The Oglala Lakota is a tribe with around 13,586 people according to the South Dakota 2010 census. They are also one of the most interesting tribes from the way their government is arranged to the customs and traditions they still practice today. The cultural mix of all the sioux tribes make them one of the most interesting tribes still out there thriving today.
The Oglala Lakota people are part of a band of seven related Sioux tribes which therefore is made up of seven different councils. There are four meetings each year in January, April, July, and October. The Oglala government is made of up a twenty member council which is consisted of elected officials in relation with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. The Executive Officers of the Council are the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. There is an election held every two years. Primary election is held in October, while the General election is held in November. Council members only serve a term of two years. One representative is elected for every thousand members. There are nine different districts on the reservation, Eagle Nest District, Pass Creek District, LaCreek District, Wounded Knee District, Porcupine District, Wakpamni District, Medicine Root District, Pine Ridge Village . Each district has two council representatives except for Medicine Root District and Pine …show more content…
The Oglala Lakota people mainly speak Siouan, a language spoken by most Lakota people. Siouan is generally taught as a separate language as the Lakota tribe is fluent in the other two languages. Oglala indians also speak Lakota as it is one of the largest Native American languages spoken today with around 2500 speakers in South and North Dakota. The language was first put into written form in 1840 by a group of missionaries and has since evolved into what we see or hear it as today, the most spoken language by Native Americans in the U.S.