Peri Pourier

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

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.
Prior to entering politics, she worked as a background investigator.
As of 2022 her official profile listed her occupation as “small business owner”.
Pourier is a member of the Oglala tribal group and lives in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.