trenton n.d. donald trump lay plan week roll back u.s. environmental regulations boost ail energy industry raise hop fear american indians live near heart country rich oil field republican presidential contender agenda lay oil industry conference thursday north dakota could bring desperately need job depress communities come depend oil drill industry could also trigger bad pollution indian land would like see drill say gene mccowan human resources director trenton indian service area govern six counties north dakota montana 2,600 turtle mountain chippewa live catch bind people concern fracking affect earth water say dilemma face north dakota american indians represent broad tensions play u.s. presidential election job environment trump likely democratic rival hillary clinton clash energy climate change trump thursday announce cheer crowd roughly 7,700 people would sweep away initiatives president barack obama curb u.s. emissions protect waterways pollution ways revive drill coal mine sectors middle steep downturn clinton rival democratic nomination u.s. senator bernie sanders vermont meanwhile advocate sharp move away fossil fuel toward clean energy source cut pollution slow climate change split felt sharply chippewa people hard hit global oil market crash since 2014 well environmental impact precede drill boom spread drillpads pipelines across landscape twenty percent people lay see cut salaries go get bad mccowan say add likely support trump best hope reverse crisis trenton 14 miles southwest oil boom town williston year ago locals make 25- 30 hour mccowan say number people need food stamp rise 40 percent residents say democratic candidate sanders say income inequality native americans issue also likely curb fossil fuel development deprive people see economic lifeline trump could hard pill swallow reason native americans north dakota say ahead speech thursday nicole robertson 41-year-old cree indian communications strategist mandan hidatsa arikara nations know three affiliate tribes try ask trump would recognize tribal sovereignty come land oil produce trump say would look late interrupt trump launch attack democratic senator elizabeth warren massachusetts repeatedly call pocahantas reference claim part native american robertson shout comment offensive interrupt news conference say afterward felt important native americans consult oil policy economic importance environmental impact lot opportunities come boom bakken region north dakota say indigenous people original land stewards genes say would vote election american indians make around percent north dakota population kenneth hall tribal councilman three affiliate tribes say also rankle trump speech even though promise much-needed economic revival even mention mr. trump ... nearly quarter oil production state come reservation land say say tribes request meet trump ahead energy speech trump team respond trump 's pro-oil agenda pose dilemma north dakota 's indians