The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, the ninth and final tribe to take such action, announced its decision Tuesday, after its executive board held an emergency meeting about the matter over the weekend and then met with Noem’s office MondayAt Monday’s meeting between Noem and tribe leadership, the announcement continued, tribe president Tony Reider “informed the governor that a ban from our territories is imminent and requested that the Governor refrain from making future blanket statements that...
Tribes began banishing Noem in February after she made comments saying Mexican drug cartels were infiltrating South Dakota’s reservations. The Oglala Sioux Tribe, the largest in the state, was the, with its president accusing Noem of using “Indian people and reservations … as a basis to create a bogus border crisis” and curry favor with Trump.
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