Prairie Island Indian Reservation
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Prairie Island Indian Reservation is a Sioux Indian reservation in Goodhue County, Minnesota along the Mississippi River. It was created in 1889, with boundaries modified after that time. Much of the reservation land was lost following construction of Lock and Dam No. 3 along the river by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to improve navigation. Later, the Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant was built nearby. The community has grabbed headlines because of the decision to store radioactive waste in above-ground steel casks. The reservation had 166 residents as of the 2000 census.
External links
- Prairie Island Indian Community (http://www.prairieisland.org/)
References
- Prairie Island. (http://www.cri-bsu.org/IA_web/htdocs/tribes/prairie.html) Minnesota Indian Affairs Council.