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G_j

(40,366 posts)
Sun May 10, 2020, 07:59 AM May 2020

Sioux tribe rejects South Dakota governor request to remove Covid-19 checkpoints

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/09/us/south-dakota-sioux-tribes/index.html?utm_source=fbCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_content=2020-05-09T13%3A00%3A26

(CNN)The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has rejected an ultimatum by South Dakota's governor to remove checkpoints on state highways within tribal reservations or risk legal action.

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.

"We are strongest when we work together; this includes our battle against Covid-19," Noem said. "I request that the tribes immediately cease interfering with or regulating traffic on US and State Highways and remove all travel checkpoints."

In response, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Harold Frazier said in a news release Friday that while he agreed it's important to work together, "you continuing to interfere in our efforts to do what science and facts dictate seriously undermine our ability to protect everyone on the reservation."

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Sioux tribe rejects South Dakota governor request to remove Covid-19 checkpoints (Original Post) G_j May 2020 OP
Bam!! Mr. Frazier nails it quite well here. NT SWBTATTReg May 2020 #1
heartbreaking and grotesque G_j May 2020 #2
The Sioux are doing it right. Good for them, and hope they hold firm. K&R crickets May 2020 #3

G_j

(40,366 posts)
2. heartbreaking and grotesque
Sun May 10, 2020, 11:11 AM
May 2020

Proving again, how the tribes are Still robbed of all sovereignty and respect.

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