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Lauren Gambino

Kristi Noem banned from seven Native American reservations in her own state

Kristi Noem.
Noem is now banned from entering one-fifth of the territory of South Dakota. Photograph: Jack Dura/AP

The governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem, is no longer allowed to set foot on large swaths of her state after another Native American tribe banished her from its reservation in response to comments she made about tribal leaders benefiting from drug cartels.

The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe on Tuesday confirmed that the tribe had voted to ban the Republican governor from its reservation in central South Dakota. It is the latest development in a widening rupture between Native American tribes in South Dakota and the state’s governor.

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