Nine Tribes in South Dakota
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
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Government | Elections | Meetings | Education & Media | Leaders | Tribal Contact Information
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
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe 2010 Statistical Profile (pdf)
 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: Charles Murphy
PO Box D
Ft. Yates, ND 58538-0522
Phone (701) 854-8500
Fax (701) 854-8595
View Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Constitution (PDF)
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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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