Statistics
Location: Flandreau Reservation, South Dakota
Land Area: 4 square miles
Tribal Enrollment: 736
Wind Class: 3 at 50 meters
Fun Fact: The Flandreau Reservation is located just 25 miles from Pipestone MN where red clay stone is quarried from a sacred site and often carved into traditional pipes.
Tribal Summary
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is comprised primarily of descendants of the Mdewakantonwan (Dwellers of Spirit Lake) and Wakpekute (Leaf Shooters) bands of the Dakota people of the Great Sioux Nation. They were a river-plains people who did some farming and buffalo hunting.
The Flandreau Reservation is the smallest reservation in South Dakota located in the city of Flandreau. Tribal lands are located along and near the Big Sioux River in Moody County, in a region known as the Prairie Coteau, and consists primarily of undulating or gently rolling land.
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.