South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has offered what appears to be an attempted compromise to at least one Native American tribe in a disagreement over tribes’ coronavirus checkpoints on roads
South Dakota's governor threatened to take two tribes to court over coronavirus checkpoints. Here's what to knowThe offer relates to checkpoints that two Sioux tribes in South Dakota established on state and US highways around their reservations to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus there. Gov.
"You know we've been wanting assistance for test kits, we've been wanting assistance with , we've been wanting assistance to get more hospital beds built on our reservations."These checkpoints ... all of a sudden the whole world was watching," he said.Frazier's tribe, as well as the Oglala Sioux Tribe, have said the checkpoints are meant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus on tribal land, as the state never issued a stay-at home order.
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