N.D. traffic deaths rise as boom takes hold
Founder & Editor in Chief
In 2012, 169 people died on a North Dakota road. The last time the state has had more than 150 deaths on the road was in 1981, with 167 fatalities, according to the state Department of Transportation. Train related fatalities also spiked statewide. Numbers kept by the Federal Railroad Administration show that, through October, 10 people died on a railway in North Dakota in 2012. That’s up from only one railway death in 2011 and five in 2010. read more
Jodi Rave Spotted Bear (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation)
Founder & Editor in Chief
Location: Twin Buttes, North Dakota
Spoken Languages: English
Topic Expertise: Federal trust relationship with American Indians; Indigenous issues ranging from spirituality and environment to education and land rights
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