Native tribe accepts Kristi Noem’s apology and lifts her banishment ahead of confirmation hearing
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The governor was banned from all nine Native American reservations last year. A year after all native tribes in South Dakota banned Republican Governor Kristi Noem from their reservations, one is welcoming her back with open arms. On Tuesday, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe voted to rescind Noem’s “banishment,” which reservation leaders passed in May. The governor has been tapped as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and her confirmation hearing is scheduled for Friday.
“I wish you the best of luck during the Senate confirmation hearing on January 17, 2025, and believe that your dedication to the safety and security of the United States will benefit us all,” President of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Anthony Reider wrote to Noem in a letter after the vote.
The tribe has an estimated enrollment of 736 members. Noem was banned from entering nine South Dakota reservations last year after she made comments suggesting tribal leaders benefitted from cartel activity in the state. “We’ve got some tribal leaders that I believe are personally benefiting from the cartels being there, and that’s why they attack me every day,” Noem said during a March forum. “But I’m going to fight for the people who actually live in those situations, who call me and text me every day and say, ‘Please, dear governor, please come help us in Pine Ridge. We are scared.’”.
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