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MHA Nation leaders outline energy, water, health and community building priorities
Summary
MHA Nation officials and council members told the Legislative Tribal‑State Relations Committee about economic development driven by energy and gaming, long‑running treaty and land issues, infrastructure projects on the reservation and an urgent need for hospital and water‑protection measures.
MHA Nation leaders used a committee visit at their reservation to give state legislators a broad briefing on the tribe’s history, economic development and infrastructure priorities — from treaty claims and land loss to oil and gas production, new community centers and a long‑standing need for an on‑reservation hospital.
Chairman Fox, who opened the presentation, traced the tribe’s history through epidemic losses, treaties (including references to agreements from 1825 and 1851) and executive‑order era reductions that left today’s Fort Berthold Reservation at about a million acres. He told committee members the tribe is rebuilding infrastructure to support economic growth and public safety.
Fox said the tribe now produces roughly 300,000 barrels per day from local formations — “nearly 3% of all the crude produced in the United States” at peak levels — and that oil and gas revenues have funded schools, community centers and housing. He described…
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