Kevin Killer & Dr. Alicia Mousseau
President and Vice President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, respectively
First recorded December 16, 2021
Kevin served in the South Dakota State House from 2009 to 2017, after which he was elected to the South Dakota State Senate, representing the 27th district that includes the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. A graduate of the Lakota Tribal College, Kevin got his start working for former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and spent several years working in youth programs. He is the co-founder of Advance Native Political Leadership, a nonprofit aiming to expand Indigenous representation in elected and appointed offices across the United States. He was elected president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in 2020.
Alicia is the daughter of the late John and Vera Mousseau and the granddaughter of the late James and Lena Mousseau from Porcupine, South Dakota. Her hunka parents are Howard Brown and Karen Spoonhunter-Brown of Arapahoe, Wyoming. Her hunka children are Marcella and Alexander Brave Heart and Sarayah, Gia, and Jo Weston.
Alicia received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Wyoming in 2012. Before becoming the vice president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, she culturally adapted, implemented, and evaluated prevention and intervention programs with American Indian youth and families. Alicia’s commitment to her community and Oyate (people) has influenced her vice presidential platform where she is working to bring healing/trauma-informed care as well as a science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) research and training center to the Oglala Sioux Tribe.