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“The inspiration for GIC was born out of necessity, due to the

contemporary realities faced by our people. Thereafter, it was nurtured

through the unity in cause seen in the struggles to resist the Dakota

Access Pipeline, the Keystone-XL Pipeline, the delisting of the sacred

grizzly bear and the anticipated extractive industry exploitation of sacred

lands in Greater Yellowstone and the Crown of the Continent, and the

emergence of the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion.”

Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association Resolution - January 2018.

Initiated by the Piikani Nation of the Blackfoot
Confederacy, “The Grizzly: A Treaty of
Cooperation, Cultural Revitalization and
Restoration” is now the most-signed tribal treaty
in history.