United States v. Peterson

ORDER

MOLLOY, District Judge.

I. Factual Background

This case presents the issue of whether Blackfeet Treaty Rights to hunt and fish in the area known as Glacier Park were abrogated when Glacier Park was created by Congress. For the following reasons, I find the Blackfeet have no treaty right to hunt in Glacier Park.

A. The Agreement History

In 1895, three Commissioners dispatched by the United States government arrived at the Blackfeet Reservation with a proposal for the Blackfeet Tribe. They wanted to buy a strip of land on the western portion of the Reservation. The strip ran from the summit of…