Sure. The Mescalero (of which my wife is a born-on-rez variety), however, are pretty darn pro-business.
It’s been a huge fight, however, to let the tribes lease privately and on their own terms. Obama has pretty much put a stop to it.
With Washington “help” a
3 year primary term lease,
with continuous drilling to hold each pro-ration unit,
1/4 royalty,
and $500/net mineral acre bonus
becomes a
4 year primary erm lease,
with really weak continuous drilling,
1/5 royalty,
and Washington keeps the bonus money for the privilege of forcing down a bad deal (not to mention fees it steals from the royalty).
Thanks for posting that I had no idea that obama could interfere on Reservation land too. I thought that was supposed to be for the Navajo People to decide. Of course, I thought that we were a nation of laws too.