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Native America Calling: Political leaders target tribes with unfounded claims
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Political leaders target tribes with unfounded claims
With no supporting information, Gov. Kristi Noem (R-South Dakota) claimed tribal leaders in her state are “personally benefiting” from the presence of drug cartels.
And while campaigning for re-election, Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-Oklahoma) warned about tribes setting up “abortion-on-demand” clinics to subvert the state’s new abortion laws. No Oklahoma tribe expressed any intention of setting up clinics.
Join Native America Calling to examine the fallout from such unfounded claims by high-ranking officials and what recourse tribal officials have to counter them.
Guests on Native America Calling
Chuck Hoskin Jr. (Cherokee Nation), Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation
Frank Star Comes Out (Oglala Lakota), President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe
Ryman LeBeau (Cheyenne River Lakota), Chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Richard Monette (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians), professor of law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School
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