• The Cheyenne River Sioux is an American Indian Tribe of 10,454 people.

• The median age is 23.3 years old.⁷

• The Reservation is located in North Central South Dakota and is part of the Great Sioux Reservation which is 2,806,913.95 acres (comparable to the size of Connecticut).

• The tribe is also known as the Teton Lakotas and consists of four bands: the Mni coujou, the Ita zipcola, the Siha sapa, & the O'o' he numpa.⁸

• The reservation is lead by the Tribal Council, which is comprised of the Tribal Chairman, Tribal Executives, and Tribal Council Representatives from each of the six districts that comprise the reservations.

• Each district contains several communities that are represented by the district Tribal Council members.⁸

Healthcare:

• The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Health Department is responsible for administering to the healthcare needs of the reservation.

• There are four clinics on the reservation located at Swiftbird, Whitehorse, Red Scaffold and Cherry Creek.

• The health department administers programs regarding:

•      Field Health (through the clinics focusing on community health, diabetes, and maternal-child health)

•      Diabetes

•      Environmental Health

•      Alcohol/Substance Abuse (Four Bands Healing Center)

•      Behavioral Health  

•      Dental

•      Community Health Outreach

•      Health Education

•      Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection.

• The health department is also working with the University of New Mexico on researching Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.⁸