Tribal members being evicted for oil field development
March 31, 2012 at 1:30 am in Grand Forks Herald
Residents of a 45-lot mobile home park in New Town, many among the poorest members of the Three Affiliated Tribes, are being evicted and will be replaced by oil workers. Continue Reading
Oil and greed win another round while the people that have lived in this area for generations lose out.
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While business is in business to make money.. The State of North Dakota needs to do something so that all of these towns aren’t just litterally over-run by the companies. While it is great that we are finding oil, there is all kinds of stuff like this happening in the western part of the state. I personally find fault with our State Leadership – aka Al Carlson, Governor Dalrimple and the rest.
On a side note I expected to see some kind of post from Alwayscorrect morally outraged over Native Americans being treated in such a fashion… Guess he only favors Native Americans when it suits his needs.
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Private property was sold on the open market. Where’s the problem?
Even the tribe doesn’t want to support deadbeats. I approve. The Federal government could learn something from the Tribe.
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Take a look at some of the southern areas in Oklahoma and Texas small towns and see how industry left them. I don’t have a problem with people conducting business, but there definitely need to be more regulation in this state.
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