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This undated recent aerial photo from the Montana State Library shows shows an area of a Westmoreland Energy coal mine near Sarpy Creek in eastern Montana. The graphics, added by the library, show the general area of excavation, framed in red, and a bison bone pile, framed in yellow. When the coal company dug up a huge bison killing grounds on the Crow Indian Reservation with a backhoe to make way for mining, investigators determined the damage violated federal law and would cost $10 million to repair, documents show. But nothing happened - no fines, no repairs and no compensation. (Montana State Library via AP)

This undated recent aerial photo from the Montana State Library shows shows an area of a Westmoreland Energy coal mine near Sarpy Creek in eastern Montana. The graphics, added by the library, show the general area of excavation, framed in red, and a bison bone pile, framed in yellow. When the coal company dug up a huge bison killing grounds on the Crow Indian Reservation with a backhoe to make way for mining, investigators determined the damage violated federal law and would cost $10 million to repair, documents show. But nothing happened - no fines, no repairs and no compensation. (Montana State Library via AP)

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