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Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Tex Hall, left, stands with U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar to announce on Wednesday in New Town the beginning stages of the MHA Nations Clean Fuels refinery under Thunder Butte Petroleum Services, Inc. (Mike McCleary/Bismarck Tribune)

Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Tex Hall, left, stands with U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar to announce on Wednesday in New Town the beginning stages of the MHA Nations Clean Fuels refinery under Thunder Butte Petroleum Services, Inc.

(Mike McCleary/Bismarck Tribune)