The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe told The Daily Beast that while all other South Dakota tribes have banned or have plans to ban Kristi Noem it is taking a different path.
, Oglala, Cheyenne River, Standing Rock, and Rosebud Sioux tribes in declaring Noem persona non grata following distasteful accusations she made during a town hall meeting in March. In that meeting, Noem claimed Indigenous parents were not involved with their children and that the majority of them were unemployed.
The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe became the seventh out of nine South Dakota tribes to ban Noem, while the leadership committee of theThat leaves the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe as the only Indigenous group where Noem is welcome. He said that he understood other tribes were having issues with the state leader, but explained that the Flandreau Santee Sioux didn’t “have that relationship right now with the governor.”
“We understand where coming from, but at the same time, kind of have to understand where Native people are coming from. It’s not been a good experience for any of us.” “Those are the types of issues that kind of pop up whenever we talk about children in education, but we are addressing those things,” Wakeman added, “and we are trying to be culturally sensitive to those that have suffered abuses.”
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