South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said this week she wants to strengthen the U.S.-Mexico border by sending razor wire and security personnel to Texas, adding that cartels are infiltrating the state’s reservations, including Pine Ridge. They were prohibited from entering or exiting the reservation.
Tribal Chairman Frank Starr Coming Out issued a statement on social media Friday regarding Noem’s comments.
“For the safety of the Oyate Nation, effective immediately, you are expelled from the Oglala Sioux Nation’s homeland,” Tribal Chairman Star Comes Out said in a statement to Noem on Friday. “Oyate” is a word that represents a person or a nation.
In a four-page letter shared on Facebook, Star Comes accused South Dakota’s governor of using border issues to get former President Donald Trump re-elected and boost his chances of being chosen as vice president.
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has insisted on sending razor wire and security personnel to Texas to protect its southern border, and currently bans anyone from entering or exiting the Pine Ridge Reservation in the state she represents. has been done. (AP Photo/Ferrand M. Ebenhack, File)
Star Comes Out said many of the people who come to the southern border in search of jobs and a better life are indigenous people from countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico, and are facing “inhuman treatment and inhumane treatment” by Texas Governor Greg. He said he believed he did not deserve to be subjected to “abuse.” Abbott and “his friends.”
“We don’t have to put children in cages, separate them from our children, and especially chop them up with razor wire provided by the state of South Dakota, as we did during the Trump administration,” Star Comes Out said.
Tribal leaders also took offense to Noem’s comments about the “Ghost Dancers,” saying they were affiliated with a cartel. Star Comes Out said the Ghost Dance is “one of the most sacred rituals” and accused Noem of using the term with “blatant disdain” and insulting Oyate.
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Noem’s comments were made last Wednesday, at a time when the Republican governor was slamming the situation at the border.
In a speech to a joint session of Congress, Noem said the United States is in an era of invasions looming across its southern border.
“The 50 states have a common enemy, and that enemy is the Mexican drug cartels,” Noem said. “They are waging war against our country, and even here in South Dakota, these cartels are perpetuating violence at every step of the way for us.”
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On September 27, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas, a large group of migrants cross the rushing Rio Grande River and wait to enter the United States along the razor-lined border. (Benjamin Rowley, FOX News Digital)
In response to Star Comes Out’s comments about banning the governor’s access to tribal lands, the governor said he would not bring politics into the discussion about the federal government’s failure to enforce federal laws on the southern border and on tribal lands. He said he was disappointed in his choice.
“My focus remains on working together to solve these problems,” she said. “As I told bipartisan Native American lawmakers earlier this week, ‘I’m not the stiff arm here. You can’t build relationships unless you spend time together,'” Noem said. “I’m ready to work with any of the state’s Native American tribes to build these relationships,” he said.
Noem has sent the South Dakota National Guard to the border three times, including last year, and has visited the border several times, including on Friday. Other Republican governors have also sent troops to visit the border.
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In 2021, Noem accepted a $1 million donation from a wealthy Republican donor to help pay for a two-month deployment of 48 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas. invited criticism.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
