The title is clouded at this point in time. Nobody knows who owns it. And if we don't figure out what ownership is, then you can't sell it. Who wants to build on it? Oil and gas doesn't want to drill in Southeast Oklahoma because they don't want to pay the property owner for the oil rights and then come back 10 years later and get sued and have to pay the oil rights again to another entity like the tribes. Now, I would say that, you know, I treat a ton of Native Americans, Iowa Tribe, Sac and Fox, you know, a ton of them over in my clinic. (40:15–40:29)
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Asserts that oil and gas companies are hesitant to drill in Southeast Oklahoma due to potential legal disputes over oil rights.
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