Politics

Chairman of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe faces removal effort





Charles Murphy, the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, could be removed from office.

Murphy is being accused by a council member of acting outside of his authority. The council will decide whether to proceed with the effort at a meeting on Thursday.

“This has happened before. I’ll go with the flow until Thursday,” Murphy told The Bismarck Tribune.

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Effort under way to remove tribal chairman (The Bismarck Tribune 3/7)

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