Reservations in South Dakota

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 Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
❖ Executive tribal positions:
➢ Chairman: Harold Frazier
➢ Vice-Chairman: Robert Chasing Hawk
➢ Secretary: Ev Ann White Feather
➢ Treasurer: Benita M. Cook Clark
❖ Tribal Headquarters: Eagle Butte, SD
❖ Enrolled Members Living on the Reservation: 8,000
❖ Current News:
➢ “Harold Frazier has requested South Dakota Legislative lawmakers to introduce bills in the 2018 South
Dakota Legislative session aimed at protecting the treaty territory lands and sacred sites within the
land.” (Native News Online)
➢ https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/cheyenne-river-sioux-tribe-chairman-frazier-requests-
introduction-bills-south-dakota-legislature-designed-protect-lakota-treaty-land/
 Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
❖ Executive tribal positions:
➢ Chairman: Lester Thompson Jr.
➢ Vice Chairman: Barry Thompson
➢ Secretary: Carla Pickner
➢ Councilmen: Fabina Howe Sr., Kyle Kirkie, Evan Hawk
❖ Tribal Headquarters: Ft. Thompson, SD
❖ Enrolled members living on the reservation: 1,230
❖ Current News:
➢ New people for the Executive tribal positions were
inaugurated on April 19, 2018.
➢ https://www.nativesunnews.today/articles/crow-creek-
sioux-tribe-inauguration/
 Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
❖ Executive tribal positions:
➢ President: Anthony Reider
➢ Vice-President: Andrew Weston
➢ Secretary: Gordon Jones, Jr.
➢ Treasurer: Ryan Kills-A-Hundred
❖ Tribal Headquarters: Flandreau, SD
❖ Enrolled Members Living on the Reservation: 726
❖ Current News:
➢ “The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe is exploring whether it wants to provide solar energy on
its land, a vision that is causing the local power provider and the city initial concerns.”
(Moody County Enterprise)
➢ https://moodycountyenterprise.com/article/santee-sioux-tribe-investigating-use-of-
renewable-energy
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
❖ Executive tribal positions:
➢ Chairman: Boyd I. Gourneau
➢ Vice-Chairman: Darrell L. Middletent
➢ Secretary/Treasurer: Orville “Red” Langdeau
❖ Tribal Headquarters: Lower Brule, SD
❖ Enrolled Members living on the Reservation: 1,308
❖ Current News:
➢ “In 1934, the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe put up a monument to further celebrate
the place where their chief was buried in what’s called the Iron Nation District”
(Capital Journal). This has further been recognized on the National Register of
Historic Places.
➢ https://www.capjournal.com/news/celebrating-a-man-of-peace-solomon-iron-
nation-s-monument/article_e7af55ca-213b-11e5-b0ff-6f64d4d868e8.html
 Oglala Sioux Tribe
❖ Executive tribal positions:
➢ President: Troy “Scott” Weston
➢ Vice-President: Darla Black
➢ Secretary: Donna Salomon
➢ Treasurer: Mason Big Crow
❖ Tribal Headquarters: Pine Ridge, SD
❖ Enrolled Members living on the Reservation: 19,639
❖ Current News:
➢ “Oglala Sioux Tribe leaders go missing from key consultation.. That
would have an impact on the lives of all tribal members.” (Native
Sun News Today)
➢ https://www.indianz.com/News/2018/04/30/native-sun-news-
today-oglala-sioux-tribe-18.asp
 Rosebud Sioux Tribe
❖ Executive tribal leaders:
➢ President: William ‘Willie’ Kindle
➢ Vice-President: Scott O. Herman
➢ Secretary: Linda Marshall
➢ Treasurer: Louis Wayne Boyd
❖ Tribal Headquarters: Rosebud, SD
❖ Enrolled Members Living on the Reservation: 21,245
❖ Current News:
 Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
❖ Executive Tribal Positions:
➢ Chairman: David Flute
➢ Vice-Chairman: Floyd Kirk
➢ Secretary: Crystal Heminger
❖ Tribal Headquarters: Agency Village, SD
❖ Enrolled Members Living within Former Reservation Area: 9,984
❖ Current News:
 Standing Rock Sioux
❖ Tribe
Executive Tribal Positions:
➢ Chairman: Mike Faith
➢ Vice-Chairman: Ira W. Taken Alive
➢ Secretary/Treasurer: Susan Agard
❖ Tribal Headquarters: Ft. Yates, ND
❖ Enrolled Members Living on the Reservation: 8,396 est.
❖ Current News:
 Yankton Sioux Tribe
❖ Executive Tribal Positions:
➢ Chairman: Robert Flying Hawk
➢ Vice-Chairman: Jason Cooke
➢ Secretary: Glenford “Sam” Sully
➢ Treasurer: Kenneth Cook
❖ Tribal Headquarters: Wagner, SD
❖ Enrolled Members Living Within Area: 3,500
❖ Current News:
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