Tribal Agents/Directors, Enrollment Officers and Court Directory

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.

Last Updated: 12.11.2024

Tribe	Tribal Enrollment Officer	Juvenile Court Judge
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Agency: Indian Child Welfare Program P.O. Box 590, Eagle Butte, SD 57625 605.964.6460 Fax: 605.964.6463 ICWA Director: Diane Garreau Dgarreau81@gmail.com	Charlene Anderson 605.964.6612 Fax: 605.964.6614	Karen Jeffries 605.964.2996 Fax: 605.964.2998
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Agency: Indian Child Welfare Program P.O. Box 143, Ft. Thompson, SD 57339 605.245.2581 Fax: 605.245.2123 crowcreekicwa@gmail.com ICWA Director: Donita Loudner	Joyce Coleman PO Box 547, Ft. Thompson, SD 57339 605.245.2061 Fax: 605.245.2132 ccstenrollment@midstatesd.net	Judge Roy Ziegler P.O. Box 247, Ft. Thompson, SD 57339 605.245.2325 Fax: 605.245.2401
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Agency: Indian Child Welfare Program P.O. Box 283, Flandreau, SD 57028 605.997.3891 ext. 1055 Fax: 833.216.0426 jessica.morson@fsst-nsn.gov ICWA Director: Jessica Morson	April Herrick 605.573.4203 Fax: 605.997.2490	Sherman Marshall 605.997.3593 Fax: 605.997.5145
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 187 Oyate Circle, Lower Brule, SD 57548 605.473..5561 ext. 4701 Fax: 605.473.5606 lydiaskunk@lowerbrule.net ICWA Director: Lydia Skunk	Lydia Skunk	Chief Judge: Lorrie Miner P.O. Box 122, Lower Brule, SD 57548 605.473.5528 Fax: 605.473.0619 Associate Judge: Rose Ann Wendell P.O. Box 122, Lower Brule, SD 57548 605.473.5528 Fax: 605.473.0619
Oglala Sioux Tribe P.O. Box 604, Pine Ridge, SD 57770 605.867.5752 Fax: 605.867.5941 OST ICWA Rapid City Office: 1205 E. St. James St., Rapid City, SD 57701 605.407.8255 ICWA Specialist: RaeLynne Brewer raelynne.brewer@ostcps.org ICWA Supervisor: Hope Flournoy hope.flournoy@ostcps.org OST CPS/ICWA Director: Susan Schrader s.schrader@oglala.org Tribal Attorney: James Sword jim@swordlawoffice.com	Tribal Enrollment Officer: Norma Reed PO Box 2070, Pine Ridge, SD 57770 605.867.1321 Fax: 605.867.2901	Chief Judge: David Dillon P.O. Box 280, Pine Ridge, SD 57770 605.867.5151 Fax: 605.867.1549 Youth and Family Court Judge: Richard Bark P.O. Box 280, Pine Ridge, SD 57752 605.867.5151 Fax: 605.867.1549
Rosebud Sioux Tribe Indian Child Welfare Program P.O. Box 609, Mission, SD 57555 605.856.5270 Fax: 605.856.5268 rsticwa9@gwtc.net ICWA Director: Shirley Bad Wound	Caroline Horse Looking PO Box 430, Rosebud, SD 57570 605.747.2381 Fax: 605.747.4020	Steve Emery Wanbli Wiconi Tipi JDC, West Hwy 18-Bristol Ranch, Mission, SD 57555 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 129, Rosebud, SD 57570 605.856.8701 ext. 301 Fax: 605.856.5266
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate P.O. Box 509, Agency Village, SD 57262 605.698.3992 Fax: 605.698.3999 ICWA Directors: Evelyn Pilcher EvelynP@swo-nsn.gov	Zelma Flute, Jennifer Adams and Jason Adams 605.698.3911 ext. 8206 (Zelma) 605.698.3911 ext. 8207 (Jennifer) 605.698.3911 ext. 8360 (Jason) Fax: 605.742.0076	Tucker Volesky P.O. Box 568, Agency Village, SD 57262 605.698.7629 Fax: 605.698.4135
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Indian Child Welfare Program P.O. Box 770, Ft. Yates, ND 58538 701.854.3095 Fax: 701.854.5575 ICWA Director: Michelle Harrison mharrison@standingrock.org	Enrollment Department PO Box D, Ft. Yates, ND 58538 Phone: 701.854.8695 Fax: 701.854.3776 enrollment@standingrock.org	Lola Agard P.O. Box 363 Ft. Yates, ND 58538 701.854.7244 Fax: 701.854.3761
Yankton Sioux Tribe P.O. Box 1153, Wagner, SD 57380 Phone: 605.384.5712 Fax: 605.384.5014 Cell: 605.491.0492 ICWA Director: Kennedy Sully ksully@yanktonsiouxtribe.net and ibrown@yanktonsiouxtribe.net	LaVonne Medicine Horn 605.384.3641 ext. 1038 Fax: 605.384.5895 ystenrollment@yahoo.com	Vacant P.O. Box 980, Wagner, SD 57380 605.384.5578 Fax: 605.384.5892