Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan were North Dakota's US Senators in 2008.
There are several definitions of "Dakotas". The Dakota are a North American Indian tribe, also known as Sioux. Dakota is a Siouan language spoken by the Dakota and the Assiniboin Indians. Dakota was the name of a US Territory which became the US states of North Dakota and South Dakota. Collectively, North Dakota and South Dakota are known as "the Dakotas".
Due to its low population, North Dakota has one Representative in the House of Representatives in the US Congress.
$13,989,022.98 in 2008
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John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp are the US Senators and Kevin Cramer is the US Representative. (as of January 2013)
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Every US state elects 2 US senators, regardless of the population of the state. The state's number of US Representatives in the House is proportional to its population.
Lake Sakakawea is the third-largest man-made reservoir in the US and was created by Garrison Dam, the fifth largest earthen dam in the US.
the government pushed the Sioux into the Dakotas
It was a political decision pushed by the Republican Party in the Enabling Act of 1889 whereby they could increase their strength in the US Senate with two extra US Senators. Some consideration has been floated at different times to reunite the Dakotas, but that again would require political will.
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