Senate Indian Affairs Oversight Hearings on the Impacts of the Pick Sloan Flood Control Act of 1944 on Indian Tribes along the Missouri River. Link to Site. November 1, 2007. Washington DC.
Senate Testimony:
President John Yellow Bird Steele, Oglala Sioux Tribe - Nov 1
President Ron His Horse is Thunder, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe - Nov. 1
President Mike Jandreau, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe - Nov 1
GPTWA Press Release
4th Annual Indian Water Rights Conference -Rapid City SD - December 21-22, 2007 (PDF)
News Items
The Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People and the Environment
By Jacques Leslie, AlterNet. Posted January 27, 2007.
Missouri River Water Within Reach Of Red River Valley. Jan 15, 2007.
5 January 2007
Supreme Court Ruling Leaves Future of Clean Water Act Murky
By Sponberg, Adrienne Froelich
Climate Change and South Dakota.
EPA Office of Policy Document. Sept. 1998
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Membership
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Special Projects
The Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance is the original founding coalition for preserving the Water Rights for the Great Sioux Reservation as defined by the 1868 Ft. Laramie Treaty.
The GPTWA was established by the Standing Rock, Oglala and Rosebud Sioux Tribes as a public outreach, research and education organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of Great Sioux Nation Indian Winters Rights to the use of Water in the Missouri River, Tributaries and all Aquifers and ground water sources located within the exterior boundaries of the Great Sioux Reservation.
Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance is a clearinghouse and advocate for the protection and preservation of aboriginal, Treaty and Indian Winters Rights to the use of water in the Missouri River Basin. GPTWA is an alliance of tribes within the Great Sioux Nation inclusive of the Standing Rock, Rosebud and Oglala Sioux Tribe
PO Box 3005
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
Ph: (605) 867-5624/5918
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GPTWA Site update 1.30.07 - Endangered Species Protection protocols.
Power point presentations were submitted by Oglala Sioux Pesticide Enforcement Program added to the GPTWA website here is the following link to that page. Note: slow upload, please be patient.
GPTWA Events
Dec. 3, 2007: Board of Directors Meeting, Days Inn I-90, Rapid City SD. Agenda attached.
December 21 & 22, 2007: Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance 4th Annual William H. Veeder Memorial Conference on Indian Water Rights, Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City South Dakota.
click here for:
Conference Flyer
& Conference Registration Form (pdf)
Updated Conference Agenda (pdf)
Hotels/Accomodations (pdf)
Treaty Issues: Restoring Constitutional Treaty Making Authority, Reviewing Treaty Commitments. Treaty Violations, Indian rights to Interpreting treaty through judicial establishment.
Missouri River Programmatic Agreement for the Operation and Management of the Missouri River Mainstem System for compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106..
Missouri River Master Water Control Manual for the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System.
Indian Reserved Water Rights and the McCarran Amendment.
Native American Cultural Resources along the Missouri River. Intellectual and Cultural Resource Properties. Native American Graves Protection Repatriation Act violations.
Environmental Issues with Water Quality and Tribal Health concerns.
Consultation and Coordination. Indian/Tribal Definition of Consultation with U.S. Federal Agencies under Executive Order 13175, government to government consultation
International Concerns: Tribal Water Rights crossing borders into other nations. Environmental Impacts of Energy Industries in to ancestral lands and territories.
