TRADITIONAL NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENT

A Sovereign Nation International Re-Established at Bear Butte July 14,1991

Bands of the L.D.N. Nation and sub-divisions South Dakota from list in Chief Richard Grass files 2010

1. Cheyenne River Band P.O.Box 590 Eagle Butte, SD 57625
Tel. 605-964-4155 Fax. 605-964-4151

2. Crow Creek Band P.O.Box 50 Fort Thompson, SD 57339
Tel. 605-245-2221 Fax. 605-245-2470

3. Flandreau Santee Band P.O.Box 283 Flandreau, SD 57028
Tel. 605-997-3891 Fax. 605-947-3878

4. Lower Brule Band P.O.Box 187 Lower Brule, SD 57548
Tel. 605-473-5561 Fax. 605-473-5606

5. Oglala Band P.O.Box H468 Pine Ridge, SD 57770
Tel. 605-867-5821 Fax 605-867-5582

6. Rosebud Band P.O.Box 430 Rosebud, SD 57570
Tel. 605-747-2381 Fax. 605-747-2243

7. Sisseton Wahpeton Band Rt 2 Agency Village Sisseton, SD 57202
Tel. 605-698-3911 Fax. 605-698-3708

8. YanktonBand P.O.Box 248 Marty, SD 57367
Tel. 605-384-3804 Fax. 605-384-5687

North Dakota

9. Devil’s Lake Band Community Center, Fort Totten, ND 58335
Tel. 701-768-4221 Fax. 605-766-4126

10. Standing Rock Band P.O.Box F Fort Yates, ND 58538
Tel. 701-854-7231 Fax. 701-854-7299

Montana

11. Fort Peck Band P.O. 1027 Poplar, MT 59255
Tel. 406-768-5155 Fax. 406-768-5478

Minnesota

12 . Lower Sioux Band RR-1 Box 308 Marton MN 56270
Tel 507-697-6185 Fax.507-697-6110

13. Upper Sioux Band P.O.Box 147 Granite Falls, MN 56241
Tel. 612-564-2360 Fax. 612-564-3264

14 . Mdewakanton Dakota Shakopee Sioux Band 2330 Sioux Trail NW Prior Lake,
MN, 55372

Tel. 952-445-8900 Fax. 952-445-8906

15. Prairie Island Band 1158 Island Blvd. Welch, MN 55089
Tel. 612-388-2555 Fax. 612-388-1576

L.D.N.National Governments

Solidarity Union With Other Nations and Allies

The Arapaho Nation P.O. 217 Fort Washakie, WY 82514 Tel. 307-332-3532 Fax. 307-332-3055

Northern Cheyenne P.O. Box 128 Lame Deer MT 59043 Tel. 406-477-8284 Fax. 406-477-6210

Crow Nation P.O.Box 159 Crow Agency, MT 59022 Tel. 406-638-2601 Fax. 406-638-7283

UPDATED LIST FOLLOWS (obtained from message board on the web)

The Lakota have seven bands
The Dakota have four bands
The Nakota have four bands

Lakota/Dakota/Nakota reservations recognized by the US government include:
We don not have unrecogized Lakota-Dakota-Nakota Nations

Oglala (Pine Ridge Indian Reservation)
Si?angu (Rosebud Indian Reservation/Lower Burle Reservation)
Hunkpapa (Standing Rock Reservation/Cheyenne River Reservation)
blackfoot (Standing Rock Reservation/Cheyenne River Reservation)
Mniconju (Cheyenne River)
Sans Arc (Cheyenne River)
Two-Kettle (Cheyenne River)
Santee Reservation Nebraska
Yanktonai/Yankton (Yankton Reservation/CrowCreek Reservation)
Flandreau Reservation
Sisseton-Wahpehton Reservation
Lower Sioux Reservation
Upper Sioux Reservation
Shakopee Reservation-Mdewakanton
Prairie Island Reservation

Siouan language family

Dakota dialect – [also known as Santee (Isanti) Division]
1) Mdewakanton (mystery lake village)
2) Wahpekute (leaf shooters)
3) Sisseton (marsh village)
4) Wahpeton (leaf village)

Nakota dialect [also known as Yankton Division]
5) Yankton (border village)
6) Yanktonai (little border village)
7) Assinboine (Stoney Sioux)

Lakota dialect [also known as Teton Division]
7) Teton (prairie village) with 7 sub-divisions:
* Sicangu (burnt thighs)
* Itazipco (without bows)
* Sihasapa (black feet)
* Mnicoujou (planters by the water)
* Oohenumpa (two boilings)
* Oglala (scatter at one’s self)
* Hunkpapa (head of camp circle)

The modern political divisions are as follows:

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Teton Lakota (Sihasapa, Mnicoujou, Itazipco, and Oohenumpa)
Primary location: Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, north-central South Dakota
Website: http://www.sioux.org/

Oglala Sioux Tribe
Teton Lakota (Oglala)
Primary location: Pine Ridge Reservation, south-western South Dakota
Website: http://www.lakotamall.com/oglalasiouxtribe/

Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Teton Lakota (Sicangu)
Primary location: Rosebud Indian Reservation, south-central South Dakota
Website: http://www.rosebudsiouxtribe-nsn.gov/

Lower Brulé Sioux Tribe
Teton Lakota (Sicangu)
Primary location: Lower Brulé Indian Reservation, central South Dakota
Website: http://www.lbst.org/

Yankton Sioux Tribe
Yankton Nakota (Yankton)
Primary location: Yankton Sioux Indian Reservation, south-eastern South Dakota
Website: http://www.yanktonsioux.com/

Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
Santee Dakota (Mdewakanton)
Yankton Nakota (Yankton)
Primariy location: Crow Creek Indian Reservation, central South Dakota
Website:

Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe
Santee Dakota (Sisseton, Wahpeton)
Primary location: Sisseton-Wahpeton Indian Reservation, north-eastern South Dakota
Website: http://www.earthskyweb.com/sota.html

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
Santee Dakota (Mdewakanton, Wahpekute)
Primary location: Flandreau Santee Sioux Reservation, eastern South Dakota
Website: http://www.fsst.org/

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Teton Lakota (Hunkpapa, Sihasapa)
Yankton Dakota (Yanktonai)
Primary location: Standing Rock Indian Reservation, south-central North Dakota/north-central South Dakota
Website: http://www.standingrock.org/

Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe
Santee Dakota (Sisseton, Wahpeton)
Primary location: Spirit Lake Tribe Indian Reservation, east-central North Dakota
Website: http://www.spiritlakenation.com/

Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska
Santee Dakota
Primary location: Santee Dakota Indian Reservation, north-eastern Nebraska
Website: http://www.santeedakota.org/

Upper Sioux Tribe
Santee Dakota
Primary location: Granite Falls, Minnesota
Website:

Lower Sioux Community
Santee Dakota (Mdewakanton)
Primary location: Morton, Minnesota
Website:

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
Santee Dakota (Mdewakanton)
Primary location: Prior Lake, Minnesota
Website: http://www.ccsmdc.org/

Prairie Island Sioux Community
Santee Dakota (Mdewakanton)
Primary location: Welsh, Prairie Island, Minnesota
Website: http://www.prairieisland.org/

Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community
Santee Dakota (Mdewakanton)
Primary location: Mendota, Minnesota
Website: http://www.mendotadakota.org/

Fort Peck Tribes
Assiniboine and Sioux (Yanktonai, Mdewakanton, Wahpekute, Sisseton, Wahpeton)
Primary location: Fort Peck Indian Reservation, North-East Montana
Website: http://www.fortpecktribes.org/

Lower Sioux Community
Santee Dakota (Mdewakanton)
Primary location: Morton, Minnesota
Website: http://www.lowersioux.com/

Sioux Valley Dakota Nation
Sisseton, Mdewakanton, Wahpeton, Wahpekute
Primary location: Manitoba, Canada
Website: http://www.dakotanation.com/

White Cap Dakota First Nation
Wahpeton, Sisseton
Primary location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Website: http://whitecap.myabitat.net/

Upper Sioux Tribe
Santee Dakota
Primary location: Granite Falls, Minnesota
Website: http://www.uppersiouxcommunity-nsn.gov/

Wood Mountan
Teton (Hunkpapa)
Primary location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Website:

Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation
Sisseton, Wahpeton
Primary location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Website:

Canupawakpa Dakota Nation
Wahpekute, Wahpeton, Yanktonai
Primary location: Manitoba, Canada
Website:

Birdtail Sioux First Nation
Mdewakanton, Wahpekute, Yanktonai
Primary location: Manitoba, Canada
Website:

Dakota Tipi First Nation
Wahpeton
Primary location: Manitoba, Canada
Website:

Dakota Plains Wahpeton First Nation
Wahpeton, Sisseton
Primary location: Manitoba, Canada
Website:

Alexis Sioux First Nation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Nakota_Sioux_First_Nation#Reserves
http://www.alexisnakotasioux.com/
The above information obtained from message board on the web