"South Dakota Tribe Bans Governor from Reservation Due to US-Mexico Border Comments"

The Oglala Sioux Tribe has banned South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem from the Pine Ridge Reservation after she made remarks about sending razor wire and security personnel to the US-Mexico border and claimed that cartels are infiltrating the state’s reservations. The tribe's president accused Noem of using the border issue for political gain and disrespecting the tribe's sacred ceremonies. Noem responded, expressing her focus on solving federal law enforcement issues at the border and on tribal lands. The ban comes amid tensions over crime on the reservation and the federal government's treaty duty to support law enforcement there.