The reservation includes all of Todd County, South Dakota , and communities and lands in the four adjacent counties. However, the Oyate also has communities and extensive lands and populations in the four adjacent counties, which were once within the Rosebud Sioux Tribe RST boundaries: Tripp , Lyman , Mellette , and Gregory counties, all in South Dakota.
Mellette County, especially, has extensive off-reservation trust land, comprising The total land area of the reservation and its trust lands is 1, The main reservation Todd County has a land area of 1, It adopted a constitution and bylaws, to take back many responsibilities for internal management from the BIA.
It followed the model of elected government: president, vice-president, and representative council, adopted by many Native American nations. Originally included within the territory of the Great Sioux Reservation , Pine Ridge was established in in the southwest corner of South Dakota on the Nebraska border. Today it consists of 3, The reservation encompasses the entirety of Oglala Lakota County , the southern half of Jackson County and the northwest portion of Bennett County.
The census population of the reservation was 15, The reservation is governed by the eighteen-member Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, who are elected officials rather than traditional clan life leaders, in accordance with the Indian Reorganization Act of Primary elections are held in October and the General election in November. The President and Vice-President are elected at large by voters to a term of office of 2 years; the Secretary and Treasurer are appointed by the Tribal Council.
Council members serve a term of two years. There are nine election districts on the reservation. One representative is elected for each 1, tribe members. The reservation is located in parts of five counties in extreme northeastern South Dakota and parts of two counties in southeastern North Dakota , United States.
Its resident population of 10, persons was counted during the census. The Department of Interior indicates there are , acres The current enrollment of the tribe is approximately 12, members spread among seven districts located across the reservation.
There were 9, living on the reservation circa In the federal government urged the tribe to adopt the provisions of the Wheeler-Howard Act , also known as the Indian Reorganization Act.
By the tribe had reorganized, establishing the current system of bylaws and elected tribal government at Agency Village. It gained self-government again as the federally recognized Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe. The authority was based in the Lake Traverse Treaty of All elected representatives, including executive committee members and council members, serve two year terms.
Elections are not staggered. From , the federally recognized tribe was known as the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe. For a brief period in , they identified as the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Nation. During their tribal general elections, they approved a measure changing the name to Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, the latter word in the Dakota language meaning "people or nation". The reservation has a land area of 3, According to its constitution, Standing Rock's governing body is the elected member Tribal Council, including the Tribal Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, and 14 representatives.
As of , the current chairman is David Archambault II. Elections provide for staggered replacement of members. Six members are elected at-large and eight from the regional single-member districts. Its original constitution was ratified in The tribe has a land base of 36, acres The reservation has approximately 11, enrolled members. The total land area of the reservation is 2.
The reservation is among the largest in the United States. Verified and accurate statistics can be hard to come by on the reservation, and only paint a partial picture of the realities endured by the residents of the communities on Pine Ridge. Likewise, statistics do not capture the vibrant culture, talented artists, hopeful young people, and the many individuals and organizations committed to building a better today — and tomorrow across the reservation.
The average life expectancy on Pine Ridge is Other statistics, attributed to the Pine Ridge hospital, cite an average life expectancy for men of just 47 years. Women fare slightly better, with an average life expectancy of 55 years. There are 3, counties in the United States. A study found Oglala Lakota County ranked last for health outcomes length of life and quality of life and health factors behaviors, clinical care, social and economic factors and physical environment in the state of South Dakota.
The population of the reservation is constantly in-flux. Depending on availability of resources including access to food, transportation and utilities , a house may domicile more than a dozen individuals. The following numbers are indicative of the challenges in capturing accurate data:. The vast majority 16, identified as American Indian. By comparison, the state of South Dakota average for this demographic is The median age on Pine Ridge is The South Dakota average for this demographic is With a labor force of 29, in the tribe not specifically the reservation , just 3, were employed.
The Department of the Interior has since ceased producing estimates of "unemployment. The officially reported poverty rate for American Indians living on Pine Ridge is The United States average is Many assessments, drawing from sources other than U.
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