Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe
Reservation: Former Lake Traverse; parts of Marshall, Day, Codington, Grant and Roberts Counties.
Division: Dakota
Bands: Sisseton (People of the Marsh), Wahpeton (People on Lake Traverse)
Trust Land Base: 108,589 acres
Tribal Headquarters: Agency Village, SD
Time Zone: Central
Traditional Language: Dakota
Total Population: 11,095
Estimated Tribal Enrollment: 12,389
Major Employers: Dakota Sioux Casino, tribal government, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Current Tribal Leaders
Charter: None
Constitution and Bylaws: Yes
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
Number of Election districts or communities: 7
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
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.
Tribal Website
Chairman: J. Garret Renville
PO Box 509
Agency Village, SD 57262-0509
Phone: (605) 698-3911
Fax: (605) 698-3708