The state and Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation are at odds over ownership of a riverbed in the Fort Berthold Indian ...

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BISMARCK — Millions of Americans own the rights to oil and gas underground. When they’re approached by an energy company to lease out those rights, they’re offered a cut of the revenue, called a ...

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. For more than half a century, Diana Skarphol’s family received a check every month from the company that drilled ...