South Dakota tribe bans Gov. Kristi Noem from reservation over US-Mexico border remark

A South Dakota tribe banned Gov. Kristi Noem (R) from its reservation after she delivered remarks on the U.S.-Mexico border last week, with the tribe’s leader suggesting the governor is using the border to help former President Trump’s bid for the White House.

“Due to the safety of the Oyate, effective immediately, you are hereby Banished from the homelands of the Oglala Sioux Tribe!” Frank Star Comes Out, president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, wrote in a statement addressed to Noem. “Oyate” means people or nation, according to The Associated Press.

Noem delivered remarks to South Dakota’s state Legislature last week, where she said she is looking into sending more state resources to Texas amid an influx of migrants at the border, The Associated Press reported. She also blamed President Biden for the situation at the border — a claim that Star Comes Out suggested was politically motivated.