The district and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) jointly administer the Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School (C-EB), with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe being represented in the management process.
[3] As of 2021, the school buildings are scheduled to be replaced by the Bureau of Indian Education using funds from the Great American Outdoors Act.
[7] Within Dewey County it serves Green Grass, La Plant, Lantry, North Eagle Butte, and Swift Bird.
[6] In 1989 officials from the South Dakota state government criticized the management of the school.
[12] The Cheyenne River Sioux tribe filed a lawsuit against the school district, saying that the code, announced shortly before the start of classes, forced inconvenience on tribal members.