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NEWS: ‘I’m protecting my people’

Citizens of the Oglala Sioux Tribe man a checkpoint on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota on May 10, 2020. Photo courtesy Anna Halverson

With coronavirus cases rising all around their communities, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Oglala Sioux Tribe are standing their ground in an emerging sovereignty dispute with the Republican governor in South Dakota.

LINK: https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/05/11/im-protecting-my-people-tribal-citizens.asp

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