Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Tribe
About
The Reservation Planning Commission (RPC) serves as the Lake Traverse Reservation strategic planning committee and serves as the CEDS Committee, along with SWO Planning Department staff. The Commission was established in 1971 and restructured through the 1980's and 1990's and reaffirmed in 2006 as the reservation planning authority for the Lake Traverse Reservation with a special charge to promote sustainable development. The Commission is made up of eight members representing the seven reservation districts and one designated Tribal Council representative (Ex-Officio).
The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Community Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Commission represents multiple sectors within its designated service area/planning district which is defined as the geographic area located within the external boundaries of the Lake Traverse Reservation. Because the reservation is “fractionated”, there are overlapping “planning districts” located on non-reservation lands within the Lake Traverse Reservation boundaries. These Planning Districts include: First District, Watertown, SD; Northeast Council of Governments (NECOG), Aberdeen, SD; and Lake Agassiz Development Group (LADG), Fargo, ND.
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Reservation Planning Commission
Enemy Swim – Simon Keeble
Veblen – Winfield Rondell
Old Agency – Angeline Johnson
Lake Traverse – Bill LaRoque
Big Coulee – Geri Opsal
Long Hollow – Shawn Cook
Buffalo Lake – Dr. Sherry Johnson
Tribal Council Representative (Ex-Officio)
– Dionne German
Sisseton Wahpeton Planning Department
Matthew Thompson, Planning Director
William Fish, EDA Planner – Planning Department
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate EDA Planning Department | William Fish, EDA Planner | Contact
This Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Comprehensive Economic Strategies Plan
was produced by Santicola & Company.