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Dreadnought · 04-15-2008, 16:52 PM

Actually there is alot in that area. The bad lands for instance, Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Custer State Park and more. Although it might be our answer there are many a folks that dont want drilling taking place in that area. Some of the reasons..dino fossils, Ellis AFB, plus the very ownership of the Black Hills as far as I know has never been settled. The Army took it but kept others out telling settlers the Lakota Indians owned the land. Washington held conferences with the Indians but were never able to solve that problem.

If the ownership still resides with the Indians then they would by assumption stand to gain quite a bit of money. Guess we will find out. And if it is their land then perhaps this time we should do the opposite and treat them much more fairly then the govenment did way back when. Wishfull thinking.

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Dreadnought *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 05-12-05 Posts: 5,812 Country:	Actually there is alot in that area. The bad lands for instance, Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Custer State Park and more. Although it might be our answer there are many a folks that dont want drilling taking place in that area. Some of the reasons..dino fossils, Ellis AFB, plus the very ownership of the Black Hills as far as I know has never been settled. The Army took it but kept others out telling settlers the Lakota Indians owned the land. Washington held conferences with the Indians but were never able to solve that problem. If the ownership still resides with the Indians then they would by assumption stand to gain quite a bit of money. Guess we will find out. And if it is their land then perhaps this time we should do the opposite and treat them much more fairly then the govenment did way back when. Wishfull thinking. __________________ Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure. Last edited by Dreadnought : 04-15-2008 at 17:00 PM.