Lease For Campground On Tribal Land Was Terminated, Montana Federal Judge Says

( December 13, 2023, 2:23 PM EST) -- GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A lease agreement between a company and the Blackfeet Indian Nation for a campground on tribal land was terminated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) when the company failed to timely make its payments, and it was not revived or later implied in fact because the agreement is governed by federal regulations, not general principles of contract law, a Montana federal judge found in granting the tribe’s motion for summary judgment....