At a glance
Trust integrity: Pending — Phase 2 (methodology)- Enabling Act
- Enabling Act (1889), 25 Stat. 676
- Trust fund value
- Pending
- AG opinions in substrate
- Pending — Phase 4 sourcing
- Key cases
- 0
- Advocacy contact
- pending
Why this state matters
Phase 2 — dossier pending. North Dakota was admitted alongside SD, MT, and WA under the 1889 Enabling Act.
Notable AG opinions
AG opinions for North Dakota are being sourced in Phase 4 — see the Atlas index for a campus-wide search.
First-draft preview. Substrate sources: Margaret Bird, Trust Land Case Quotes by Topic (2021); OASTL legal.md (2026-05-16); ASTL thematic research (2026-05-17). Phase 2 will deepen this dossier.