Tribe Leader To FBI: “Crime Is Killing Our People”

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — In a meeting with the head of the FBI, tribal leaders in western North Dakota have stressed the need for federal help on reservations to combat increasing criminal activity.

FBI Director James Comey visited the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation during a trip to northwest North Dakota Monday to open the bureau's newest office in Williston.

Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Mark Fox says it's "no secret" that reservations are struggling with criminal activity. He says the "excess of crime on Fort Berthold is literally killing our people."

Comey said that while the bureau doesn't have plans to open an FBI office on a reservation, three agents assigned to the Williston office are expected to help with the workload of the Minot and Bismarck offices, which are responsible for much of the federal policing in the area's reservations.