Statistics
Location: Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota
Land Area: 461 square miles
Tribal Enrollment: 3,429
Wind Class: 3-6 at 50 meters
Fun Fact: The Fort Thompson Mounds, a burial site circa 9th century, has been designated a National Historical site and contains some of the oldest pottery known in the plains.
Tribal Summary
The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe is comprised of descendants of the Dakota and Nakota people: the Ihanktonwan (Yankton or End Village) and the Ihanktonwana (Yanktonai or Little End Village) are Nakota, and the Mdewakanton (Dwellers of Spirit Lake) are Dakota. Both were river-plains people who did some farming and buffalo hunting.
The Crow Creek Reservation is centrally located in South Dakota on the eastern side of the Missouri River. The reservation makes up the majority of Buffalo County, with lands also in Hughes and Hyde Counties. The Tribal headquarters is located in Fort Thompson, which is adjacent to the Big Bend Dam. The landscape includes rolling grassy hills and lush riparian woodland.
News
OSPA Participated in the FERC Workshop on Generator InterconnectionNovember 15, 2024 - 9:00 amOn September 11, 2024, OSPA discussed the challenges Tribal clean energy projects face interconnecting to the national power grid and highlighting solutions to streamline interconnection and bring EHV transmission to Tribal lands.
DOE Advances Northern Plains NIETC to Phase 2May 8, 2024 - 10:00 amDOE is advancing OSPA’s recommendation for the Northern Plains NIETC to support bringing EHV transmission to the Tribal reservations and enabling Tribal clean energy projects.
Focus on SPP Interconnection IssuesSeptember 8, 2023 - 12:00 pmAfter talking with the OSPA team on NPR Planet Money, Dan Charles continued to investigate the challenges renewable energy projects face in connecting to the National Grid via the Southwest Power Pool.