Members of the Board
The decision to collaborate with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the tribal government was a testament to the community-driven nature of KILI Radio. When the founders of KILI applied for a planning grant from the Federal Public Telecommunication Facilities Program, they discovered that the Tribe had already received a similar grant. The agency would only give KILI another grant if the tribal government agreed to close out its grant and reported that it had no plans to build a station. The tribe agreed and KILI Radio launched on February 25, 1983.
KILI Radio is located on the Pine Ridge Reservation in southwestern South Dakota. Since 1983, the Board of Directors of Lakota Communications, Inc and KILI Radio have provided insight and oversight to keep the station on the air for over forty years. The current Board of Directors are as follows:
Bill Means
Member - Oglala Sioux Tribe
Morris Brewer
Member - Oglala Sioux Tribe
Dr. Richard Zephier
Member - Oglala Sioux Tribe
Norma Rendon
Member - Oglala Sioux Tribe
David Tally Plume
Member - Oglala Sioux Tribe
Dr. Maxine Brings Him Back-Janis
Member -Oglala Sioux Tribe
Past Board Members
Over the years, a number of individuals volunteered to serve on the station’s board of directors; from February 25, 1983 until present day, past board members included: Ben White Face, Nellie Red Owl, JoAnn Tall, Severt Young Bear, Bruce Ellison, Nellie Two Bulls, Dale Means, Roy Stone, Lily Mae Red Eagle, John Around Him, Russell Means, Mary Iron Clooud, Patricia Catches, Rick Two Dogs, Dennis White Shield, Candy Lammers, Connie Ten Fingers, Vi Waln, Richard Iron Cloud, Sr. Patricia Cruise, Nick Hernandez, Alex White Plume, Joyce Whiting, Cecelia Fire Thunder, Janice Richard