About half of the police officers for the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota resigned on Tuesday, President John Yellow Bird Steele said.
The officers complained about being overworked, Steele said. He blamed the federal government for cutting funds for the tribe's law enforcement program.
The tribe has assigned some game wardens to patrol the reservation. The tribal council will meet today to discuss law enforcement issues.
The Pine Ridge Reservation is the largest in the state.
Get the Story:
OST council to meet to discuss police walkout
(The Rapid City Journal 8/14)
Related Stories:
Oglala Sioux police officers walk off the job
(8/13)
BIA shuts down jail on Pine
Ridge Reservation (8/11)
Trending in News
1 White House Council on Native American Affairs meets quick demise under Donald Trump
2 'A process of reconnecting': Young Lakota actor finds ways to stay tied to tribal culture
3 Jenni Monet: Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on leave after fatal shooting of Brandon Laducer
4 'A disgraceful insult': Joe Biden campaign calls out Navajo leader for Republican speech
5 Kaiser Health News: Sisters from Navajo Nation died after helping coronavirus patients
2 'A process of reconnecting': Young Lakota actor finds ways to stay tied to tribal culture
3 Jenni Monet: Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on leave after fatal shooting of Brandon Laducer
4 'A disgraceful insult': Joe Biden campaign calls out Navajo leader for Republican speech
5 Kaiser Health News: Sisters from Navajo Nation died after helping coronavirus patients
More Stories
Share this Story!
You are enjoying stories from the Indianz.Com Archive, a collection dating back to 2000. Some outgoing links may no longer work due to age.
All stories in the Indianz.Com Archive are available for publishing via Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)