The Three Affiliated Tribes are seeking a
federal grant to help with crime fighting on the Fort Berthold
Reservation.
The grant would be through a Justice Department program called
Operation Weed and Seed, which aims to battle violent crime, drug
trafficking and drug-related crime in designated high-crime
neighborhoods.
It gets its name from "weeding out" criminals and planting the
seeds of crime prevention.
Lynn Jordheim, the acting U.S. attorney for North Dakota, and
two assistant U.S. attorneys recently met with Tribal Chairman
Marcus Levings and other tribal officials about the grant request.
A total of $1 million is available nationally. |