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"The people of the MHA Nation have this belonging to that river. And so, if you read from Treaties to Executive Orders, there's always a full intention and recognition by the federal government that these people belong along the river, and with that river. It is essential to who they are."
- MHA Chairman Mark Fox
This Labor Day weekend, we remember and honor our nation's Veterans. Thank you for your service, sacrifice, and for protecting our way of life.
"I never saw the bottomlands. I always heard my parents and grandparents talk about it as if it were a paradise. I'd much rather have that over what we were left with."
- Calvin Grinnel, MHA Nation historian
Oil development has brought opportunity to return to self-sufficiency and build for the future. But we also have to navigate the impacts on our families and invest in our children. To save our children, we must defend our right to access the riverbed mineral revenue below the Missouri River.
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North Dakota renews claim to oil and gas royalties the federal government says belong to tribe
September 18, 2022
North Dakota is notifying oil companies that it claims ownership of the bed of the Missouri River — and associated mineral wealth — as it flows through the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in the latest salvo in a legal feud over ownership.
Inforum
September 18, 2022
North Dakota renews claim to oil and gas royalties the federal government says belong to tribe
North Dakota is notifying oil companies that it claims ownership of the bed of the Missouri River — and associated mineral wealth — as it flows through the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in the latest salvo in a legal feud over ownership.
Press Release
September 13, 2022
MHA Nation Chairman Fox condemns North Dakota's efforts to assert title of Missouri Riverbed
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation today strongly condemned the most recent effort by the state of North Dakota to undermine the lawful rights of MHA Nation.
Associated Press
April 5, 2022
North Dakota tribe gains title to mineral rights under river
A North Dakota tribal nation on Monday officially assumed ownership of mineral rights under the Missouri River, snatching the title back from the state in a dispute that has gone on for more than two centuries.
Willison Herald
February 7, 2022
Department of Interior rejects North Dakota claim to MHA Nation minerals
The new opinion was issued by Department of the Interior Solicitor Robert T. Anderson. It sides with the MHA Nation and reverses a decision issued by the same office under the Trump administration by Daniel Jorjani
Turtle Talk
February 4, 2022
New Solicitor’s Opinion Reaffirming MHA Nation’s Ownership of Missouri River Minerals
Opinion Regarding the Status of Mineral Ownership Underlying the Missouri River Within the Boundaries of the Fort Berthold Reservation (North Dakota)
Washington Post
September 14, 2022
Tribes say North Dakota is tampering with mineral royalties
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation is accusing North Dakota officials of tampering with the tribes’ efforts to collect royalties from oil and gas production underneath a riverbed on the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Williston Herald
June 22, 2022
North Dakota may not intervene in MHA Nation minerals dispute
A DC Circuit Judge has ruled that North Dakota may not intervene in a mineral dispute case filed by the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation over who should own the minerals in the Missouri River Bed within the boundaries of the Fort Berthed Indian Reservation.
Press Release
April 4, 2022
Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation awarded $1.2 Million from the FEMA/DHS Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program
The MHA Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is leading the implementation of the 3-year $1.2 million Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program awarded to the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation/Three Affiliated Tribes in late 2021.
Minot Daily News
February 5, 2022
MHA Nation’s ownership of Missouri Riverbed reaffirmed
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (MHA Nation) said the Department of the Interior’s announced a decision on Friday to uphold the MHA Nation’s ownership of the Missouri Riverbed within the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Inforum
February 4, 2022
Biden administration upholds North Dakota tribe's mineral rights beneath Missouri River
The Biden administration reversed a Trump administration position and upheld the Mandan, Hidatsa Arikara Nation's claim to mineral rights beneath the Missouri River within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.
Bismarck Tribune
September 14, 2022
Tribes say North Dakota is tampering with mineral royalties
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation is accusing North Dakota officials of tampering with the tribes’ efforts to collect royalties from oil and gas production underneath a riverbed on the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Associated Press
May 2, 2022
North Dakota challenges tribes’ awarding of mineral rights
North Dakota is challenging the federal government’s awarding of lucrative mineral rights under a Missouri River reservoir to the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, otherwise known as the Three Affiliated Tribes.
KFYRTV
February 11, 2022
‘The war is not over’: MHA chairman reacts to mineral rights ruling
Last week, Your News Leader shared the news about a ruling made by the U.S. Interior’s office that gives the mineral rights under the original Missouri riverbed back to the MHA Nation. This week, we had a chance to sit down and speak with MHA Chairman Mark Fox on the swing.
Washington Post
February 4, 2022
Biden solicitor swings mineral rights title back to tribes
The interior solicitor in the Biden administration said in an opinion released Friday that the mineral rights under the original Missouri River riverbed belong to a North Dakota tribal nation.
The Hill
February 4, 2022
Biden administration sides with tribes over North Dakota in mineral dispute
The Biden administration has decided that contested minerals beneath a portion of the Missouri River belong to the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, and not the state of North Dakota.