In fact, approximately a third of all production in North Dakota actually occurs on the reservation.

So you have requested modification, but there has been no response back.

It is about listening. And actually, understanding that we are moving toward a tribal self-determination policy.

What a better way to encourage self-determination than to allow tribes to manage their own affairs.

Can you tell me, are those kind of take it or leave it or are those negotiable?

I think given how difficult it is right now to get something changed in statute, we need to continue to push for accommodation in the implementation process that we have.

I think it is critically important that we continue to put the pressure on DOI.

I want to follow up a little bit on the appraisal issue, because I think from what the Deputy Secretary said, it is appraisals that have been a challenge.

One of the things we hear back is that they have found that the negotiating process for a cooperative agreement is complex and can be burdensome.

I think allowing that flexibility for each tribe to craft that appraisal scheme how they deem best would probably be the best approach.

It would be a travesty for that money to disappear and not be used.

I would suggest that there would be a huge incentive to continue that effort on the South Border if the refugees were stopped at our border.