3/25 Entity Meeting Agenda

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STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE
TRIBAL COUNCIL ENTITY MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, MARCH 25th, 2025
9:00AM

1. CALL TO ORDER: Janet Alkire, Chairwoman
2. INVOCATION: Nola Taken Alive, Council at large
3. ROLL CALL: Susan Agard, Tribal Secretary
4. SERGEANT OF ARMS: Paul Archambault, Council Rep.
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
6. ENITY REPORTS:

  • A. Standing Rock Telecom – Fred Mclaughlin, GM
  • B. Standing Rock Propane – Ken Snider Jr., GM
  • C. Standing Rock Propane – Warren Hawk, Director SRHA
  • D. SR. Development Corp/ Rock Industries – Joe McNeil Jr., Director

7. GAMING REPORTS:

  • A. Gaming Office – Charles Bailey, Director
  • B. Prairie Knights Casino – Jay Meilstrup, GM
  • C. Grand River Casino – Jay Meilstrup, GM

8. Other:
9. ADJOURN:

2025 Spring Cleanup Schedule

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New Title Open for Comment: Title IX (9), Game, Fish, and Wildlife Conservation Code

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Click This Link to Comment Read and Comment on Title!

On March 5, 2025 the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council approved to post revisions to Title IX
(9), Game, Fish, and Wildlife Conservation Code for ninety (90) days. Pursuant to Title XIX of
the Code of Justice, any interested person may submit comments on Title IX (9), Game, Fish,
and Wildlife Conservation Code which the person believes should be amended.

Members of the Judicial Committee and the Standing Rock Tribal Council will accept oral, written and electronic comments until June 10, 2025. You may submit your electronic comments to the following:
Judicial Committee Chairman, Charles Walker – cwalker@standingrock.org

If you are receiving this notice and attachments in your role as District Officer, please post a copy
at your local district offices and ensure it is available to other District Officers and District
Members. In addition, please have copies available to distribute upon request.
Please note you can also access the Title on the Tribe’s website at www.standingrock.com, From
the home page, click on Titles, followed by Titles for Review, and find the link to Title IX (9),
Game, Fish, and Wildlife Conservation Code
Dated this 10th day of March, 2025.

3/11 SRST BURN BAN

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WHEREAS: High temperatures, gusty winds, low humidity and extremely dry vegetation throughout the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation has contributed to a strong likelihood of rapidly developing wild land fires this Spring and Summer, and

WHEREAS: Drought conditions during the past several months and a deficit of snow cover and rain during the 2024-2025 winter has created extremely dry conditions throughout the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, and

WHEREAS: The National Weather Service 2025 fire outlook indicated dry conditions and warm
temperatures will persist throughout the Spring of 2025, and

WHEREAS: The potential exists for rapidly spreading wild land fires that may threaten the safety of the residents of the Standing Rock Nation, which may result in the loss of feed and crops, as well as threaten livestock and structures on the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, and

WHEREAS: The Standing Rock Tribal Government and the Bureau of Indian Affairs have issued a “BURN BAN” throughout the Standing Rock Reservation until drought conditions improve, and

WHEREAS: the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Government in conjunction with the Standing Rock Bureau of Indian Affairs Wild Land Fire department is standing ready to address any and all wild land fires on the Standing Rock Nation,

WHEREAS; I , Janet Alkire, Chairwoman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, in cooperation with the Bureau of Indian Affairs Wild Land Fire department and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Superintendent do hereby Declare an Emergency Drought and Extreme Fire Declaration this date: March 11,2025 and ending when drought conditions improve.

Healthy Choices for American Indians with Type 2 Diabetes Classes

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Healthy Choices for American Indians with Type 2 Diabetes: What Can I Eat?

A diabetes nutrition education program for Native adults with type 2 diabetes. The goal of this program is to help Native people learn about healthy eating with diabetes. The program includes 5 classes with topics on healthy nutrition and diabetes, physical activity, and ways to
make healthy food choices.

All participants will need to contact Brittany Brown @ 701.854.8381 to register. Class size is limited to 10 participants Classes will be hosted at the Standing Rock Diabetes Program, 52 Proposal Avenue, Fort Yates, ND 58538

There are 5 classroom-based sessions. Each class has about 90 minutes of
scheduled activities. All 5 classes have hands-on learning activities:

  • Class 1: Introduction to Carb Foods and the Diabetes Plate Method – Tuesday April 8, 2025, 5:00 P CT
  • Class 2: Fitting Sweet Foods into a Healthy Diabetes Eating Plan – Tuesday April 15, 2025, 5:00 P CT
  • Class 3: Planning Healthy Diabetes Meals – Tuesday April 22, 2025, 5:00 P CT
  • Class 4: Fat, Salt, and Healthy Eating Away from Home – Tuesday April 29, 2025, 5:00 P CT
  • Class 5: Review, Reunion, and Celebration – TBA- June

UPDATED 3/10 Fentanyl Awareness SRST Treatment

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Fentanyl Awareness

March 10th, 20251:00 PM to 3:00 PM (CST) Fort Yates, ND

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (red church)

Join us for an educational session with speakers about fentanyl and NARCAN to learn what you can do to protect you and your family/community. NARCAN training to be provided by CHR program. Light snack will be provided. For more information, please contact us at 701-854-4785. Standing Rock Treatment Program & Community Health Representatives (CHR)

Attorney General Jackley Honors 45 Recruits Graduating Friday From Basic Law Enforcement Training Program

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Attorney General Jackley Honors 45 Recruits Graduating Friday From Basic Law Enforcement Training Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Contact: Tony Mangan, Communications Director, 605-773-6878

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley honors the 45 recruits who graduate Friday, March 7, from the Basic Law Enforcement Training Program in Pierre.

“This is an important day for the recruits, their families, and their departments,” said Attorney General Jackley. “South Dakota just became even safer today with our newest officers.”

The 45 recruits, who represent 24 different state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies, completed 13 weeks of 520 hours of course work. The certification course is required for the students to become fully qualified law enforcement officers in South Dakota.

Graduates are required to complete course work that includes instruction in the law, arrest control tactics, firearms, vehicle handling, and criminal investigations. The training program is taught by full-time staff from the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and adjunct instructors from law enforcement agencies from across the state.

Friday’s graduation starts at 10 a.m. in the George S. Mickelson Criminal Justice Center in Pierre. Attorney General Jackley is the keynote speaker.

Members of the 195th Basic Law Enforcement Certification Course and their law enforcement agency are:

Box Elder Police Department: Garrett Knuth, Brandon Reiter.

Brookings Police Department: Erik Adrian, Devon Isler, Margaret Schliepsiek.

Chamberlain Police Department: Corey Blankinship.

Charles Mix County Sheriff’s Office: Cole Menholt.

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe: Kaytonna Bartlett.

Day County Sheriff’s Office: Garret Thompson.

Haakon County Sheriff’s Office: Brayden Doolittle.

McCook County Sheriff’s Office: Todd Obele, Jr.

McPherson County Sheriff’s Office: Jorge Olivar.

Mitchell Police Department: Cierra Dailey.

Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety: Ronin Rodriguez.

Pennington County Sheriff’s Department: Isaac Broussard, Annyka Petrik.

Rapid City Police Department: Royal Bauer, Ethan Bishop, Tyler Cameron, Kaidan Hopson, Shelby Swets.

South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation: Stacy Palm.

South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department: Kenneth Jimerson.

South Dakota Highway Patrol: Dillon Axtell, Justin Becker, Anthony DeBarrows, Carson Gohl, Ty Lilla, Benjamin Lindgren, Evan Mattson, Keagen Schoenfelder, Mikel Tomczak, Paige Worth.

Standing Rock Game, Fish and Wildlife: Leslie White Cloud.

Union County Sheriff’s Office: Zachariah Brown, Julia Ensminger.

University of South Dakota: Zoe Hassler, William Rueppel.

Vermillion Police Department: Juan Moreno, Johnathan Orosz.

Wagner Police Department: Robert Abdo, Jr.

Walworth County Sheriff’s Office: James Ryan.

Watertown Police Department: Austin Van Overbeke.

Yankton Police Department: Austin Reining, Rebecca Weber.

SRST Lockdown Lifted

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As of 12:10pm the lock down at the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Administrative Service Center has been lifted.  The threat was investigated by the BIA Law Enforcement. There is no threat to the public or community.  Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.  

Statement has been approved by Frank Jamerson, Vice Chairman

 

SRST Lockdown Statement

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At 9am the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe was made aware of a threat that was made to the tribe, BIA Law Enforcement was called and arrived at 9:15am and the Standing Rock Administrative Service Center went into lock down. An investigation is underway into this threat. As of 11:15am the Standing Rock Administrative Service Center is still on lock down. As of now there are no reported injuries. More information will be forthcoming as it becomes available.

– Frank Jamerson

Vice Chair

STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBAL CHAIRWOMAN JANET ALKIRE STATEMENT ON THE ENERGY TRANSFER LAWSUIT AGAINST GREENPEACE

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In July 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed a lawsuit against the Army Corps of
Engineers, challenging its speedy approval of an easement to cross Sioux Nation Treaty lands and
the Missouri River above Standing Rock. It became apparent that the federal government, as
always it seems, would fight us in court tooth and nail on behalf of the oil industry.
Our leaders did what our ancestors did before battle-we prayed. We asked Wakan Tanka
for wisdom and guidance to protect the next seven generations. And then we made the call for
Indian Country to support us in prayer and engage in peaceful civil disobedience to stop the
construction of this massive oil pipeline on our door step. Tens of thousands of indigenous
relatives from all over the world came to Standing Rock and stood with us against the Dakota
Access Pipeline, referred to in our prophecy as the black snake, that has come to harm our land,
our water and our people.

The people of Standing Rock were heartened when many non-Indigenous allies came to
join us in opposing DAPL. Many different community and environmental justice organizations
from throughout the United States joined in our good faith effort to protect our water, and our Unci
Maka (Grandmother Earth). This included members of Greenpeace.
Energy Transfer’s defamation lawsuit against Greenpeace claims that DAPL does not cross
Standing Rock land, that there was no violence against peaceful protesters and that no cultural
sites were destroyed during construction. Nothing could be further from the truth: DAPL does
cross Sioux Nation treaty and aboriginal land for hundreds of miles; there was violence by law
enforcement and Energy Transfer security guards and Tribal burials were destroyed.
The overwhelming majority of the protests were peaceful, prayerful and non-violent.
There were a small number of extremists, as well as documented infiltration by private, security
forces. Overall, the stand against DAPL in 2017 at Cannon Ball community was called by our
Tribe, organized by our leaders and engaged in by our Tribal members, including many Lakota
and Dakota veterans of the U.S. armed forces.

DAPL crosses through Sioux Nation Treaty lands from the Heart River to the east bank of
the sacred Mni Sose (Missouri River). The pipeline crosses our aboriginal land for hundreds of
miles. It is a few hundred feet from Cannon Ball community on the Standing Rock Reservation –
the kids attending Cannon Ball community school can see it when they get off the bus each
morning.

On September 3, 2016, untrained, unlicensed DAPL security sentinels used guard dogs to
harass Standing Rock Tribal members and our allies engaged in nonviolent protests. DAPL’s
tactics were reminiscent of the extreme violence against civil rights protesters in the deep south,
during the civil rights protests of the 1960’s – but in this day and age, against Standing Rock.
During that time, low-flying aircraft harassed Cannon Ball community.
During construction, Dakota burial sites were destroyed at Cannon Ball Ranch in North
Dakota and desecrated at the Big Sioux Wildlife Refuge in Iowa. Technical reports show that
during the HD D drill process in February 201 7, 1 .4 million gallons of drill mud, possibly
containing unidentified lubricants, was illegally released into the environment. They polluted our
water before DAPL even went on line. Upon going on line in July 2017, it was reported that at
least 356 gallons of oil were released into the environment. So it is important to question DAPL
propaganda about how safe the pipeline is.

Our Tribe has requested from Energy Transfer and the Corps of Engineers basic documents
about pipeline safety, such as the emergency response plan, spill model, HDD drilling logs, test
results on shutdown time, etc. Energy Transfer ignored our requests. The Corps of Engineers
provided highly-redacted, illegible information. If DAPL is so safe, why the secrecy?
We have good reason to be concerned. On August 5, 2022, Energy Transfer LP and Sunoco
Pipeline LP pled no contest to 23 criminal charges in Pennsylvania. The charges stemmed from
the use of unapproved drilling fluid additives, the repeated failure to report spills, and widespread
water pollution. As a result, Energy Transfer and its affiliates have been debarred from receiving
government contracts or assistance, such as an easement for DAPL. Bloomberg News recently
identified Energy Transfer-owned companies as having the worst safety record of any pipeline
operator in the United States. We know this information is unlikely to surface in Energy Transfer’s
case against Greenpeace.

From the beginning, Energy Transfer has engaged in a security battle, secrecy battle and
propaganda battle against our Tribe. It promotes lies and propaganda to discredit our Tribe and
our good faith concerns with DAPL’s impacts on our Reservation environment, and the global
climate. Part of the attack on our Tribe is to attack our allies.
Today, Energy Transfer is taking Greenpeace to court, frivolously alleging defamation and
seeking money damages, designed to shut down all voice supporting Standing Rock. The case is
an attempt to silence our Tribe about the truth of what happened at Standing Rock, and the threat
posed by DAPL to our land, our water and our people. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will not
be silenced.

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

1 Standing Rock Ave
Fort Yates, ND 58538

Phone: 701-854-8500
Email: info@standingrock.org

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