The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, formerly Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe/Dakota Nation, is a federally recognized tribe comprising two bands and two sub-divisions of the Isanti or Santee Dakota people.

The Oglala Lakota or Oglala Sioux, meaning to scatter one's own in Lakota language are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people, who along with the Nakota and Dakota, make up the Great Sioux Nation.

Within the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe are the following services - Tribal Police Department - Law Enforcement Services (offers fingerprinting, background checks, and gun locks), social services, enrollment, tribal courts, child care, Dakota language, Department of Natural Resources, Education, Tribal Health Clinic, Counseling Center, Grace Moore Senior Center, Housing, and Wellness Center.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe operates under a constitution approved on April 24, 1959 by the Tribal Council of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The Tribal Council consists of a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, a Secretary and fourteen additional Councilmen which are elected by the tribal members.

Regular Tribal Council meetings are the first Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of the month. Committee meetings are held the second week of the month. The last Monday of the month is for gaming and other tribal business.

Services provided:

• Coordinates all agencies within the jurisdiction to include public, private, and non-governmental organizations to ensure the protection of life and property in the event of threatened or actual natural disasters, terrorism, technological, or man-made events.
• Responsibilities includes develops and maintains the county plan for reacting to emergencies;during an actual emergency, the director coordinates the action;and trains other agencies to respond to emergencies.
• County emergency Managers can make contact with volunteer fire departments in their County.

This is not an emergency first response organization. If you are in immediate danger please call 911.

Considers requests for medical and funeral assistance. Other requests for financial assistance are considered on a case by case basis.