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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.

Kristi Noem
Republican Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota. Photo: Gage Skidmore

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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