Board and Staff

Teresa Peterson
Board Chair (2018) 
Upper Sioux Community

Gabrielle Strong
Vice Chair (2008)
Sisseton Wahpeton & Mdewakanton Dakota

Sharon Pazi
Treasurer (2023)
Upper Sioux Community

Mary Erler Peters
Board Secretary (2002) 
Lower Sioux Community

Evelyn Luna
Board Member (2020)
Mdewakanton Dakota

Raine Cloud
Board Member (2022)
Sisseton Wahpeton

Grace Goldtooth
Executive Director
Lower Sioux Community                                        executivedirector@dakotawicohan.com

Doris Stands
Operations Manager
Lower Sioux Community
dstands@dakotawicohan.com

Priscilla Gruendemann
Program Coordinator
Lower Sioux Community
priscilladee@dakotawicohan.com

Glen Drapeau
Culture & Language Specialist
Lower Sioux Community                                              gdrapeau@dakotawicohan.com

Stephanie Garcia
Program Outreach & Support Specialist
Lower Sioux Community
sgarcia@dakotawicohan.com

Walter LaBatte Jr
Artist, retired, proficient speaker
Upper Sioux Community

Iyekiyapiwiƞ Darlene St. Clair
Professor, St. Cloud State University
Lower Sioux Community