Members of the Fort Peck Tribe recently dedicated the new water treatment facility on the Assiniboine and Sioux Reservation in northeastern Montana.
Caleb Shields, former tribal chairman, worked for 20 years to get a water pipeline to the 2-million-acre reservation. The Wambdi Wahachanka (Eagle Shield) Water Treatment Facility is named after Shields’ Indian name.
"It’s a great honor to have the plant named after me,” he says. Shields was one of several speakers at the dedication, providing a history of his efforts in jumpstarting the project.
The Assiniboine and Sioux Reservation Rural Water System includes 3,200 miles of pipeline and will deliver
