Fort Peck tribes get $1M grant

Montana’s Fort Peck tribes are getting a $1 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce for equipment to expand oil drilling and manufacturing on the reservation at the western edge of the booming Bakken oil play.

On April 6, Commerce Secretary John Bryson said the economic development grant could create 15 new jobs and leverage more than $600,000 in private investment.

The money will support the expansion of a metal fabrication facility by Fort Peck Tech Services, a tribe-affiliated company based in Poplar, Montana.

It will also buy equipment to advance oil exploration and drilling activities in the Bakken formation, which is partially located on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

In northeastern Montana, the Reservation is homeland of Assiniboine and Sioux tribes.

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