The BIA approved a Goshute waste lease with no exit clause

Evidence

In 1998, the BIA approved a lease for PFS that provides little protection for the tribe, should the dump pose future risks. Says Belile, “The lease…gives the tribe no out, ever. It’s horrible. I don’t think the bureau has met their obligations [of] trust responsibility for the tribe.” — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations, 550

Categorization

• XREF: Same trust-responsibility failure as the $178 BIA road-sale — a clean parallel for the Legal Systems course between two tribal leases negotiated ‘on behalf of’ tribes.
• SEED: A polyad case-comparison essay could juxtapose BIA negotiation in both Goshute and Prairie Island episodes.