Transportation Fellowship Helps Young Researcher Examine Maintenance Policies for Tribal Roads

Sherwin Racehorse, a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho, received a Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship in 2011 and 2012 from the Federal Highway Administration’s Universities and Grants Program to research and evaluate the problems of the Indian Reservation Roads maintenance program. This article describes Racehorse’s research. His findings presented strategic options and a preferred alternative for federal and tribal decisions about the allocation of funds for road maintenance projects.

• Record URL:
  • https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22251
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/07386826
• Authors:
  • Myers, Raquelle
• Publication Date: 2014-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p 26
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 294
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826
  • Serial URL: https://doi.org/10.17226/895

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: College students; Financing; Highway maintenance; Indian reservations; Native Americans; Pavement maintenance; Resource allocation
• Identifier Terms: Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I10: Economics and Administration; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01547307
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 5 2014 10:57AM