>>> ON THURSDAY, THE ROSE BUD SIOUX TRIBE OF SOUTH DAKOTA BANNED THE GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM FROM STEPPING FOOT ON THE RESERVATION. IT IS THE FOURTH TRIBE TO BAN THE GOVERNOR FROM THEIR LANDS. THE CHEYENNE SIOUX, STANDING ROCK SIOUX AND THE ROSE BUD SIOUX RESERVATIONS COVER MORE THAN 8 MILLION ACRES ACCORDING TO STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS WHICH MEANS THAT KRISTI NOEM IS CURRENTLY BANNED FROM ROUGHLY 17% OF HER OWN STATE. WHY? WELL, FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, GOVERNOR NOEM WHO IS VYING TO BE TRUMP'S PICK FOR VP CAN'T SEEM TO STOP TALKING ABOUT THE VIOLENT DRUG TRAFFICKING CARTELS AND THE WAR ZONE AT THE TEXAS BORDER WITH MEXICO. IN TALKING ABOUT THE BORDER SITUATION AND THE CARTELS AND THE DRUGS AND THE MURDERS, SHE KEEPS SUGGESTING THAT THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES IN HER STATE ARE COMPLICIT AND EVEN BENEFITTING FROM THE CARTEL ACTIVITY. LAST MONTH DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE, NOEM SAID WE HAVE SOME TRIBAL LEADERS THAT I BELIEVE ARE PERSONALLY BENEFITTING FROM THE CARTELS BEING THERE AND THAT'S WHY THEY ATTACK ME EVERY DAY. SINCE JANUARY, NOEM HAS REPEATEDLY CLAIMED THAT THE CARTEL ARE USING THE RESERVATIONS TO SPREAD FENTFUL THROUGHOUT THE STATE. ONEOGE LAA LEADER SAID HOW DARE THE GOVERNOR SUGGEST THAT THE TRINAL COUNCILS DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES AND CHILDREN OR THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES. THE TROIBL LOADERS DESCRIBED THAT THE DECISION TO BAN THE GOVERNOR WAS NOT MADE LIGHTLY. IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME SHE HAS BEEN BANNED FROM TRIBAL LAND. IN 2019, THERE WAS A MAJOR PROTEST AGAINST THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE KEY STONE EXCEL PIPELINE ON THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION. SHE SUPPORTED ANTIPROTEST LEGISLATION THAT OUTLAWED THE DEMONSTRATORS AND MADE IT PUNISHABLE BY 5 TO 25 YEARS ENPRISON. IN RESPONSE, THE TRIBE OF THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION VOTED TO BAN HER FROM THE LAND TEMPORARILY. WHEN TRIBES SET UP CHECKPOINTS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC TO REGULATE ACCESS TO THE LAND TO PROTECT THEIR MEDICALLY VULNERABLE ELDERS, NOEM CALLED ON THEM TO SHUT THE CHECKPOINTS DOWN. I VISITED THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER THEY SET UP THE CHECKPOINTS AND I SPOKE WITH RED DAWN FOSTER ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CHECKPOINTS. >> WHAT'S THE POINT OF THE CHECKPOINTS AND WHAT'S THE CONTROVERSY? >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON HERE. THE POINT OF THE CHECKPOINTS WER TO LIMIT TRAFFIC COMING INTO THE RESERVATION THAT WAS NOT NORMALLY LIVING HERE. IT WAS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH ON THE RESERVATION AND WE NEED TO LIMIT THE SPREAD AND PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR XHOUNTS AND POTENTIALLY WIPING OUR HOLE COMMUNITY OUT. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THE CHECKPOINTS. IT IS ENOUR BEST INTEREST. IT IS ABOUT MAINTAINING OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND PROTECTING OUR PEOPLE. >> AFTER THE CHECKPOINTS WERE SET UP, NOEM FACILITATED THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN REMOVING THE BULK OF NATIVE HISTORY AND CULTURE FROM THE STATE'S K-12 CRIMLM. WHEN TRIBAL LEADERS CALLED FOR HELP WITH THE HEAVY SNOWSTORM, THE ADMINISTRATION TOOK MORE THAN A WEEK TO RESPOND, SENDING THE NATIONAL GUARD ONLY AFTER THE SNOW RECEDED. SIX TRIBE MEMBERSES DIED IN THE WAKE. TRIBE MEMBERS POINT OUT HOW TROUBLING THIS IS AS NOEM HAS DEPLOYED THE SOUTH DAKOTA NATIONAL GUARD TO THE U.S. MEXICO BORDER. NOW SHE HAS BLAMED TRIBAL LEADERS FOR DRUG RELATED DEATHS ON THE RESERVATIONS SUGGESTING # THEY ARE FACILITATING AND BENEFITTING FROM CARTEL ACTIVITY. THE ROSE BUD SIOUX TRIBE SAYS GOVERNOR NOEM CLAIMS SHE WANTS TO ESTABLISH MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH TRIBES TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS FOR SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS BUT HER ACTIONS SHOW OTHERWISE. THE RECENT DISPARAGING ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND TRIBAL LEADERS HAVE LED TO FURTHER DIVISION AND DISTRUST OF TRIBAL STATE RELATIONS. HER DISENGENUOUS NATURE TOWARDS NATIVE AMERICANS TO FURTHER POLITICAL IS AN ATTACK ON TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY THAT THE TRIBES WILL NOT TOLERATE. FIVE TRIBES HAVE DEMANDED A PUBLIC APOLOGY PUB FROM NOEM BUT SHE HAS NOT. THIS IS SOMEONE WHO IS BEING CONSIDERED TO BE THE RUNNING MATE FOR DONALD TRUMP, FIRST IN LINE TO THE PRESIDENCY IF
