ICWA Designated Tribal Agents

The regulations implementing the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) provide that Indian Tribes may designate an agent other than the Tribal chairman for service of notice of proceedings under the Act. This notice includes the current list of designated Tribal agents for service of notice.

The South Dakota Legislature passed HB 1051 during the 2006 Legislative Session with the intent to improve the process of notifying tribes in cases subject to ICWA.

Under SDCL § 26-7A-15.3, each tribe may designate an individual or agency to whom ICWA notices must be sent and to whom information regarding a temporary custody hearing should be provided. However, following intervention by a tribe, notices must be sent to the tribal representative or counsel who has appeared on behalf of the tribe pursuant to SDCL § 26-8A-33

In order to designate an agent, the tribe must submit a Designated Tribal Agent request form along with a copy of the provision of the tribal code or tribal resolution appointing the individual or agency as the designated agent for receipt of the notices.

In order to change the address, telephone number or facsimile number for a designated agent listed below, a Designated Tribal Agent - Request for Change of Address form must be submitted.

Effective July 1, 2006, state’s attorneys must send the notices required under ICWA and SDCL Chapter 26-7A to the individual or agency whose name and address are listed below.

If a tribe has not designated an agent under SDCL § 26-7A-15.3, the notices should be sent in accordance with relevant federal regulations 25 C.F.R. 23.12.

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

Agency: Indian Child Welfare Program Address: P.O. Box 590, Eagle Butte, SD 57625 Phone: 605.964.6460 Fax: 605.964.6463

Crow Creek Sioux Tribe

Agency: ICWA Program Address: P.O. Box 143, Ft. Thompson, SD 57339 Phone: 605.245.2581 Fax: 605.245.2123

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe

Name: Jessica Morson Agency: ICWA Program Address: P.O. Box 283, Flandreau, SD 57028 Phone: 605.997.5055 Fax: 605.997.2225

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

Name: Lydia Sazue Address: 187 Oyate Circle, Lower Brule, SD 57548 Phone: 605.473..5561 ext. 4701 Fax: 605.473.5606 Email Preferred: lydiasazue@lowerbrule.net

Oglala Sioux Tribe

OST CPS/ICWA Director: Susan Schrader ICWA Specialist: Hope Flournoy Tribal Attorney: James Sword Address: P.O. Box 604, Pine Ridge, SD 57770 Phone: 605.867.5752 Fax: 605.867.5941 Email All: hope.flournoy@ostcps.org, jim@swordlawoffice.com and s.schrader@oglala.org OST ICWA Rapid City Office: Address: 1205 E. St. James St., Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: 605.407.8255

Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Name: Shirley Bad Wound Agency: ICWA Program Address: P.O. Box 609, Mission, SD 57555 Phone: 605.856.5270 Fax: 605.856.5268

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate

ICWA Contacts: Evelyn Pilcher and Darrell quinn Address: P.O. Box 509, Agency Village, SD 57262 Phone: 605.698.3992 Fax: 605.698.3999 Email Both: EvelynP@swo-nsn.gov and Dquinn@swo-nsn.gov

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Name: Michelle Harrison Agency: Indian Child Welfare Act Program Address: P.O. Box 770, Ft. Yates, ND 58538 Phone: 701.854.3095 Fax: 701.854.5575 Email: mharrison@standingrock.org

Yankton Sioux Tribe

ICWA Director: Kennedy Sully Address: P.O. Box 1153, Wagner, SD 57380 Phone: 605.384.4500 Fax: 605.384.5014 Cell: 605.469.5623 Email Both: ibrown@yanktonsiouxtribe.net and ksully@yanktonsiouxtribe.net