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Standing Rock Sioux Chairman
Ron His Horse Is Thunder
addresses Assistant Secretary
for Civil Works John Woodley
about the Corps of Engineers
management of the Missouri
River at a meeting of the Great
Plains Tribal Chairman's
Association (GPTCA) that was
held at Wakpa Sica in Fort
Pierre, SD on July 10th, 2007
His Horse Is Thunder is
president of GPTCA
Biography
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The Standing Rock Sioux Reservation is situated in North and South Dakota. The people of Standing Rock, often called Sioux, are members of the Dakota and Lakota nations. "Dakota" and "Lakota" mean "friends" or "allies." The people of these nations are often called "Sioux", a term that dates back to the seventeenth century when the people were living in the Great Lakes area. The Ojibwa called the Lakota and Dakota "Nadouwesou" meaning "adders." This term, shortened and corrupted by French traders, resulted in retention of the last syllable as "Sioux." There are various Sioux divisions and each has important cultural, linguistic, territorial and political distinctions.
back row L/R Jesse Taken Alive (At Large), Robert Cordova (Cannon Ball), Dave Archambault, Jr. (At Large), Frank White Bull (Kenel), Richard Bird (Porcupine), Milton Brown Otter (Rock Creek) Frank Jamerson (Little Eagle), Ron His Horse Is Thunder (Chairman), Joe White Mountain, Sr. (Bear Soldier), Joseph A. Mcneil, Sr. (At Large), Charles W. Murphy (At Large), Margaret M. Gates (At Large), Jesse B.J. Mclaughlin (At Large), Henry Harrison, Sr. (Long Soldier),
sitting L/R Avis Little Eagle (Vice Chairwoman), Joe Strong Heart, Sr. (Wakpala), Geraldine Agard (Secretary)
