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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem once again traveled to the US-Mexico border and once again came back to the state and lambasted the federal government and tribes, telling them to do more to crack down on cartel activity.

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Governor Kristi Noem issued the invitation in a letter to tribal law enforcement leaders that they announced on Thursday.

While they tend to go their separate ways as they tackle many of these issues, they can count on one person to bring them together in a united front: Gov. Kristi Noem.

In collaboration with the Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute, the Cheyenne River Youth Pr...

In State of the Tribes speech, a sharp break from COVID-19 optimism in South Dakota Chairman Mike Faith of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe delivered the annual "State of the Tribes" address in Pierre, S.D., on Thur., Jan. 14. Contrary to speeches the previous two days by state officials, Faith spoke in more deeply somber tones about the deadly impact of the coronavirus pandemic on his reservation, acknowledging "it changed our life forever." Written By: Christopher Vondracek ...

KNBN NewsCenter1 January 14, 2021 PIERRE, S.D. — In the annual “State of the Tribes” address, this years speaker, Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Mike Faith, encouraged cooperation between Native Americans and the state government. Faith spoke of economic benefits that cooperation could bring, and stressed the need for partnerships on things like infrastructure improvements. “I wanna mend fences, I wanna make partnerships…it’s time to put differences aside – and we can do that – we...