Kristi Noem, South Dakota governor, banned from second reservation in state

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Guardian

Fri 5 Apr 2024 14.37 EDT


Kristi Noem, the Republican governor of South Dakota recently sued for promoting a cosmetic dentistry company on social media, suffered another kick in the teeth when she was banned from a second reservation home to Indigenous people.

“This person has made a lot of accusations about the tribes, about the cartel, council representatives being in bed with the cartel, stuff like that,” Robert Walters, a Cheyenne River Sioux representative, told a tribal council meeting this week, presenting a motion to ban Noem from tribal lands over allegations about crime linked to Mexican drugs gangs.

“It’s all false information. I make a motion at this time to banish her from the Cheyenne River Reservation … I believe there has to be some kind of policy set up for her to show up at these tribal meetings. She can’t just go in there and do her thing.” Walters’ remarks were reported by ICT, an outlet covering Indigenous peoples, and the Rapid City Journal.

Noem has achieved national prominence as a supporter of Donald Trump and is widely seen as a possible vice-presidential pick. Her claims about crime and corruption on tribal lands are widely seen as a ploy to curry favour with Trump. Her first reservation ban, from the Pine Ridge Reservation, was imposed by the Oglala Sioux earlier this year.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/05/kristi-noem-south-dakota-governor-banned-reservation

[Mysterian]

1. It's mind boggling that people vote for evil, self-serving idiots like Noem

She's awful.

[The Grand Illuminist]

11. They did it on their own volition.

They are, in all actuality, more evil than the evil they voted for.

[turbinetree]

2. Good............

[Dem2theMax]

3. If only we could do something like that with Trump.

Ban him. From everywhere!

[BlueKota]

7. Except from a jail cell.

[Dem2theMax]

9. How did I miss that?

[sheshe2]

4. I bet they came to her with tears in their eyes... *sarcasm*

But I’m going to fight for the people who actually live in those situations, who call me and text me every day and say, ‘Please, dear governor, please come help us in Pine Ridge. We are scared.’”

[OrangeJoe]

8. Pine Ridge

The tribal members living on the Pine Ridge reservation learned their lesson about outsiders. You mess with them at your own peril.

[Tikki]

5. Some of my ancestry is from the Pine Ridge...

Smart people know an opportunistic crook when they see one.

Tikki

[progressoid]

6. I know someone in SD who had never voted in her entire life, but registered just to vote AGAINST Kristi Gnome.

She now votes all the time!

[markodochartaigh]

10. ICT is great! They have segments on FSTV

https://freespeech.org/shows/indian-country-today/

[Danascot]

12. So how do we get

the entire state designated as a reservation?

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

15. It IS named after the Dakota tribe, is it not? n/t

[chia]

13. Excellent.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

14. Crispy Gnome should be barred from all of them n/t

[soldierant]

16. If we could only

get North Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota - and of course Canada - to play along ... wouldn't it be great?