Ruth Buffalo is an enrolled citizen of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation. She is originally from Mandaree. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from Si Tanka University and two master degrees from the University of Mary: one in management, another in 
business administration, and a master of public health from North Dakota State University. Fargo Native American Commission (2017) and is currently on the Board of the National Native Boarding School Healing Coalition. She was 
recognized by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise 
Development as a leader, “40 under 40” in 2017. Ruth has served in various capacities focused on building healthy and safe 
communities. She was elected into the North Dakota House of Representatives in 2018 and proudly serves the people of District 27 in south Fargo. Ruth is the first Native American Democratic woman elected to the North Dakota Legislature.

Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RuthBuffalo4ND

Twitter: @ruth4Nd

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep_ruth_buffalo_/

Websites: https://www.ndlegis.gov/biography/ruth-buffalo

NDWN: https://www.ndwomen.org/

North Dakota Farmers Union: https://ndfu.org/

North Dakota United: https://www.ndunited.org/

North Dakota AFL-CIO: https://ndaflcio.org/

New Leadership Northern Lights:

https://cawp.rutgers.edu/node/2448