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Reservation: Former Lake Traverse;
parts of Marshall, Day, Codington, Grant and Roberts Counties
Division: Santee
Bands: Sisseton (People of the Marsh),
Wahpeton (People on Lake Traverse)
Land Area: 106,153 acres (without
boundaries)
Tribal Headquarters: Agency Village, SD
Time Zone: Central
Traditional Language: Dakota
Enrolled members living within former reservation
area:
9,894
Major Employers: Dakota Sioux Casino,
tribal government, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Statistics
Charter: None;
Constitution and Bylaws: Yes -IRA
Date Approved: October 16, 1946
Name of Governing Body:
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribal Council
Number of council members: (7) seven
council members
Dates of Constitutional amendments:
November 21, 1978, June 9, 1980
Number of Executive Officers: (3)
Tribal Chairman, Vice Chairman, and Tribal Secretary
Primary election is held in October and the General in November.
Members of Council shall serve terms of four years. Any Council and
Executive Committee member shall serve no more than two (2)
consecutive terms for a total of eight (8) years in the same office.
Any Council member or Executive Committee member may again file for
office after a two (2) year time period.
Number of Election districts or communities:
7
The Council shall meet regularly on the first Tuesday, Wednesday and
third Thursday of each month or upon call of the Chairman of the
Council.
Quorum number: General Council members
is ten percent of eligible members
Tribal College: Sisseton-Wahpeton
Community College, Sisseton, SD
Weekly newspaper:
Sota Iya Ye Yapi
Darlene Renville Pipeboy is an
enrolled member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate. Her
grandfather, Joseph Renville, was among those who befriended French
mapmaker, Joseph Nicollet. Today, Pipeboy volunteers at the Nicollet
Tower near Sisseton. "Being a Dakota, a twin and a woman is my
identity," Pipeboy says. "Those three things are important today and
traditionally."
Paul War Cloud, a Sisseton-Wahpeton,
was born in 1930 near Sica Hollow. A self-taught artist, War Cloud
realistically depicted Dakota culture and tradition in his
paintings. Many of his works are on display at the Tekakwitha Fine
Arts Center in Sisseton. A War Cloud mural, "Unity Through the Great
Spirit," hangs at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. War Cloud
died in 1973.
Chairman: Mike Selvage
PO Box 509
Agency Village, SD 57262-0509
Phone (605) 698-3911
Fax (605) 698-3708
View Sisseton-Wahpeton
Oyate
Constitution (PDF)
Visit the
Sisseton-Wahpeton College Web site
Visit the
Sisseton-Wahpeton Brief Historical Overview
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
P.O. Box 509
Agency Village, SD 57262-0509
Phone (605) 698-3911
Fax (605) 698-3708
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