Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, ND

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The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (MHA Nation), also known as the Three Affiliated Tribes, is a Native American Nation resulting from the alliance of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara peoples, whose native lands ranged across the Missouri River basin extending from present day  North Dakota Through western Montana and Wyoming.

The Agency is located in New Town, North Dakota in central North Dakota on the Missouri River system. The Agency serves the Three Affiliated Tribes, the Arikara, Hidatsa and Mandan Tribes. Enrollment is 10,249 and approximately 4,053 members reside on the reservation. The Trust acreage managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs is 343,000 allotted and 80,000 Tribal acres. The total reservation is 980,000 acres.

Notable accomplishments: Approved over 1,700 Oil and Gas leases and distributed over $80,000,000.00 in bonus payments. The Bakken formation is considered to be one of the largest oil producing formations in the lower 48 states. Strengths: We have developed staff expertise in Oil and Gas related activities. Challenges: We are now into the drilling phase of the Bakken Play and expect approximately 1000 wells to be drilled over the next 10 years. The environmental effects on the reservation will be substantial. The Agency staff when at full strength is 25 FTEs. This is counting 6 new positions added because of the mineral activity.

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