Many residents in the area have access to a motorized vehicle for private transportation. The only local public transportation available is a charter air service in the Wagner community. Public bus service is available in Mitchell and major airlines in Sioux Falls. Weather conditions sometimes affect facility access. Adverse winter weather occurs in the region causing dangerous road conditions, icy, snow packed highways, and blizzards are common.
Heavy fog is sometimes a problem in the area.
The reservation is mostly farm land with some small areas of timber. The remainder is rolling hills and prairie suitable for grazing. The Missouri River is the southern border of the reservation. Fort Randall Dam on the Missouri River creates Lake Francis Case which is on the southwestern part of the reservation. The land around the lake area is high rolling hills with wooded coulees providing drainage into the lake.