BIA Sued for Buffalo Round-up on Crow Reservation

George and Nelvette Siemion, of Fort Smith, Mont., have filed a lawsuit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs for confiscating their buffalo off land they thought they had leased from the agency, according to the Billings Gazette. For almost 40 years, the couple has operated the White Buffalo Ranch on the Crow Reservation. This past spring they discovered the leases they thought they had been awarded through a bid process were awarded to other ranchers. They claim the BIA didn't follow fair bidding practices and bypassed rules that for decades had given Nelvette, a member of the Crow Tribe, preference on tribal land leases. Read more about it here.