Welcome to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Indian Education Programs Cheyenne River Agency Education Office. We are located on E Street, Eagle Butte South Dakota. Dr. Cherie Farlee is the Education Line Officer, Eleanor Dupree, Secretary, Candace Elk Nation, Business Manager for Personnel, Carol Morgan, ½ time Business Manager, and Jane Azure, Agency Exceptional Education Coordinator. Debra Halfred provides transportation and and clerk services to the exceptional education program. Peggy Gallipo, Lorna Shoemaker, and Diane Miner are with the Early Childhood Program. Sandra Carlsgaard is the Institutional Coordinator for the Aberdeen Area Schools and is located at Aberdeen South Dakota. Our Agency School Board members are Colette Shaving, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte; and Deloria Straight Head, Takini. They represent the three schools located on the Cheyenne River Reservation.

The Agency Education Office is responsible for assisting with the implementation of the policies, plans, regulations, and guidelines of the Office of Indian Education Programs. The primary mission of the Division of Education in accordance with 25 USC and 25 CFR is to provide technical assistance and training to promote quality education opportunities from early childhood through high school to Bureau funded schools and residential programs. Further the Division of Education is to serve as an advocate for all Indian children through the Johnson O’Malley Program and through the tribally operated preschool programs for children who are disabled, and to serve adults through Post Secondary, Higher Education and Adult Education Programs.

As we enter the new millennium, our mission is to facilitate and provide technical assistance to schools in their local reform efforts with particular emphasis on and expertise in the programs legislated through the Goals 2000: Educate America Act and the Improving America’s Schools Act. Through guidance and collaboration with the OIEP School Reform Teams, schools will be able to provide high standards, high expectations and expanded opportunities for all children in pre-school through high school to succeed academically. Upon high school graduation, our students will have the skills and abilities needed to successfully continue their education, or enter into productive employment.