Monette-Barajas, who earned his graduate degree in education from UND and started his professional career working for what is today UND’s IndigenousStudent Center, said after spending years away from Grand Forks, it was time to come back.
Settlement west of the Mississippi exploded in earnest after the Civil War. First by way of the wagon trails. Then as railroads threaded their way west, more towns were founded around agriculture and mining. To entice settlers to move west, ... .