ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS over who will manage the National Bison Range, a national wildlife refuge in Moiese, Montana, are making some people uneasy. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a branch of the Department of the Interior, currently manages the Bison Range, located within the Flathead Indian Reservation. But leaders of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Indian tribes believe that they should assume management of this and several other refuges (the Ninepipe and Pablo national wildlife refuges and parts of the Northwest Montana Wetland Management District), all of which fall within reservation boundaries. The tribes’ argument stems from the 1994 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Amendments, which say that if self-governing tribes prove “historical, cultural and geographic links” to federal properties listed in the Federal Register, they can be eligible to manage those lands.