Honest question:
Did North Dakota ever send anyone to Standing Rock that had any real negotiating power? Nothing against the ND State Board of Education but we should've had Dorgan, Hoeven, or Conrad meeting with them. We had three years to get an agreement. Did we even try until it was to late?
Just thinking outside the box:
Sioux County (Fort Yates, ND) is the 7th poorest county in the US. How hard would it have been for UND to offer a $500 scholarship to kids that held a "C" average?
Poverty rate: 41.3%
Poverty rate of children under 18: 51.8%
http://money.msn.com/family-money/the-poorest-counties-in-america