One Of 9 South Dakota Tribes Reverses Kristi Noem Land Banishment
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The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, the smallest in the state, also congratulated the GOP governor on her nomination to be Trump's homeland security secretary.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s banishment from all nine tribal lands in her home state has narrowed by one.
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, which is the smallest in the state, announced Wednesday that it has lifted its nearly eight-month ban imposed in the wake of her repeated claims that her state’s tribal leaders benefit from Mexican drug cartels.
The tribe said in a statement that its view of the Republican governor’s comments has changed and that it welcomes “her nomination and eventual appointment as the Secretary for Homeland Security.”
Noem’s U.S. Senate confirmation hearing for the post in the Cabinet of President-elect Donald Trump was Friday.
“Over the past several months, we have been made aware of many circumstances relating to the comments made by the Governor; only to find out that these issues are real and pose a grave threat to the stability of our Nations and the health and well-being of all our people,” the tribe said.