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The Sicangu were long separated into two groups: the Kul Wicasa Oyate (lower people) and the Heyata Wicasa Oyate (upper people). Our Kul Wicasa ancestors preferred the area where the Maka Izita Ska (White River) drains into the Mni Sose (Missouri River), whereas the Heyata Wicasa lived higher up in the Paha Sapa (Black Hills). When French traders came to meet with our people in the 18th century, they translated our Sicangu name into French and began calling us the Brûlées. This is how the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe came to be known.
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Tribe: Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota

Phone: 605-473-5561

Physical Address:
 Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Jail
187 Oyate Cir
Lower Brule, SD 57548

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Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Jail
187 Oyate Cir
Lower Brule, SD 57548

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The Sicangu were long separated into two groups: the Kul Wicasa Oyate (lower people) and the Heyata Wicasa Oyate (upper people). Our Kul Wicasa ancestors preferred the area where the Maka Izita Ska (White River) drains into the Mni Sose (Missouri River), whereas the Heyata Wicasa lived higher up in the Paha Sapa (Black Hills). When French traders came to meet with our people in the 18th century, they translated our Sicangu name into French and began calling us the Brûlées. This is how the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe came to be known.
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Understanding US Bureau of Indian Affairs

Because the legal system in ‘Indian Country’ operates outside of the legal jurisdiction of the cities, counties and states where the individual Indian Reservations are located, and the land is wholly owned and governed by the Tribes, the jails and detention centers on those lands are maintained and run by the individual Tribes. The police that provide the security and enforce the laws and the courts that mete out justice are also controlled by the individual Tribes.

There are over 90 jails and detention centers throughout Indian Country, of which, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services (OJS) staffs and operates a quarter of these facilities. The remainder are operated by Tribes through the PL 93-638, Self-Governance Compacts and a few are fully funded and operated by a tribe. Each jail is unique in operation and location.

Indian Reservation and Tribal laws also fall under the legal jurisdiction of the federal government. If a federal law has been broken, the Department of Justice may get involved. In that case, a convicted person from a crime committed on Indian Lands may be required to serve their time within the BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons).

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