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	Minnesota Indian Affairs Council - Prairie Island Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota, also known as the Prairie Island Mdewakanton Dakota Community, is located on the Prairie Island Indian Reservation, which is on an island in the Mississippi River some 14 miles north of Red Wing and 30 miles southeast of St. Paul.
		Prairie Island members are descendants of Mdewakanton and Wahpekute Bands of Eastern Dakota also known as the Mississippi or Minnesota Sioux, who were parties to treaties with the United States from 1805 to 1863.
		The Prairie Island Indian Community is a federally recognized Indian Tribe organized under the Indian Reorganization Act, and is governed under the terms of the Prairie Island Community Constitution and By-Laws adopted by Tribal members on May 23, 1936 and approved by the Secretary of the Interior on June 20, 1936.
	www.cri-bsu.org /IA_web/htdocs/tribes/prairie.html (1805 words)

	Prairie Island Community Responds to Xcel Energy's Plans to Seek More Nuclear Waste Storage
		And while the generating plants at Prairie Island and Monticello have emergency notification systems to warn nearby residents if there's an accident, those procedures might be too slow in the event of an attack, David Lochbaum, a nuclear expert with the Union of Concerned Scientists, testified before the Senate's commerce and utilities committee.
		Prairie Island Mdewakanton Dakota leaders have warned state legislators that a 1994 law allows the tribe to reject additional radioactive waste storage at the nuclear power plant in Red Wing.
		Although the Prairie Island Indian Community is opposed to additional nuclear waste storage at Prairie Island, the tribe has been willing to sit down with Xcel and the state to discuss possible solutions that would address the tribe's health and safety needs, and allow the plant to continue operating.
	www.alphacdc.com /treaty/prairie_island.html (9715 words)

	PRAIRIE ISLAND DAKOTA (Sioux) Indian Reservation, Minnesota
		In 1899 the small reservation on a low-lying island on the banks of the Mississippi was established for the Prairie Island Dakota Community by act of Congress in 1889.
		Prairie Island Mdewakanton elder Amos Owen conducts a Pipe ceremony on one of the small patches of land detached from the reservation village, in 1978.
		But the Prairie Island coalition raised plane fare for a Mescalero woman who explained that despite various repressions and election frauds, the majority of the Mescalero tribe doesn't want its future spoiled by hot waste on their land.
	www.kstrom.net /isk/maps/mn/prairie.htm (1723 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Prairie du Chien’s recorded history was ushered in June 17, 1673 when Marquette and Jolliet came down the Wisconsin River and were the first Europeans to see the Mississippi River.
		Feriole Island The island is the site of the city’s earliest activities, the center of the fur trade, home of the first Fort Crawford, site of the Battle of Prairie du Chien in 1814 and three important Indian treaties.
		In 1903 the Prairie du Chien Sanitarium was erected.
	www.prairieduchien.org /first/visitor/history.htm (3146 words)

	NMC - About Us - Locations - Prairie Island
		The Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant located near Red Wing, Minnesota, is owned by Xcel Energy Inc. The plant houses two pressurized water reactors, totaling 1,060 megawatts of capacity.
		Prairie Island is in excellent material condition and has a sustained history of world-class upper quartile performance for nuclear plants operated for more than 20 years.
		Prairie Island received the 1998 Westinghouse "American Beauty" award as one of top 10 most cost-effective plants in the U.S. over the previous three years.
	www.nmcco.com /about_us/locations/prairie_island.htm (225 words)

	Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant - Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant is located on the Mississippi River near Red Wing, approximately 50 miles southeast of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.
		The Prairie Island units are operated as base-loaded (i.e.
		Mechanical draft Cooling Towers, as in the Prairie Island case, have long piping runs that spray the water downward.
	www.nucleartourist.com /us/prairie.htm (357 words)

	House strongly votes down Prairie Island bill
		The House Thursday (May 15) rejected Prairie Island legislation that placed future licensing decisions on Minnesota's two nuclear power plants in the hands of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).
		Both the House and Senate bills allow additional cask storage at Prairie Island until the end of the plantâs current license for its two nuclear plants in 2013 and 2014.
		But the House Prairie Island bill also differed from the Senate bill, which places final decision making on future nuclear waste cask storage in the hands of the Legislature.
	www.hometownsource.com /capitol/2003/may/15Island.html (528 words)

	ICT [2001/08/13] A nuclear threat looms over Prairie Island Community
		The small tribe has lived on Prairie Island for generations and consider it a sacred place, one where their medicine gatherers came hundreds of years ago to pick medicines to heal their people.
		The small island that sits at the confluence of the Vermilion and Mississippi Rivers in Minnesota, some 30 miles southeast of St. Paul, near Red Wing, is subject to periodic flooding.
		The future of the small island in Minnesota is unclear, but for now children play in the shadow of the nearby reactors unaware of the danger around them.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=158 (1201 words)

	MPIRG > Energy > Nuclear > Prairie Island
		The island lies in the Mississippi River, near Red Wing, and is not only home to the nuclear power plant, but the Mdewakanton Dakota Community as well.
		Prairie Island has produced more nuclear waste then it was designed to hold.
		With Prairie Island being one of the few places with dry storage containers, that waste may be passed by for storage until a second site is found decades from now.
	www.mpirg.org /energy/nuclear/prairieisland (1113 words)

	Mile 640: Gambling, shellfish and a nuclear reactor - The Mighty Miss - MSNBC.com
		Doreen Hagen, president of the Prairie Island Indian Community Tribal Council, says the tribe will fight to ensure that its homeland is not endangered by the nuclear reactor that is just 600 yards from reservation homes.
		The tribe’s members began trickling back to the island in the late 1880s and eventually attained the critical mass that led to federal recognition of the tribe in 1936.
		Prairie Island officials won’t say how much each member receives, but a drive around the reservation reveals new high-end vehicles in almost every driveway.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5591511 (1619 words)

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		(a) The bona fide Indian residents of the Prairie Island Reservation whose names appear on, or are entitled to appear on the official census roll of the Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Indians as of April 1, 1934, with the official supplement thereto of January 1, 1935.
		The governing body of the Community organization shall be called "The Community Council of the Prairie Island Indian Reservation", and shall be composed of five members who shall be duly elected by secret ballot by the qualified voters of the Community.
		Community funds may be used, with the consent of the Secretary of the Interior, to acquire land for the Prairie Island Indian Community.
	thorpe.ou.edu /IRA/picons.html (3499 words)

	Resources on Minnesota issues: Prairie Island Nuclear Waste Storage
		The Mdewkanton Dakota Prairie Island Tribe and environmental groups opposed to the storage facility appealed the PUC decision to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
		Prairie Island's two reactors are licensed by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission and are licensed to operate through the end of 2013 and 2014.
		The facility is currently facing the same waste storage issues that Prairie Island has been dealing with; if additional waste storage capacity is not found, the Monticello plant will have to close.
	www.leg.state.mn.us /lrl/issues/prairieisland.asp (1687 words)

	MPR: Soggy, but home: Prairie Island gets its land back
		Prairie Island's land now encompasses Sturgeon Lake and the islands that buffer the lake from the Mississippi River.
		Prairie Island Indian Community, Minn. — It's startlingly peaceful on Sturgeon Lake, part of Parcel D. The lake hugs a string of tiny islands that separate it from the Mississippi River.
		This and some prairie land are part of the acreage that make up Parcel D. It's a narrow stretch of waterways and wetland forest that border the community's present reservation.
	minnesota.publicradio.org /display/web/2006/06/14/returnedland/?rsssource=1 (829 words)

	SACRED GROUND
		The Mdewakanton ("those who were born of the waters") tribe shares Prairie Island – a small island southeast of the Twin Cities – with a double nuclear power plant operated by Xcel Energy Corporation (formerly Northern States Power, or NSP), which opened the plant in 1973 less than half a mile from their homes.
		Prairie Island has traditionally been considered a sacred place, says Eric Buffalohead, an anthropologist at Augsburg College in Minneapolis who is a member of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma and a board member of Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ME3), an independent nonprofit.
		Copeland is sympathetic to the Prairie Island Indian Community’s predicament.
	www.thewitness.org /archive/julyaug2003/sacredground.html (2954 words)

	Prairie Island Indian Community Supports Yucca Mountain Recommendation
		Prairie Island is the closest community in the nation to an existing, temporary nuclear waste storage site.
		Adding to the tribe's concern, in the event of an accident, there is only one permanent evacuation route off Prairie Island, and it's frequently blocked by train activity and subject to flooding.
		Officials from Prairie Island have visited Yucca Mountain on several occasions to learn about the facility and witness the work that is being done there to determine the site's suitability.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-10-2002/0001646108&EDATE= (466 words)

	New Page 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Many families were faced with countless injustices and were forced into poverty, war and imprisonment--and eventually evicted from the Prairie Island territory.
		Transformation of an Island," A historical perspective on the Prairie Island Indian Community.
		The Mdewakanton, "those who were born of the waters," have lived on Prairie Island for countless generations.
	www.prairieisland.org /history.htm (196 words)

	MPR: Prairie Island Faces Another Battle Over Nuclear Waste
		Now, citing a pending energy crisis, two state legislators are pushing for another increase in storage capacity that would allow Prairie Island to operate at full capacity at least to 2014.
		However, it won't be ready to take waste until after Prairie Island has filled its current 17 storage casks.
		He cautions loading Prairie Island with more nuclear waste is a disaster waiting to happen.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/200105/18_galballye_nuclear-m (786 words)

	The Issues surrounding Birch Island Woods
		Less than a mile from Birch Island Woods, for example, John Anderson’s 44-acre former farm and nature preserve and Al Picha’s 5-acre farm are being developed; the owners of Bent Creek Golf Club have announced their intention of selling their 110-acre course, most likely to a developer.
		Birch Island Woods is a 41 acre, hardscrabble swath of forest and wetlands in north-central Eden Prairie which anchors a cluster of historic, environmental, human service and recreational resources.
		Friends of Birch Island Woods, conservation organizations throughout the metro area, community service groups, open space analysts, Eden Prairie voters and thousands of people in the southwest suburbs agree that the property should be added to the conservation area.
	www.fbiw.org /Issues (2257 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Tribe wants damages for 'Treasure Island' use
		Prairie Island and Las Vegas both have casinos called "Treasure Island" and the Indian community thinks Steve Wynn's Mirage Resorts pirated the name.
		If the Prairie Island tribe's action is successful, it plans to go to federal district court and compel Mirage to pay the money and punitive damages for taking its property and causing confusion among its customers.
		Wynn also said Prairie Island's casino is cashing in on the millions of dollars the Mirage has spent on advertising.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/gaming/2000/may/26/510306820.html (573 words)

	NMC - Newsroom - News Releases - Prairie Island Nuclear Plant Unit 2 begins refueling outage
		NMC is undertaking replacement of the reactor vessel heads proactively as inspections continue to demonstrate the structural integrity of the existing heads.
		Operators took Prairie Island Unit 2 off line on April 16 to repair a backup diesel generator to enhance its reliability.
		Prairie Island, near Red Wing, Minn., generates 1,076 megawatts of electricity, enough electricity to power one in five homes and businesses in the Upper Midwest.
	www.nmcco.com /newsroom/news_releases/2005/05/03-1.htm (239 words)

	MPR: Filibuster stalls Prairie Island nuke bill
		Paul, Minn. — The Prairie Island debate appeared to be on track early Monday when the House voted 81-to-51 to resurrect the measure and send it on to the Senate for final approval.
		I mean, we had the votes to pass a bill and we had the votes, probably, to pass it by a fair margin," Ourada said.
		The House would allow the Public Utilities Commission to decide whether Prairie Island or Monticello could extend operations beyond their current licensure.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/2003/05/15_khoom_prairieisland (811 words)

	ICT [2006/03/07] Prairie Island seeks nuclear waste disposal
		Since 1994, when the casks were first placed on a dock at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant (then owned by Northern States Power Co.), the community has objected, gone to court and eventually worked out compromises with the state Legislature and NSP.
		The Prairie Island tribal council has visited the Yucca Mountain facility before, but recently revisited it for the second time in four years to see what progress has been made.
		The Prairie Island community has worked out an agreement with Xcel Energy Inc., the power company that grew from NSP, for compensation of $1 million per year for the power plant and $400,000 per year for as long as the dry casks are stored on the site.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1096412577 (1233 words)

	wcco.com - Some Prairie Island Workers Exposed To Radiation
		Jan Strasma, a NRC spokesman for the region, said one of two nuclear reactors at Prairie Island, in Red Wing, was shut down for refueling and maintenance.
		Part of the work called for ventilating two large tanks called steam generators, but the proper filtering equipment was not in place and radioactive iodine was released into the containment building, he said.
		Datu said proper venting and filters were in place at the time, but the level of radioactive material released was higher than anticipated and all of it was not captured by the equipment.
	wcco.com /topstories/local_story_129135059.html (359 words)

	Rivers of Life: River Voices - John Shepard (Prairie Island)
		He described growing up at Prairie Island in the decades before nuclear power and reservation casinos--back when the quiet was so pervasive that on hot summer nights he could tell which of his neighbors were driving the roads by the distinctive sounds of their cars.
		Before we left he gave us a news clipping on a Minnesota Health Department study that determined radioactive gasses at the power plant created cancer risks that were six times greater for the Prairie Island Dakota than for the rest of the state's population.
		The presence of the mounds, according to archaeological evidence, indicates that Prairie Island was a home for Native Americans about the time of the birth of Christ.
	cgee.hamline.edu /rivers/Resources/Voices/shepard1.htm (1276 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: In the Matter of Northern States Power Company (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 ...
		The operating licenses authorize NSP to possess, use, and operate Prairie Island.
		The licensee requested approval of the proposed transfer of the Prairie Island facility operating licenses and the Prairie Island ISFSI materials license to New NSP.
		According to the application for approval filed by NSP, the facility and the Prairie Island ISFSI would be transferred to New NSP following approval of the proposed license transfers, and New NSP would become responsible for the operation, maintenance, and eventual decommissioning of Prairie Island and the Prairie Island ISFSI.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-GENERAL/2000/May/Day-19/g12619.htm (781 words)

	Prairie Island Power Plant and Dry Casks Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Most of Prairie Island was under water from the flood of 1965 on the Mississippi River.
		The Prairie Island reactors are located about 35 miles Southeast of Minneapolis/St. Paul on the Mississippi River near Red Wing, Mn.
		As the loaded cask was lifted out of the pool, the crane froze; leaving the 122 ton cask dangling for 16 hours over the 22 year cumulative total of the Prairie Island reactors' waste in the fuel pool.
	www.mtn.org /pic/plantinfo.html (200 words)

	Legend of Prairie Island
		Whether you are into Scouting, hunting, camping, or just like to hear scary stories around a campfire, Legend of Prairie Island is the book for you.
		With the tales of the Native Americans combined with the love of hunting by her family, Laura’s imagination grew.
		It wasn’t long until she put a story together, thus, The Legend of Prairie Island.
	www.authorhouse.com /BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=15435 (634 words)

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		The Community Council of the Prairie Island Indian Reservation established in accordance with the said Constitution and By-laws of the Community shall exercise all the corporate powers hereinafter enumerated.
		The termination shall be effective upon ratification by a majority vote at an election in which at least 30 per cent of the adult members of the Community residing on the Reservation shall vote.
		Submitted by the Acting Secretary of the Interior for ratification by the Prairie Island Indian Community of the Prairie Island Reservation in a popular referendum to be held on July 23, 1937.
	thorpe.ou.edu /IRA/pichrtr.html (865 words)

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