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Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe

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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

Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe 2019 Statistical Profile

Sisseton Wahpeton Constitution
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

All elected representatives, including executive committee members and council members, serve two year terms. Elections are not staggered. The Tribe does not elect a Treasurer, the Vice-Chairman's responsibilities include all financial duties for the SWO.
Number of Election districts or communities: 7

Meetings held: The Council shall meet regularly on the first Tuesday, Wednesday and third Thursday of each month or upon call of the Chairman of the Council.

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.

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Chairman: J. Garret Renville
PO Box 509
Agency Village, SD 57262-0509
Phone: (605) 698-3911
Fax: (605) 698-3708