Development of the Renewal on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation Project

John R. Hendrickson, Linda Black Elk, Timothy Faller

Abstract


• The Standing Rock Sioux Reservation comprises 2.3 million acres, primarily rangeland, straddling the North DakotaSouth Dakota border.
• Natural resource management is economically and culturally important to the Standing Rock community.
• Respecting traditional ways of thinking and placing stakeholders and their needs at the center are key aspects of project development.
• Native Americans were the original natural resource managers on our rangelands, and their thoughts and expertise can provide guidance to rangeland managers
now and in the future.

Keywords: Native American, resource management,
culture-centered.


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