Welcome to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Website
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman
Ron His Horse Is Thunder
at the State of the State-
Tribal Relationship events.
Held at the North Dakota
Legislature in Bismarck, ND
on January 8th 2009
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)
