Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation looks to build an economic future with traditional trade routes – CBC

Sep 23, 2025

Talks on establishing a trade corridor ongoing with Indigenous nations in U.S., Mexico

Next week Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation in Saskatchewan will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Fort Peck Sioux Tribes community in the U.S to build a trade corridor system.

The corridor would use traditional trade routes through the Dakota tribes’ territories in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba and into the U.S.

“That was the wealth of our nation; historically we had that,” said Standing Buffalo Chief Roger Redman.

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