The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation is questioning a new law that requires the state of North Dakota to negotiate a new oil tax agreement with the tribe.

The law calls on the tribe to receive an equal share of revenues from energy taxes produced on the Fort Berthold Reservation. But it imposes other conditions that the tribe can't accept.

“There are some serious misunderstandings by state legislators who think this is their tax money,” Chairman Tex Hall told Forum News Service. “It’s our oil that you’re taxing and then nothing’s coming back.”

Hall hopes to negotiate the tribe's concerns with Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R), who signed the bill into law on Monday.

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