Cheyenne River Sioux (Martin Webb operation)
This tribe operates 2 tribal lending brands — 0 still lending and 2 closed. Across the portfolio, APRs span 89.7–342.9%.
Debt cancellation across this tribe's brands
- State-by-state only — NC cancelled loans and corrected credit files, MA ~$17M debt relief + ~$2.4M refunds, NE debts forgiven, WA principal zeroed, GA $40M+, MD $2M, MI $2.2M. There was no national cancellation.
Closed brands
Court record for this tribe's brands
1 case in our database touches a brand attributed to the Cheyenne River Sioux (Martin Webb operation) , and one of them cancelled or refunded borrower money. This is the record that decides whether an old balance is still collectable.
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$134M restitution + $33M penalty
Borrower relief
What this portfolio actually costs a borrower
APR is an abstraction until it has a dollar attached. Of the 2 brands we attribute to the Cheyenne River Sioux (Martin Webb operation), 1 carry a rate we could source, and those run 89.7–342.9%. At the top of that range, $1,000 borrowed over twelve months repays about $3,605 — $2,605 of it interest. That ceiling sits below the 772% median top-of-range APR across every tribal lender we hold a rate for.
The remaining 1 brand never published a rate we could verify. We leave those out of the range rather than estimate them, which is why the span above covers 1 of 2 brands and not all of them.
The earliest brand here dates to 2009. The most recent closure was in 2014. Brands in this industry rebrand and relaunch constantly, so a name disappearing rarely means the lending stopped — check the closed list above for successors.
Cheyenne River Sioux (Martin Webb operation) lending — frequently asked
Which lenders does the Cheyenne River Sioux (Martin Webb operation) own?
We document 2 lending brands attributed to the Cheyenne River Sioux (Martin Webb operation) of SD: Western Sky Financial, Lakota Cash. 0 are still lending and 2 have closed.
What APR do Cheyenne River Sioux (Martin Webb operation) lenders charge?
Across the 1 Cheyenne River Sioux (Martin Webb operation) brand with a rate we could source, APRs span 89.7–342.9%. At the top of that range, borrowing $1,000 for twelve months costs about $3,605 to repay — $2,605 of it interest. That ceiling sits below the 772% median top-of-range APR across every tribal lender we hold a rate for. 1 of the tribe's brands never published a rate we could source, so they are excluded from that range rather than estimated.
Have Cheyenne River Sioux (Martin Webb operation) lenders been sued?
Yes. 1 case in our database touches a brand attributed to this tribe, and one of them cancelled or refunded borrower money. The most recent is CFPB v. CashCall / Western Sky (2023, C.D. Cal. / 9th Cir. (affirmed 2025)). Litigation history is the single best predictor of whether an old balance is still collectable.
Do I still owe a Cheyenne River Sioux (Martin Webb operation) loan?
Possibly not. Balances on Cheyenne River Sioux (Martin Webb operation) brands were cancelled in a settlement — check the claim details above before paying any collector, because collectors do still pursue debts that were legally wiped out. Whether a loan is enforceable also depends on your own state: nine states void these loans outright.
Ownership is verified against each brand's own disclosures, state regulator alerts and court filings. Where a non-tribal operator is named in litigation, we list it above — the lending LLC and the tribe are not always the party actually running the business.
Most tribal brands are one of several run by the same tribe, often through the same non-tribal operator. See the full picture: which tribe owns which lender?