The Business Council includes the chair, vice-chair and secretary. The Lower Sioux Community Has a five-member governing body. Each council member serves a two-year term of office. Structures American Indian tribes are sovereign nations. As nations within the nation of the United State, tribes have the right to form and maintain tribal governments.
Tribes have the right to decide what form of government they want.
Many have written constitutions and three branches of government. Tribal governments in Minnesota are called by various names such as tribal council, reservation business committee or business council. Heads of government are called Chairman, Chairperson, President or Chief Executive. Tribal councils vary in size. Each nation operated by a set of laws and codes approved by the governing body.