Kristi Noem banned by two more Native tribes in South Dakota
by Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#6MS9F)
Governor, plagued by dog-killing story, unwelcome in 20% of her state after she accused tribal leaders of benefiting from cartels
Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor who was once considered one of Donald Trump's top vice-presidential contenders, has been banned from nearly one-fifth of the state after two more tribes voted to prohibit her from their lands.
The move by the Yankton Sioux tribe and the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribe last week follows criticism from the governor who has - without evidence - accused tribal leaders of personally benefiting" from drug cartels. The Oglala, Rosebud, Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Sioux tribes banished Noem earlier this year.
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