The Great Plains Tribal Health is governed by eighteen Board of Directors, including 18 Tribal Presidents, Chairpersons, or Delegates, from the Tribal Nations and Trenton entity, within the 4-state Service Area of Iowa, Nebraska, South, and North Dakota. Each Representative of the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board membership represents their constituent’s interests – the tribally enrolled members within their respective communities.
The Board of Directors meets quarterly to set management and oversight policies and select Great Plains Area representatives for the United States Department of Health and Human Service tribal advisory committees for agencies, including the Indian Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, and others. In addition, the Board discusses national issues, sets policy agendas, deliberates over health priorities, and guides the GPTLHB in providing quality care, outreach, and representation.
The Great Plains Tribal Health serves and advocates for the 18 tribal communities within the Service Area, including more than 220,000 tribal members. It is one of our responsibilities to represent tribal interests on the local and national level, to improve the health of our relatives.
Executive Committee
Ryman LeBeau, Chairman
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
PO Box 590
Eagle Butte, SD 57625
Kameron Runnels, Vice Chairman
Santee Sioux Nation
108 Spirit Lake Ave W
Niobrara, NE 68760
Rudy Papakee, At-Large Member
Meskwaki Nation/Sac & Fox Tribe of Mississippi in Iowa
1646 308th St.
Tama, IA 52339
Peter Lengkeek, Secretary
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
100 Drifting Goose Dr.
Fort Thompson, SD 57339
Lonna J. Street, Treasurer
Spirit Lake Nation
PO Box 359
Fort Totten, ND 58335
Board Members
Steve Sitting Bear, Chairman
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
PO Box D / 1 Standing Rock Ave
Fort Yates, ND 58853
Chelaine Knudsen, Chairwoman
Yankton Sioux Tribe
P.O. Box 1153
Wagner, SD 5738
Boyd Gourneau, Chairman
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
187 Oyate Circle
Lower Brule, SD 57548
Frank Star Comes Out, President
Oglala Sioux Tribe
P.O. Box 2070/Highway 18 Main Street
Pine Ridge, SD, 57770
Jeff Gilpin, Chairman
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
PO Box 368
Macy, NE 68039
Everette Enno, Chairman
Trenton Indian Service Area
331 4th Ave E
Trenton, ND, 58853
Kathleen Wooden Knife, President
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
P.O. Box 430
Rosebud, SD 57570
Jamie Azure, Chairman
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
4180 Hwy 281
Belcourt, ND 58316
Garret Renville, Chairman
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
PO Box 509
Agency Village, SD 57262
Coly Brown, Chairman
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
100 Bluff Street
Winnebago, NE 68071
Anthony Reider, President
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
603 W Board Ave.
Flandreau, SD 57028
Candace Schmidt
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
PO Box 288
Niobrara, NE 68760
Mark Fox, Chairman
Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation
404 Frontage Road
New Town, ND 58763
