FARGO — The five Indigenous nations in North Dakota have teamed up to promote Indian Country to the world as the 2016 Standing Rock protest over the Dakota Access oil pipeline helped put tribal tourism on the map.
The controversy “opened up the world’s eyes again to Indian Country,” said Les Thomas, chairman of the North Dakota Native Tourism Alliance. “The whole world wants to know about Indian Country. They’re interested.”
Thomas, an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, hel