Michael Jandreau

Michael B. Jandreau (October 20, 1943 – April 3, 2015) was a Native American leader.

Michael Jandreau
Chairman of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
In office 1974–1976
Deputy	Grace Estes
Preceded by	Orville Langdeau Sr.
Succeeded by	Richard Thompson Sr.
In office 1978–1980
Deputy	Orville Langdeau Sr
Preceded by	Richard Thompson Sr.
Succeeded by	Orville Langdeau Sr.
In office 1984 – April 2018 [1]
Deputy	Kay Gourneau Ramona Johnson Orville Langdeau Jr Sandy LaCroix Boyd Gourneau Kevin W. Wright
Preceded by	Patrick Spears
Succeeded by	Kevin W. Wright (Acting)
Vice Chairman of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
In office 1972–1974
Leader	Orville Langdeau Sr
Preceded by	Orville Langdeau Sr
Succeeded by	Grace Estes
Council Member Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
In office 1976–1978
Leader	Richard Thompson Sr
Preceded by	Everette Wilson Sr
Succeeded by	Ted Rouillard
In office 1980–1984
Leader	Orville Langdeau Sr (1980-1982), Patrick Spears (1982-1984)
Preceded by	Ted Rouillard
Succeeded by	Ted Rouillard
Personal details
Born	October 20, 1943 Fort Thompson, SD
Died	April 3, 2015 (aged 71) Sioux Falls, SD
Spouse(s)	Jackie Jandreau
Residence	Lower Brule, South Dakota
Profession	Tribal Leader

Background

Born in Fort Thompson, South Dakota, to Leo (Tete) Burdette Jandreau and Dorothy Belva (Langdeau) Jandreau Jones, Jandreau was the chairman of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe now centered on the Lower Brule Sioux-Lakota Reservation, one of several tribal governments in South Dakota. He was a leader on the reservation, and served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Tribe. He began in 1972 as Vice Chairman, at which time the Tribal Council elected the officers of the council from its members. In 1986, Jandreau was elected as the first Tribal Council Chairman to be elected at large for the Lower Brule Sioux-Lakota Tribe.

He started many of the tribe's projects, including the Lower Brule Wildlife Program and the Golden Buffalo Casino. Jandreau died on April 3, 2015 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[2]

Service on Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Council

Position	Terms	Years Served
Chairman	18	1974–1976; 1978–1980; 1984-2015
Vice-Chairman	1	1972-1974
Sergent-At-Arms	1	1976-1978
Councilman	2	1980-1984

Service on Regional and National Boards & Committees

Committee or Board	Agency/Authority	Position/Title
Bureau of Indian Affairs Reorganization Committee	Department of the Interior	Representative
Bureau of Indian Affairs Trust Fund Consultation Task Force	Department of the Interior	Representative, Great Plains Region[3]
Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Health Board (GPTCHB)	Liaison between Great Plains Area Indian Health Service (GPAIHS) and Great Plains tribes[4]	Member
Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee	United States Congress[5]	Member
Native American Advisory Committee	United States Department of Agriculture	Member
Native American Advisory Committee	South Dakota Historic Preservation Society	Member

Testimony Before Congress

Date	Session	House of Congress	Committee	Subcommittee
September 3, 1993	103rd Congress, 1st Session	Senate	Small Business	N/A
June 6, 2002 [6]	107th Congress, 2nd Session	Senate	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs	Financial Institutions
May 18, 2005 [7]	109th Congress, 1st Session	Senate	Indian Affairs	N/A
June 14, 2006 [8]	109th Congress, 2nd Session	Senate	Indian Affairs	N/A
June 1, 2007 [9]	110th Congress, 1st Session	House of Representatives	Natural Resources	N/A
November 1, 2007 [10]	110th Congress, 1st Session	Senate	Indian Affairs	N/A

Fiscal Accountability

Under Chairman Jandreau's leadership, the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe was among the most timely of tribes in the Northern Great Plains' Region to file Single Audit reports each fiscal year. The opinions of audit firms for Fiscal Years 1997 through 2013 generally reflected the Tribe's commitment to strong internal controls and to following its fiscal policies and procedures. The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe received Unqualified (Unmodified) audit reports for twelve of these seventeen audit years, and Qualified (Modified) audit reports for the other five years. Moreover, with regard to Major Program Compliance, the Tribe was only issued Qualified (Modified) opinions two out of the seventeen aforementioned fiscal years. Copies of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe's Single Audit Reports for FY1997 thru FY2013 are freely available on the Federal Audit Clearinghouse website (https://web.archive.org/web/20000619103409/http://harvester.census.gov/).

References

1. https://www.indianz.com/News/2015/016989.asp
2. "Attorney: Lower Brule Chairman Michael Jandreau Has Died - KDLT". April 3, 2015.
3. "Federal Register, Volume 67 Issue 114 (Thursday, June 13, 2002)". www.gpo.gov.
4. "History of GPTCHB". gptchb.org.
5. Section 5018 of the 2007 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)
6. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-107shrg90371/pdf/CHRG-107shrg90371.pdf
7. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-109shrg21427/pdf/CHRG-109shrg21427.pdf
8. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-109shrg28188/pdf/CHRG-109shrg28188.pdf
9. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-110hhrg36020/pdf/CHRG-110hhrg36020.pdf
10. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-110shrg39935/pdf/CHRG-110shrg39935.pdf

• "S. DAKOTA TRIBES BUY BACK LANDS LOWER BRULE, YANKTON SIOUX ARE AGGRESSIVELY PURCHASING ACREAGE". Rocky Mountain News. December 10, 1993. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
• Melmer, David (January 11, 2005). "Land issues stir emotions". Indian Country Today. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
• Melmer, David (December 1, 2003). "Great Plains chairmen upset over status. State may be friendlier than federal government". Indian Country Today. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
• Melmer, David (September 12, 2005). "While people suffer, IHS reserves funds". Indian Country Today. Retrieved September 27, 2008.

External links

• Lower Brule Tribe home page