Tribal Law Gateway | Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
Also known as: Land of the Friendly People of the Seven Council Fires
Contact Info
P.O. Box 1153
Wagner, SD 57380
Phone: 605-384-3641
Fax: 605-384-5687
Tribal Court:
427 Tomahawk Road
Wagner, SD 57380
P.O. Box 980
Wagner, SD 57380
Phone: 605-384-5578
Fax: 605-384-5892
Research Tools
United States Tribal Courts Directory. By A. Schwartz and M.J.B. Hunter.
Tiller's Guide to Indian Country: Economic Profiles of American Indian Reservations. Tiller Research, Inc.
Tribal Leaders Directory (BIA)
List of Federally Recognized Tribes. (Federal Register)
How to Build a Tribal Legal History. Indian Nation Archives
TRIBAL CODE
At NILL website. Last updated 1995, received by NILL in 2002.
See NILL catalog record for print version of code. NILL has print and disk copies of the 1995 code.
TRIBAL CONSTITUTION
At South Dakota state website.
At NILL website. Last updated May 10, 2011.
See NILL catalog record for print versions of constitution. NILL has print copies of 1975 and 1995 consitutions.
TRIBAL COURT OPINIONS
At Indian Law Reporter (not available online). Search tip: search for Yankton Sioux cases in the Northern Plains Intertribal Court of Appeals. 1990-2005. Abbreviations: N. Plns. Intertr. Ct. App.; N. Plns. Inter-Tr. Ct. App.; N. Plains Intertr. Ct. App. See NILL's cumulative subject index of tribal court cases in the ILR.
OTHER LEGAL MATERIALS
See NILL catalog records for other tribe materials.