Walking while Native: Indigenous people experience higher rates of pedestrian fatalities
Indigenous people have the highest pedestrian death rate of any ethnic group in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
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Indigenous people have the highest pedestrian death rate of any ethnic group in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
Indigenous people have the highest pedestrian death rate of any ethnic group in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Limited access to vehicles, lack of lighting along streets and a lack of reliable, or any, public transportation all act as barriers to Indigenous people traveling safely.
The South Dakota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on eight cases Wednesday and Thursday at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law in Vermillion.
Decision supports previous lower court ruling
The disagreement hinges over the legality of a conditional use permit that would force Dakota Constructors to make some $500,000 in improvements.