David A. Bentzin expert witness files 1975-1979

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David A. Bentzin expert witness files 1975-1979

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This collection consists of David Bentzin’s copies of reports, files, and documents related to Docket 279-D of the Indian Claims Commission case of the Blackfeet Tribe of Montana vs. The United States of America in the 1970s. Bentzin acted as an expert witness for the Blackfeet Tribe in his capacity as a petroleum exploration geologist.

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University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation (Browning, Mont.)

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United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was formed in 1824. An agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior, it is responsible for the administration and management of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives. From the guide to the Navajo Land, motion picture, undated, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) A Statistics Section was organ...

United States. Indian Claims Commission

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Zitkala is the Indian name for Gertrude Bonnin, 1876-1938. From the guide to the National Council of American Indians records, 1926-1938, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Historical note: The Indian Claims Commission rendered a settlement between the United States Government and the San Carlos Apache Tribe, the White Mountain Apache Tribe, and the Yavapai-Apache Indian Community of Fort McDowell. The settlement involved the title transfer of two tracts of land outside the ...

Bentzin, David A. (David Allan), 1932-

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David Bentzin earned his Master of Science degree in Geology from the University of Montana in 1960. Upon graduation, Bentzin moved to Casper, Wyoming, where he worked as a geologist for petroleum companies. In 1975, the Blackfeet Tribe of Montana brought suit against the United States alleging that the government was deficient in its management of the tribe’s oil and gas resources. The tribe believed that the United States government had permitted the allotment of the Blackfeet Res...