OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE

Oglala Sioux Tribe Bans Gov. Kristi Noem Over Immigration Stance

February 4, 2024

KVRR Staff,

A South Dakota tribe has banned Republican Gov. Kristi Noem from the Pine Ridge Reservation after she spoke this week about wanting to send razor wire and security personnel to Texas to help deter immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border and also said cartels are infiltrating the state’s reservations. “Due to the safety of the Oyate, effective immediately, you are hereby Banished from…

Oglala Sioux ban missionary, require ministries to register

August 4, 2022

Jim Monk,

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Oglala Sioux Tribe is requiring churches and missionaries to register with the tribe before entering the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. An evangelist was also banned from entering the reservation for distributing a pamphlet that disparaged traditional Lakota spirituality. The tribal ordinance does not apply to local churches and ministries run by tribal…