirable asset in water marketing because senior water rights take precedence over "junior water rights" of white men and state of Montana during drought which will surely come soon. Quality of water is another highly sought asset of water marketing for global bottled water sales, or beverage processing like Coca-Cola or Budweiser, or Pepsi-Cola which are global corporations entering China and India, a population of billions of thirsty consumers. "Goddam a potato" Chief Washakie told the senators who insisted the tribe become farmers-the Indians were cattle ranchers. How many of us trust landowners are farmers? What do we care about irrigation for white farmers or canals to transport our water to Havre or Valier. Blackfeet water rights sit at the top of the marketing chain for global water markets meaning there is no pollution in our water supplies because we are a headwaters tribe next to Glacier Park and Lewis & Clark National Forest. Blackfeet water is highly desirable for bottled-water, food and beverage processing plant facilities, or any business that needs clean water for production. If I want a potato I go to the store and pay with my water marketing cash money. Cash is king of the world and whoever has cash is king! I want to sell my water to the highest bidder. I found an article that showed the amount of money that states like Nevada, which is swimming in cash from Las Vegas casinos but needs water to expand the gaming industry. Chinese Government purchasers and Las Vegas casino owners were actually in the tribal office looking for water sales but the tribal council is awash in welfare cash so no deal was made to market Blackfeet water to these global water consumers. The water authority of Nevada purchased a 400 acre farm for $8.4 million just to get the water rights and a priority date of 1914 highly prized because it is a senior water right that will take precedence during drought which is in effect right now. My point is that I am still a treaty Indian with trust lands and I want to lease my water right for 1,000 acres to the highest bidder and I can get the millions of dollars. Think of how much our allotted lands are worth-nearly a million acres next to Glacier Park! This is a blessing from the Great Spirit because we kept our land and water clean and now it is the most valuable water in the world. The tribal council has screwed up because the money they get from the government is for construction of water infrastructure to LEASE TRIBAL FARM LANDS TO WHITE MEN NOT TO MARKET BOTTLED WATER! We need a water lawyer and water consultant to help us allotted landowners to get our water rights separated from tribal water rights so the council can raise their spuds and we can raise millions in cash for ourselves. I do not want a dumb ass like chairman Barnes in charge of my water rights, I prefer to stay under the BIA trust responsibility so we can at least sue them for mismanaging if they continue to screw up our valuable water rights. Water is for selling on the global water markets. Vote no on the water compact, it is a dumb deal that will keep us in poverty forever and extinguish our treaty rights. We will never get a penny of the $470 million promised in the water compact, it will go down the rabbit hole of 099 tribal council accounts and that is the end of water marketing for us all.  Please keep your water rights and lease your water for millions of dollars, VOTE NO! on the water compact it is an evil law that does not allow us to get rich on our own water rights. Bob Juneau Sr.