Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

April 15, 2012

Fort Berthold: Natives protest housing evictions for oil workers

Photos copyright Kandi Mossett
Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nations




Photos and article by Kandi Mossett, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara
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MANDAN, HIDATSA and ARIKARA NATION, N.D. -- Residents of Prairie Winds Trailer Court in New Town, North Dakota, are facing forced evictions from their homes as a result of the oil boom in Northwest North Dakota and on the homelands of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Peoples.
Owner of the trailer court, John Reese, has sold out people once again. He also forced people to move out of the trailer park behind Charbees as well as the movie theater apartments, to make room for oil workers. He has notified home owners they have to be out by June 1st.
There is no restitution or payments of any kind being offered to help pay for the expenses of moving. All of the people living in Prairie Winds are expected to either move their homes and pay for all associated costs, or leave their homes behind.
John Reese has told residents they can apply for a job within his company and they can apply to be placed back in their OWN HOMES! Prairie Winds was first offered to the Tribe but because it was never formally brought to the table the tribe did not purchase the property.
John Reese sold the property to Future Housing LLC who plans to construct housing for employees of United Prairie Cooperative, formerly Cenex of New Town.

1 comment:

deep_mystery said...

MY SON AND FATHER OF MY SON, PROVIDES JOBS IN AFRICA FOR OVER 1500 PEOPLE, AND IN CHILE MY SON, IS GIVING HOUSING AND WORK TO OVER 650 PEOPLE- WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON HE IS NO LONGER A CITIZEN OF THE USA=EVERY DAY I HEAR PEOPLE SAY THINGS LIKE'THEY DO NOT WANT TO DIE IN THE USA... THE ECONOMY HERE ON THE ISLAND OF KAUAI IS DIFFICULT- WHY ON THIS GOOD GREEN EARTH DO COMPANIES THINK THAT THEY CAN DISPOSE OF PEOPLE FOR $, OR LABOR?" DID NOT THE PARENTS OF THE PEOPLE DOING THINGS LIKE THIS INSTRUCT THIER CHILDREN TO CONSIDER THE EFFECT THAT THE CHOICES THEY WILL BE MAKING IN LIFE AFFECTS OTHERS? WHAT LIND OF GOVERMENT OTHER THAN A BIG MACHINE OF DESTRUCTION?????? ARE YOU GUYS NUTZ? DO YOU NOT THINK THAT THE ACTIONS YOU TAKE TODAY WILL AFFECT THE PEOPLE OF TOMMOROW, NO MATTER WHAT?