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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Morris finds in favor of the native tribe in a dispute with a company that was leased Indian trust land to operate a campground near Glacier National Park. The campground operator eventually made a series of late payments, prompting a dispute with the native tribe as to whether the operator violated its lease and questions regarding what responsibility the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) had in the matter, given that they oversaw the lease agreement. While it is true that the campground operator had a history of delinquency in its ability to make full payments on time with the proper interest, the "incompetence of the BIA" must also be made clear. The BIA gave far too much leeway to the operator despite a long history of late payments, allowing the operator to use the ground even after the lease was seemingly cancelled. This further resulted in the native tribe missing out on years of free use of their land.