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 Publishes a Direct Pay Tax Credits Guide for Tribal NationsApril 29, 2025 - 12:00 pmOSPA is pleased to publish the “Direct Pay Tax Credits: A Guide for Tribal Nations” to educate Tribes and Tribal organizations on how to use tax credits to fund clean energy projects.
DOE Advances Tribal Energy Access NIETC to Phase 3December 16, 2024 - 9:00 amDOE’s advancement of the Tribal Energy Access NIETC is critical to bringing EHV transmission, and the energy and economic development it will enable, to the OSPA Tribal reservations.
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.