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George Gillette, chairman of the Fort Berthold Indian Tribal Council, covers his face and weeps in Washington on May 20, 1948, as Secretary of the Interior J.A. Krug signs a contract to buy 155,000 acres of North Dakota�s best Indian land for a government reservoir. Gillette said, �The members of the tribal council sign this contract with heavy hearts. Right now, the future does not look good to us.� Associated Press photo |
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