Heidi Heitkamp: Remember ND’s Native Americans during Global Poverty Week

[Coyotl]

Heidi Heitkamp: Remember ND’s Native Americans during Global Poverty Week
By: Heidi Heitkamp, Guest Columnist

A day doesn’t go by without someone asking me about North Dakota’s economic success. Because of the energy boom and the hard work of folks across the state, our unemployment rate is the lowest in the nation and our tax revenue is hitting record highs. I am proud of our state’s success and will continue working tirelessly to support North Dakota’s growth.

However, it is important to remember that, despite our fortunes, there are many North Dakotans living in extreme poverty.

This is especially true for those living in North Dakota’s Indian country, a population that has continued to increase over the years.

This week, folks around the world who do not live in poverty are taking the Global Poverty Project challenge to spend just $1.50 a day on food. ....

http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/event/article/id/68029/group/Opinion/

[femmocrat]

1. Duh....Why don't the drillers hire them?

Or why don't the drillers pay a tax to improve the reservations? Some of those profits can go to infrastructure!



BTW, I live in a drillers' paradise (PA). Instead of hiring our many unemployed, the gas companies bring in workers from out-of-state and board them in rental houses and motels. Meanwhile our state was 49th in job creation recently while our dumbass governor gives the gas companies all kinds of tax breaks.