Power on the Reservation was terminated

Current blizzard conditions and freezing temperatures continue to threaten the lives of the Crow Creek Residents

FORT THOMPSON, SD -- 03/26/09 -- Temperatures reaching below 7 degrees F with the wind chill and blizzards on the Crow Creek Reservation this week have become an emergency situation as Central Electric Cooperative continues cutting power, leaving many residents in the nation's poorest county without heat, losing their food, water, and in some cases, threatening their lives. Despite the Obama Administration's commitment to invest in Native American communities with more than $2.5 billion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocated to Indian Country to create jobs, promote economic opportunity, and address the energy crisis, Central Electric Cooperative continues cutting power in homes on the Crow Creek Indian Reservation.

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