North Dakota Native Landowners Seek Changes To Oil Tax Sharing 

Native American landowners in North Dakota are pursuing changes to a historic oil and gas tax sharing agreement struck earlier between their tribal government and the state. In 2019, the state of North Dakota and the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation reached an agreement to split taxes for oil and gas produced on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation where oil production has surged over the past two decades. State Sen. Chuck Walen, R-New Town, and state Sen. Richard Marcellais, D-Belcourt, introduced Senate Bill 2304 on Tuesday that would pause…