187 rigs drilling in North Dakota. Three or four drilling on federal land.
It appears the sweet spots in the Bakken were conveniently located outside Federal land. Intelligent Designer? I grew up hearing that North Dakota was truly "God's country."
The Lakota, no doubt, agreed: God's country.
One of the Bakken sweet spots is inside the reservation.
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In my original post, I spoke of the Lakota, not thinking. See first comment below. The Lakota are not associated with the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, one of the sweet spots of the Bakken. But, it was "fun" to reminisce about the Lakota, so I will leave that part in.
In western North Dakota, we were all very familiar with some big Lakota names: Sitting Bull (Hunkpapa); Crazy Horse (huge monument being carved in the Black Hills); Red Cloud; Black Elk (his spirituality and words captured by Neihardt); Spotted Tail.
So, it looks like I need to include a bit about the MHA to try to make up for my faux pas. To start, here is the link to the MHA Nation webpage. Probably the most famous name associated with the Mandan-Hidatsa was Sakajawea (various spellings) but she was not of the MHA Nation -- she was Shoshone. Interesting, interesting story. Incredible woman. But again, I digress. Don't get me started. Sorry.
But I digress. Sorry.
