The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe app is coming soon

The Kul Wicasa Oyate, meaning "lower people" or "people farther down the river," is a large group of Tiospaye (extended families) within the Tetonwan (Lakota) Nation who identify as Sicangu. The name "Brule" comes from the French word for "burnt," a translation of the Sicangu name meaning "burnt thighs." The Tribe is governed by an elected Chairman and Tribal Council under a constitution approved on October 5, 1935.

The Lower Brule Reservation lies on the west bank of the Missouri River in Lyman and Stanley counties. The ancestors of the people favored the land where the White River flows into the Missouri, and Medicine Butte is sacred to the Sicangu. On October 14, 1865, at Fort Sully, the Lower Brule Band, represented by Iron Nation, White Buffalo Cow, Little Pheasant and 12 others, signed the treaty that created the first reservation. Iron Nation (Maza Oyate, 1815–1894) was the Tribe's last Head Chief.

The Tribe is the largest employer on the reservation. Its enterprises include:

• Golden Buffalo Casino & Motel
• Tribal Farm and the Lower Brule Farm Corp., described as the nation's number-one popcorn producer
• A propane plant and a popcorn processing plant
• A construction company and a hunting enterprise

The Tribe also runs a wildlife program and the Buffalo Interpretive Center, and community life includes powwows that celebrate Lakota culture. Learn more on the official site of the Kul Wicasa Oyate.