Peri Pourier
Peri Pourier | |
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| Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 27th district | |
| Assumed office January 8, 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | American Oglala Lakota |
| Party | Republican (since 2025) Democratic (until 2025) |
Peri Pourier is an American attorney and politician serving as a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 27th district. Elected in November 2018, she assumed office on January 8, 2019.
Career
[edit | edit source]Pourier has served as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 27th district since 2019. She was elected as a Democrat but switched to become a Republican in September 2025, citing the Democratic Party's perceived soft-on-crime stances as well as the Indian Reorganization Act signed into law by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934.[1]
Prior to entering politics, she worked as a background investigator.[2][3][4][5] As of 2022 her official profile listed her occupation as “small business owner”.[6] Pourier is a member of the Oglala tribal group and lives in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.[7]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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