Oglala Sioux Tribe
Reservation: Pine Ridge Reservation; Oglala Lakota, Bennett, and Jackson Counties
Division: Lakota
Trust Land Base: 1,700,000 acres
Tribal Headquarters: Pine Ridge, SD
Time Zone: Mountain
Total Population: 19,950
Estimated Tribal Enrollment: 46,855
Current Tribal Leaders
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
Number of Election districts or communities: 9
Quorum number: 2/3 of the members
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
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.
Tribal Website
Chairman: Frank Star Comes Out
PO Box 2070
Pine Ridge, SD 57770-2070
Phone: (605) 867-5821
Fax: (605) 867-1449