Upper Sioux Community

This land we call Pezihutazizi Kapi (the place where they dig for yellow medicine) has been the homeland for our people, the Dakota Oyate (Nation), for thousands of years.

Tribal Government Mission

The mission of the Upper Sioux Board of Trustees is to provide culturally based programs and services that preserve the Dakota traditions, promote and support education, healthy families and a diversified and growing economy, leading to increased self-esteem and self-sufficiency for individual community members and the Upper Sioux Community, Pezihutazizi Oyate.

Upper Sioux Community Pezihutazizi Oyate

Celebrating our heritage annually at our Traditional Wacipi.

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Dancers perform at Upper Sioux Community's Traditional Wacipi Powwow

About Upper Sioux Community Pezihutazizi Oyate

This land we call Pezihutazizi Kapi (the place where they dig for yellow medicine) has been the homeland for our people, the Dakota Oyate (Nation), for thousands of years. We have always occupied this area bordering the Minnesota River Valley. We are finding ways to preserve our dignity, our culture and our traditions, free from the burden of meeting basic survival needs. Total land base stands at 2,300 acres.

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Upper Sioux Community's

Traditional Wacipi

Visit the annual Pezihutazizi Oyate Traditional Wacipi this summer!

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