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Poorest Native American Reservation (by Peter Santenello)
Posted on 05/24/2024 7:08:35 PM PDT by mbrfl
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) has been banned from all nine of South Dakota’s tribal nations.
On Tuesday, the final tribe that had not yet banned her, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, voted in favor of banning Noem from its reservation. Flandreau President Tony Reider called an emergency meeting in response to some of the governor’s comments.
“President Reider informed the governor that a ban from our territories is imminent and requested that the Governor refrain from making future blanket statements that offend the tribes within the boundaries of the State of South Dakota, some of which depend on state services for the needs of their people,” according to the readout from the meeting provided to CNN. “It was recommended that the Governor clarify her statements and issue an apology to all tribal nations for the misunderstanding.
“Until such a time, the Executive Council and the people of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe stand with our fellow nations,” the readout continued.
Other tribes previously barred Noem due to offensive comments she made about South Dakota reservations. The governor has repeatedly claimed tribal nations work with Mexican drug cartels.
“We’ve got some tribal leaders that I believe are personally benefiting from the cartels being there, and that’s why they attack me every day,” Noem said in March.
Noem is now banned from nearly 20% of South Dakota over her remarks. Still, she has refused to back down from them. As recently as last week, she was talking about the alleged link.
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I’m so sick of these people. These “tribes” should get what they want..... TOTAL sovereignty. No help from the USA and definitely no voting in ANY US or state election.
Nailed it! If they wanted to crack down on it they could, but they don’t.
As the old adage goes...its not what they say; its what they do (or don’t do in this case).
Good post my FRiend.
If so, then she has nothing to apologize for. But if she's making her statements based on what she "believes" and not what she can "prove," then she has a problem.
The ball is in her court to prove her assertions, and if the Indian nations within South Dakota ARE in league with Mexican drug cartels, then it's time law enforcement get their act together.
It is way past time for us to abandon the fiction of the ‘sovereign’ status of the tribes. Let’s cut ALL welfare and other monetary support for reservations, and most of them would dissolve.
“We depend on state services for the needs of our people,” but keep the hell out.
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Poorest Native American Reservation (by Peter Santenello)
Stop giving welfare to these pre-americans. That will shut them up.
Neighbor, who died a few years ago, was 1/4 Indian, had an almost religious devotion to local tribe that lived on the nearby “Rez:”
He was a counselor at alcoholism clinic, made good money helping people get sober. He’d be furious but not surprised about drug-smuggling situation. That’s what Indians do because they can. Needs a change of laws, which isn’t going to happen.
Poor Indians? Not where they have casinos.
Opening gambling dens and whorehouses can and do keep them filthy rich, at leas the tribal leaders.
Do you think they'd actually share the wealth? LOL
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