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The Northern Cheyenne Reservation sits on one of the richest coal deposits in the country. There are billions of tons of the black rock buried underneath Littlebird, Lame Deer and the surrounding pine-dotted prairie.
But despite high unemployment and systemic poverty, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe has never touched the coal. Most recently, it even sued the Trump administration for opening up the opportunity for new coal development in its corner of southeastern Montana.
Unemployment is estimated from 25 to 90%, with drugs, alcohol, suicide due to poverty.
Many believe that coal extraction is the only path ut, but others refuse to preserve the culture.
Who is right?
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We have plenty of coal as it is and the source is not very efficient or popular. It's a huge trade off which isn't worth.
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I do not have too much knowledge regarding The Northern Cheyenne Reservation, but from the photos I can find on the Internet, this is a pretty bleak place, struggling with significant poverty, trash disposal problem, clean water, etc. Hopping on the opportunity Trump's administration opened up for them could reverse the situation dramatically, transforming this reservation into one of the wealthiest territories in the US. And while I understand the argument that "It is not all about money for these tribes", everybody wants to live well and comfortable, regardless of how ascetic their system of values is.
They could build a coal-extracting infrastructure, then relocate to the area that does not have coal in it, while taking proceedings from the coal sales. The US is large, there is a lot of unclaimed territories - but an opportunity like this does not come every day, so better use it now, before coal becomes irrelevant due to new sources of fuel popularized.
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