According to the unofficial vote tally from the Oglala Sioux Tribes General Election, Kevin Killer will become the next president of the tribe.
Killer received 2,228 votes edging out incumbent President Julian Bear Runner who got 1,117 votes.
Killer says that as president he hopes to rebuild trust between the Tribal government and the people.
“I think the biggest thing is, you know, rebuilding trust back into our, our process and, you know, this being able to kind of meet people where they're at and even at that means having the conversations in every single district, you know, making sure that the office of the presidency is going to be in all these districts, understanding that, you know, we're going to try to meet people where they're at and begin to understand that, you know, me in order to make really monumental change, we've got to have people's trust. And once they begin to trust and they begin to offer resources.”
Alicia Mousseau won the Tribe’s vice presidency with 1,973 votes to beat out the Tribe’s former president, Bryan Brewer who got 1,512 votes.
The unofficial results for Tribal Council
Pass Creek District
Ron Dubray: 142
James Cross: 117
LaCreek District
Craig Dillon: 98
Cora White Horse: 86
Wakpamni District
Jacqui Siers: 284
Michael Carlow Sr.: 277
Pine Ridge District
George Dreamer: 370
Ella John Carlow: 342
Nakina Mills: 245
Oglala District
Wendell Youngman Jr.: 263
Tyler Yellow Boy: 184
Wounded Knee District
Bernardo Rodriguez Jr.: 190
Garf Steele: 186
Porcupine District
Richard Iron Cloud: 222
Dave Pourier: 207
Medicine Root District
Ryan Jumping Eagle: 297
Gerald Cournoyer Jr: 263
Austin Watkins: 236
Eagle Nest District
Blaine Little Thunder: 129
Wesley Hawkins Sr.: 103