I have spent a half-hour reading up, and it seems the Bismarck crossing was ruled out before public comments by the Corps of Engineers based on their early EIS, which cited proximity to the Bismarck drinking water intake along with proximity to dwellings and number of road crossings. Surprisingly, no racial motivation was mentioned (sarcasm).

Speaking of sarcasm, your cheap shot implying that I am ignorant is low and uncalled-for, and I request your sincere apology. I am far from ignorant. The human waste was a mess, but your objection is greatly exaggerated considering the Cannonball river is an open sewer going through cattle and sheep rangeland anyway. Speaking of ignorance not to mention lofty pretense, what do you know about where bison defecate and urinate? HMM?

What is most notable is the perfectly reasonable suspicion that what a white military organization would not do to white people, they would have no trouble doing to Indians, still much-reviled in North Dakota, Larry.