George Gillette, left front, chairman of the Fort Bethold Indian Tribal Council, covers his face and weeps in Washington, D.C. on May 20, 1948 as Secretary of the Interior J.A. Krug signs a contract to buy 155,000 acres of North Dakota's best Native American land for a government reservoir. Gillette said "The members of the tribal council sign this contract with heavy hearts. Right now, the future does not look good to us." (AP Photo/William Chaplis)