Tribe provides update on Touch the Clouds development project

  • Ryman LeBeau, Chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, discusses the Touch the Clouds development at an information meeting in the CRST Cultural Center last week following a traditional blessing at the site of the development. Photo by Jon Flatland
    Ryman LeBeau, Chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, discusses the Touch the Clouds development at an information meeting in the CRST Cultural Center last week following a traditional blessing at the site of the development. Photo by Jon Flatland

    By Jon Flatland

    The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe last week held a ceremony blessing the Touch the Clouds development on Eagle Butte’s north side and provided an update on the overall project as it sits today.

    The Touch the Clouds addition is a 250-acre site purchased by the tribe for future educational, governmental, and commercial development. The project began under the Harold Frazier administration…