Chairman Mark Fox (L), Gov. Doug Burgum (R)
NEW TOWN, N.D. (KFGO/Prairie Public) – Recently, a milestone was reached on the Fort Berthold Reservation when oil production reached the billion-barrel mark.
Three Affiliated Tribes chairman Mark Fox said much of the benefit has gone to landowners.
“That’s been phenomenal, because many families can start affording good running cars, maybe a new home school clothes for their kids, and other things that mainstream American families experience and enjoy, that we didn’t have,” Fox said.
Fox said that’s about two-thirds of the oil revenue. He said the rest goes to the tribal government, and all tribal members benefit.
“Education, drug treatment, paving of roads, law enforcement, social services — these are the things we’re talking about that we do with the one-third the tribes collected,” Fox said. “We provide programming and infrastructure development.”
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