Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
                       

Government | Elections | Meetings | Education and Media | Leaders

Reservation: Standing Rock Reservation, Corson County SD
Division: Yanktonais, Teton
Bands: Hunkpapa, Blackfeet, Tanktonais and Cutheads
Land Area: 562,366 acres in South Dakota
Tribal Headquarters: Ft. Yates, ND
Time Zone: Mountain (South Dakota side), Central (North Dakota side)
Traditional Language: Dakota and Lakota
Enrolled members living on reservation: 10,133
Major Employers: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which administers 40-50 programs, Sitting Bull College, Prairie Knights Casino, Grand River Casino and school districts
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Government:
Charter: None; Constitution and Bylaws: Yes - IRA
Date Approved: April 24, 1959
Name of Governing Body: Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council
Number of members: fourteen (14) Councilmen, Eight are elected from election districts, six are residents of the reservation without regard to residence in any district or state.
Dates of Constitutional amendments: May 11, 1984; October 15, 1984
Number of Executive Officers: (3) Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Secretary

Elections:
Primary election is held no more than ninety (90) and no less than thirty (30) days before the general election, General elections are held every odd numbered year. All officers are elected for terms of four (4) years. Terms of office are staggered.
Number of Election districts or communities: 8

Meetings:
Quorum number: eleven
Meetings are held each month at the Tribal Headquarters

Education and Media:
Tribal College: Sitting Bull College, Ft. Yates, ND
Radio: KLND 89.5 FM, Little Eagle, SD
Newspapers: Teton Times, McLaughlin, SD
                     Corson/Sioux Co. News-Messenger, McLaughlin, SD

Leaders: Past and Present
Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa, was an influence and respected man. Not only did he serve as a spiritual leader, he also was the last known leader of the "Cante Tinza," an elite warrior society. Sitting Bull helped to defeat Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn. And he traveled with Buffalo Bill Cody's "Wild West Show" for a time. Sitting Bull was killed by Indian police on Dec. 15, 1890.

Patricia Locke (Ta Wacin Waste Win), a Hunkpapa Lakota and Chippewa, lives on the Standing Rock Reservation. A MacArthur Fellow, 1191-1196, she has assisted 17 tribes in establishing community colleges on their reservations. Locke has taught at major American universities including the University of California at Los Angeles. She is the author of 29 articles and publications.

Chairman: Ron His Horse Is Thunder
PO Box D
Ft. Yates, ND 58538-0522
Phone (701) 854-8500
Fax (701) 854-8595

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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
P.O. Box D
Fort Yates, ND 58538-0522
Phone (701) 854-8500
Fax (701) 854-7299

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Standing Rock Tourism Office

Hou Kola (Hello Friend)
Welcome to the official website of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Tourism.
The Tribal Tourism Office would like to welcomes you with a hearty handshake to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Tourism site.
Please come and see the world though our eyes.

In Spirit,
LaDonna Brave Bull Allard
Director of Tribal Tourism

The Mission of the Standing Rock Tribal Tourism Office is to protect, preserve and educate the world about the culture, history and environment of our sovereign nation. The Tribal Tourism office will promote and educate through sustainable tourism while developing economically for our people within the Standing Rock Nation.

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