Thread of documents related to SD Gov. Noem telling the Oglala + Cheyenne River Sioux tribes to take down their COVID-19 prevention checkpoints. Including the tribes’ responses.

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April 8 memo to tribes from the Bureau of Indian Affairs:

https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/rapidcityjournal.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/39/f3916ae9-2096-57b4-a372-23350cd2245f/5eb61803b538e.pdf.pdf

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May 8 news release+letter from Noem to the Oglala and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes:

https://news.sd.gov/newsitem.aspx?id=26770

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May 8 response from CRST Chairman Frazier:

https://twitter.com/crstchairman/status/1258878044032454666?s=21

4/x https://twitter.com/crstchairman/status/1258878044032454666
May 8 (released publicly on May 9) response from OST President Bear Runner:

https://twitter.com/ostofficial1/status/1259308757475102721?s=21

5/x https://twitter.com/ostofficial1/status/1259308757475102721
Not a document but here is my May 7 article on why tribes in SD are taking COVID-19 prevention measures so seriously. Article links to my other stories about specific measures taken by the OST+CRST.

6/x https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/tribal-nations-citizens-take-covid-19-prevention-seriously-in-south-dakota/article_e8b56d33-9ecc-5bad-b270-69cb8e3e6ecb.html
Tribal nations, citizens take COVID-19 prevention seriously in South Dakota

The leader of a Native American health organization’s mother spent her childhood confined at the tuberculosis sanitarium in Rapid City.

https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/tribal-nations-citizens-take-covid-19-prevention-seriously-in-south-dakota/article_e8b56d33-9ecc-5bad-b270-69cb8e3e6ecb.html
Here is the OST’s border monitoring/ checkpoint ordinance: https://twitter.com/ostofficial1/status/1245870091184435207?s=21

It references the shelter-in-place ordinance which is here: https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/rapidcityjournal.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/c1/8c10744a-7a79-5b46-9dfe-8f2f2eb01c45/5e8f993fb3436.pdf.pdf

7/x https://twitter.com/ostofficial1/status/1245870091184435207
Docs on the CRST’s checkpoints. Click on the “executive orders,” “FAQ,” and “checkpoint info” tabs for more info:

https://www.crstcoronavirusupdates.com/ 

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Also not a document but it’s “documentation” of things that have been said:

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https://twitter.com/ajzionts/status/1259458232709525504?s=21 https://twitter.com/ajzionts/status/1259458232709525504
Federal appeals court ruling that may be relevant: “Absent tribal consent, we hold the State of South Dakota has no jurisdiction over the highways running through Indian lands in the state.”

https://casetext.com/case/rosebud-sioux-tribe-v-state-of-sd

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