South Dakota Governor Noem Banished From Tribal Reservation Over Comments On Border Crisis

James Myers of OAN
9:19am – Monday, February 5, 2024

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has been banned from an Indian reservation in Texas because she wants to tighten security at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Tribal Chairman Frank Starr from the Pine Ridge Reservation announced a ban on social media.

“For the safety of the Oyate Nation, effective immediately, you are expelled from the Oglala Sioux Nation’s homeland,” Star Comes Out said in a statement Friday to Noem (R-S.D.). . “Oyate” is a word that represents a person or a nation.

In a four-page letter, Star Comes Out accused Noem of using the issue to help former President Donald Trump re-elect and improve his chances of being selected as his running mate.

He said people at the border “don’t have to be kept in cages, separated from their children, and worst of all, chopped up with South Dakota’s razor wire like they were during the Trump administration.” .

Additionally, tribal leaders said they were upset by Noem’s recent comments about the Ghost Dancers being affiliated with a cartel. Star Come Out accused Noem of “blatant disrespect” and insulting Oyate.

Noem responded to her Star Comes Out comments by saying it was unfortunate that she chose to bring politics into the federal government’s failures at the border.

“My focus remains on working together to solve these problems,” she said. “Earlier this week, I told a bipartisan group of Native American senators, ‘I’m not the one with the stiff arm here. You can’t build relationships if you don’t spend time together,'” Noem said. said. “I am ready to work with any of the state’s Native American tribes to build these relationships.”

Meanwhile, Ms. Noem has sent the state’s National Guard to the border three times, including last year.

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