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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: 09.13.2024
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
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
Vacant
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
lydiasazue@lowerbrule.net

ICWA Director: Lydia Sazue

Lydia Sazue 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: 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

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 and Darrell Quinn
Dquinn@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