Photo credit: Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance
The Blackfeet people’s ancestral homelands were stolen through dishonest and inequitable treaties during the 1800’s. After a decades-long effort by the Blackfeet Nation to safeguard their cultural and traditional homeland, the Badger-Two Medicine and the Rocky Mountain Front were permanently withdrawn from future mineral leasing in 2006. The Wyss Foundation has provided over $3.5 million to support the purchase or donation and permanent retirement of more than 140,000 acres of oil and gas leases in the area. An effort is now underway to ensure the Badger-Two Medicine is not only permanently protected, but that the Blackfeet Nation has a meaningful management role in securing their homeland in perpetuity. Learn More