SIOUX CASE
August 1st, 2001
BY KATE REWTHE FORT Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribal Nation in Montana have filed a law-suit against the gas pipeline company, Northern Border, for US$3 million in unpaid taxes, a case that could settle case law over whether oil and gas companies have to pay taxes to native north American groups, when they use their land.In 1980, Northern Border received permission from the Fort Peck tribes to construct a natural gas pipeline through their 2.3 million-acre reservation in the northeast of the state.Under current law, tribes are allowed to collect taxes on ...
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