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Reservation: Pine Ridge Reservation;
Shannon and Jackson County
Tribal Headquarters: Pine Ridge, SD
Time Zone: Mountain
Traditional Language: Lakota
Enrolled members living on reservation:
38,000
Statistics
Charter: None;
Constitution and Bylaws: Yes - IRA
Date Approved: January 15, 1936
Name of Governing Body: Oglala Sioux
Tribal Council
Number of Council members: (18)
eighteen council members
Dates of Constitutional amendments:
December 24, 1969; December 3, 1985; July 11, 1997
Number of Executive Officers: (4)
President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer
Primary election is held in October and the General in November.
President and Vice-President are elected at large by voters, term of
office 2 years; Secretary and Treasurer are appointed by Tribal
Council.
Council members serve a term of two years.
Number of Election districts or communities:
9
Proportion of representatives: one
representative for each 1,000 members
Quorum number: 2/3 members
There are four meetings in each year in January, April, July, and
October.
Tribal College: Oglala Lakota College, Kyle, SD
Radio: KILI 90.1 FM, Porcupine, SD
Newspapers: Black Hills People’s News,
Pine Ridge Village, SD
View the Lakota Country Times
Red Cloud, an Oglala chief, was
a respected warrior and statesman. From 1866-1868, he successfully
led the flight to close off the Bozeman Trail, which passed through
prime buffalo hunting grounds. Once settled at Pine Ridge, Red Cloud
worked to establish a Jesuit-run school for Indian children. He is
buried on a hill overlooking the Red Cloud Indian School, which was
named in his honor.
In 1964, Billy Mills won the
10,000-meter race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. He was the first
American ever to win that race, and he did it in record time. Billy
Mills, an Oglala Lakota, was born on the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation.
President: John Steele
PO Box 2070
Pine Ridge, SD 57770-2070
Phone (605) 867-5821
Fax (605) 867-1449
View Oglala Sioux Tribe
Constitution (PDF)
View the
Oglala Sioux Tribe's website
Visit the
Oglala Lakota College Web site
Oglala Sioux Tribe Parks and Recreation Authority
P.O. Box 570
Kyle, SD 57752
Phone (605) 455-2584
Fax (605) 455-2265.
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