The Bureau of Indian Affairs agency on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota has been closed since Monday for safety reasons.
Employees at the office, in Fort Yates, have been relocated. A BIA spokesperson wasn't sure what the problem was but that the agency was working to correct it.
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BIA building in Fort Yates closed
(The Bismarck Tribune 1/21)
BIA agency on South Dakota reservation closed
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