Kevin Killer takes helm of OST

KYLE — Newly elected Oglala Sioux Tribe President Kevin Killer and Vice President Alicia Mousseaux were sworn into office and conducted their first meeting on December 4 at the Piya Wiconi Multipurpose Building on the main campus of Oglala Lakota College.

“We appreciate all your support and I look forward to working with our council,” said Kevin Killer after the duo was sworn in. “I just look forward to meeting you when it is safe. We will have a bigger celebration but we just want to make sure everyone is safe.” He continued by saying “it has been a tough time so stay safe, mask up, wash your hands, and use hand sanitizer.”

The council then selected personnel for the Tribal Secretary, Tribal Treasurer, and the Fifth Member.

Stacey Two Lance was selected as Tribal Secretary with a majority vote of 10-8 against Anna Takes the Shield Dubray coming in second. Two Lance recently worked in the Secretary’s office as a Database Technician since 2008 and she was previously the Tribal Secretary from 1998 to 2000.

Before being selected, Two Lance outlined goals she wishes to achieve while in office. Upgrading technology in the Secretary’s office and improving communications with everyone involved with the government and the government’s affairs were among her goals.

“I live an drug and alcohol free life,” she finished by saying. “I like by the Lakota morals, values, and traditions and I will utilize my knowledge of the OST constitutions to serve the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the tribal members to the best of my ability.”

Mason Big Crow was selected to serve another term as Tribal Treasurer. Big Crow boasted about having no findings throughout audits during his past 8 years as treasurer. “If I did a bad job, federal funds would have been misused and any funds misused would have showed up in audits.” Big Crow was selected by a majority vote of 16-2 against Antoinette Rodriquez.

Finally, Clifton Samuel Long was selected as the OST Fifth Member. Long, a long time member of the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council, held up an eagle feather during the meeting and stated that it had been given to him by elders who told him to “defend that treaty, take care of that treaty because it is a powerful covenant between the Oglala Nation and the United States of America.” Long also stated that he has fought for the Yakima and Navajo Tribes over treaty issues and has succeeded. Long was chosen in a 9-4-4 majority vote against Justin Pourier and Chauncy Wilson.

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