I had been told Northern Border was a NGL line and that made sense to me as I was meant to understand that transporting it as NGL was far more efficient. My bad.
Most guys will tell you need thick skin to be here. I will tell that you need a sick and twisted sense of humor and taking notes to decode the matrix of 10 year long running jokes and grudges. Good luck titty sprinkler.
I have been pretty pleased with these: http://www.wellslamont.com/catalog/product/comforthyde-insulated-waterproof-leatherpalm-glove/?tags=8
I have them in brown and use them when I'm coyote hunting in the real cold stuff.
Money would be the obvious answer. The tribe doesn't even have to have the money. Just allow a company to place the petrochemical plant on the reservation. Northern Border runs right through Dunn and McKenzie county and Bakken oil producers are looking for places to offload NG.