By David Smith (October 2, 2017, 3:39 PM EDT) -- In the summer of 2015 I stood along a rural highway in Caddo County, Oklahoma, with a young Kiowa allottee. He showed me the allotment that had been in his family for generations — ever since Congress, with the endorsement of the Supreme Court, had violated the Medicine Lodge Treaty and subdivided tribal lands.[1] At the edge of the property line was a marker for a natural gas line — a large, 26-inch distribution line that crossed his family's allotment for a quarter mile. The line had been installed under the terms of an easement that expired 15 years ago. Years after the easement had expired, the gas company offered the landowners an easement renewal at below market value, which they rejected. Remarkably, the superintendent surreptitiously approved a 20-year renewal over their objection. The landowners were able to successfully overturn that approval as illegal, but the pipeline remains to this day. Its owner continues to generate substantial profits from the use of their lands. The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs has done nothing. His family has never been paid....