Nine Tribes in South Dakota
Oglala Sioux Tribe
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Government | Elections | Meetings | Education & Media | Leaders | Tribal Contact Information
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
Oglala Sioux Tribe's 2010 Statistical Profile (pdf)
 Government
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
Elections
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
Meetings
Quorum number: 2/3 members
There are four meetings in each year in January, April, July, and October.
Education and Media
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
Leaders: Past and Present
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 Yellow Bird 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
Oglala Sioux Tribe
PO Box 2070
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
Phone: (605) 867-5821
Fax: (605) 867-2609
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