Posted on 05/09/2020 5:46:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Gov. Kristi Noem sent letters Friday to the leaders of both the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe demanding that checkpoints designed to prevent the spread of coronavirus on tribal land be removed, the governor's office said in a statement.
According to Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe checkpoint policies posted on its social media, its reservation residents may travel within South Dakota to areas the state has not deemed a Covid-19 "hotspot" if it's for an essential activity such as medical appointments or to get supplies unavailable on the reservation. But they must complete a health questionnaire when they leave and when they return every time they go through a checkpoint.
South Dakota residents who don't live on the reservation are only allowed there if they're not coming from a hotspot and it is for an essential activity. But they must also complete a health questionnaire.
Those from a South Dakota hotspot or from outside the state cannot come to the reservation unless it is for an essential activity -- but they must obtain a travel permit available on the tribe's website.
Both tribes have also issued strict stay-at-home orders and curfews for their communities. Noem has not issued stay-at-home orders for the state.
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cnn is not a legitimate news site.
Oh, well then this probably didn’t happen.
You trust cnn to get the story straight?
No, it probably didn’t happen. It’s all fake.
cnn’s interpretation IS ALWAYS FAKE
I see a lawsiouxt in their future...
Exactly. It’s a complete fabrication.
Here in NM the Navajo are being hit hard. Can’t blame the Souix for being careful.
Tell the Gov what happened to Custer if the Gov shows up to enforce his “order”!
Did you have to?
It’s their reservation; it’s their laws. They can decide for themselves.
This will only hurt their own people. They need to go off the reservations for all kinds of needs. On the other hand, most non-Indian South Dakotans have no desire to go there. There seems to be no limit to the self-destruction liberals can bring.
So...on an Indian Reservation...which is what...federal land??? Independent territory???
If a US Hwy, or Interstate, or even a State Hwy or County road goes through it....can they legally close that road? Do they own that road? or is that road and it’s ROW belong to the county/state/feds???
I have no clue what the answer to that question is.
I agree with you completely.
We have a local tribe here that has gone the same way. I miss the cheap gas, but respect that they do what they think they need to do and aren’t simply following lock step with everyone else.
They have social media? Why don’t they use smoke signals?
It’s a state highway they are shutting down.
It’s their land.
They can do what they want.
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