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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

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: Theresa Two Bulls
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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