Harold Frazier, the chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, said such a precautionary measure is warranted because the tribe has insufficient medical resources to combat COVID-19.
A third tribe in South Dakota, the Rosebud Sioux,Monday that it has also set up driver checkpoints, although"commercial traffic will be allowed to proceed through the checkpoints on to their destinations without issue." Noem has not mentioned the tribe in her public comments.
In a letter to Noem last week, Frazier said the tribe would consider her request — but now her bid for White House involvement has thrown the tribes for a loop. The Oglala Sioux, which had said it was also considering Noem's earlier plan, responded in a statement to her White House letter that"the governor is missing an opportunity to set a positive example of executive leadership.
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