This video is from 2012 and is more civilized than many that come out of North Dakota. He obviously is a nice man and concerned for others. I am sure things have changed somewhat from 2012, but, the petroleum drilling is ridiculous and outrageous. Besides the obvious social challenges faced as a method to survive there are many more problems.
October 5, 2014
By Sari Horwitz
October 5, 2014
By Sari Horwitz
...But there is a dark side (click here) to the multibillion-dollar boom in the oil fields, which stretch across western North Dakota into Montana and part of Canada. The arrival of highly paid oil workers living in sprawling “man camps” with limited spending opportunities has led to a crime wave – including murders, aggravated assaults, rapes, human trafficking and robberies – fueled by a huge market for illegal drugs, primarily heroin and methamphetamine.
Especially hard-hit are the Indian lands at the heart of the Bakken. Created in 1870 on rolling grasslands along the Missouri River, Fort Berthold was named after a U.S. Army fort and is home to the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation – known as the MHA Nation, or the Three Affiliated Tribes.
‘Like a tidal wave’
“It’s like a tidal wave, it’s unbelievable,” said Diane Johnson, chief judge at the MHA Nation. She said crime has tripled in the past two years and that 90 percent is drug-related. “The drug problem that the oil boom has brought is destroying our reservation.”...
The native tribes are caught in the middle of a devastating reality on their lands. It isn't just crime, it is an incredibly high cost of living.
The article above was from the 5th of October. Did I say things probably improved since 2012? It would seem not.
