#Flandreau Santee Sioux

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It’s official: All nine of South Dakota’s tribes have now voted to ban Gov. Kristi Noem (R) from their lands.

The final tribe still holding out hope for a productive relationship with the state’s governor, the Flandreau Santee Sioux, made the decision to join their counterparts Tuesday, just a week after telling The Daily Beast that they had no plans to do so.

A tribal leader told the Argus Leader that the Flandreau Santee Sioux executive council made the decision after hearing from a number of citizens who urged them to banish Noem—saying that many on the reservation were “uncomfortable and upset” with the council’s decision to wait so long in the first place. One attendee of the council’s Tuesday meeting told the local newspaper that the matter led to a “pretty heated discussion.”

Noem angered Indigenous American communities earlier this year by suggesting that tribes in her state were in league with Mexican drug cartels and blaming Indigenous parents for their children’s poor academic performance—leaving them unemployed and with “no hope.”

The comments led to her to be rapidly declared persona non grata by most of the tribal nations in South Dakota, starting with the Crow Creek, Sisseton Wahpeton, Oglala, Cheyenne River, Standing Rock, and Rosebud Sioux tribes, which account for nearly all of the reservation land in the state—almost 20 percent of the its total area.

Leadership of the Yankton Sioux Tribe has also voted to express its support for a similar ban, though it has yet to make an official decision on the matter.

Prior to its decision, leaders of the Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe reportedly held one last meeting Sunday with Gov. Noem in the Capitol, one they described to the Argus Leader at the time as “respectful and productive.”

Noem released her own statement following the meeting, writing that it was “never my intent to cause offense by speaking truth to the real challenges that are being faced in some areas of Indian country.”

“It is my hope that the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe will give us the opportunity to partner together in a way that can be an example for all,” she added.

But just two days later, the tribe’s leadership committee decided that it just could not let her comments go unpunished.

“We need to stand in solidarity with our fellow tribes in South Dakota, the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ,” Tyler Rambeau, a tribal leader, told the local newspaper during a recess in Tuesday’s meeting. “We do not want to come up on the wrong side of history in this moment.”

When reached for comment on her banishment from tribal lands, Gov. Noem told The Daily Beast: “I only want to speak truth to the real challenges that are being faced in some areas of Indian Country. I want to focus on solutions that lead to safer communities for all our families, educational outcomes for all our children, and declining addiction numbers for all our people. We cannot tackle these issues without addressing the problem: dangerous criminals who perpetuate violence and illegal activities in all areas of our state. We need to take action. It is my hope tribal leadership will take the opportunity to work with me to be an example of how cooperation is better for all people rather than political attacks.”

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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) is now banned from all tribal lands in the state after the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe voted to bar her from their reservation Wednesday, citing her repeated claims that tribal leaders work with drug cartels.

Noem sparked the controversy in March when she said tribal leaders benefit from the presence of cartels operating on their land.

“We’ve got some tribal leaders that I believe are personally benefiting from the cartels being there, and that’s why they attack me every day,” the governor said at a forum in March. “But I’m going to fight for the people who actually live in those situations, who call me and text me every day and say, ‘Please, dear governor, please come help us in Pine Ridge. We are scared.’”

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[tomorrowusa]

The Crow Creek Sioux have joined six other South Dakota tribes in banning dog-murderer Gov. Kristi Noem from tribal lands. That leaves the Flandreau Santee Sioux and Lower Brule Sioux as the only two tribal holdouts in the state. If those two follow suit, about a quarter of the land area of South Dakota will be off limits to MAGA sycophant Gov. Noem.

The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in central South Dakota has joined six of the state’s tribes in preventing Gov. Kristi Noem from coming onto their tribal land, leaving the governor just two reservations she can still travel to. That decision came after a Tuesday morning tribal meeting in Fort Thompson. Like the tribes who have issued bans before them, tribal leaders cited Noem’s previous remarks about alleged drug cartel activity on the reservations as the primary reason for the ban. “The people voted unanimously to ban her along with the tribal council for her derogatory remarks about the tribes and cartels,” tribal council member Kyle Loudner explained in a text message. “And about the remarks she made about the children being nobodies their whole lives because of the parents.” Noem made remarks during a series of March town halls about children on the reservation.

It's doubtful that non-Native entities can legally ban Noem elsewhere in South Dakota. Though they might be able to declare her persona non grata at local dog parks.

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#‘Puppy #murderer #NFL Pet Assassin Kristi Noem Banned From Each Tribal Land in Her State https://news247planet.com/?p=844407

[cannabisbusinessexecutive]

South Dakota’s first recreational marijuana dispensary

South Dakota’s first recreational marijuana dispensary

When people think of marijuana in South Dakota, one name looms large. Flandreau; or more specifically, Native Nations Cannabis in Flandreau, owned and operated by the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. But they aren’t the only game in the market in South Dakota, and they haven’t been for some time now. While state licensed dispensaries have been slowly working toward opening dates that are still weeks…

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In an emotional ceremony this month, the Minnesota Historical Society officially returned 114 acres along the Minnesota River bluffs to the Lower Sioux Indian Community. The land transfer, approved by the Legislature in 2017, became official Feb. 12 [2021], returning about half of the southern Minnesota property around the nonprofit's historic site to the tribe. [...]

It's a significant step for the Lower Sioux, one of 11 sovereign tribes in Minnesota, four of which are Dakota or Sioux. The land is the Lower Sioux homeland, known as Cansa'yapi (Dakota for "where they marked the trees red") and where the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 began. For more than 20 years, the Lower Sioux sought to reclaim the property. [...]

"We can try to reclaim that relationship with the land and hopefully we can continue the healing," [Lower Sioux President Robert Larsen] said. "It's great for Indian Country in all." [...] "This is a victory for the Lower Sioux Community ... it's more than symbolic, it's actionable," said Kate Beane, director of Native American Initiatives at the Historical Society and a member of the Flandreau Santee Sioux in South Dakota. [...]

The Dakota people lived on millions of acres before ceding land in an 1851 treaty. The U.S. government established the Lower Sioux Agency and by 1862, war broke out. In the end, 38 Dakota men were hanged in the largest mass execution in U.S. history, and the Dakota were forced to relocate to reservations and small parcels of land. Before this month's action, Lower Sioux tribal land totaled 1,800 acres. [...]

The 114 acres transferred to the Lower Sioux, bought by the Historical Society in the 1960s and 1970s from private landowners, lies mostly north of the visitor center. The rest of the 130 acres is still owned by the state. Any future land transfers would require legislative approval [...].

The Lower Sioux, which has about 1,000 enrolled members, are also working to restore traditions [...] [and] reviving the Dakota language with classes and an immersion program. (Minnesota is a Dakota word for "cloud-tinted waters.") A new building with a cultural gathering space as well as traditional and contemporary arts studios is slated to open in June. Larsen also hopes this is the start of discussions over tribal land, shifting other sacred sites to tribes to manage. "This isn't the end," he said. [...]

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Headline, images, captions, and text published by: Kelly Smith. “In an unprecedented step, Minnesota returns 114 acres to Lower Sioux Indian Community.” Minneapolis Star-Tribune. 20 February 2021.

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Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Receives One of the First Federal Approvals of Tribal Regulatory Authority Over Hemp Cultivation on Indian Lands

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Receives One of the First Federal Approvals of Tribal Regulatory Authority Over Hemp Cultivation on Indian Lands

Published December 28, 2019

FLANDREAU, S.D. — On December 27, 2019, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota received one of the first federal approvals of tribal regulatory authority over hemp cultivation on Indian lands under the state/tribal hemp provisions of the 2018 Farm Bill. To date, no state and no other federally recognized Indian tribe had achieved this milestone.    The 2018…

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Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe approved by USDA to grow hemp - KSFY

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe approved by USDA to grow hemp  KSFY source https://www.ksfy.com/content/news/Flandreau-Santee-Sioux-Tribe-approved-by-USDA-to-grow-hemp-566517011.html

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Cannabis Legality in the USA, 2018.

Source

From the wiki: (as of December, 2018)

•Dark green = legal

•Green = legal for medical use

•Light green = legal for medical use (limited THC content)

•grey = prohibited for any use

•*red “D” = decriminalized

Some key notes:

•Washington, D.C. is legal

•Territory of the Northern Mariana Islands is legal

•Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe, SD, is legal

•Suquamish tribe, WA, is legal

•Squaxin Island tribe, WA, is legal

•Puerto Rico has legal medical

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And now Republican Gov. Kristi Noem is banned from ALL tribal land in her own state.

The last holdout, the Flandreau Santee Sioux, have joined the other eight South Dakota tribes in banning Gov. Noem from their tribal lands.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from all tribal lands in her home state

All of South Dakota’s nine indigenous tribes have voted to ban Gov. Kristi Noem from their lands. On Tuesday, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe executive council ruled in favor of barring the Republican governor from its reservation. In response to a request for comment on Wednesday, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe sent a readout of its president’s interactions with Noem ahead of the vote. Flandreau President Tony Reider called an emergency meeting last weekend in response to Noem’s comments, according to the readout. The meeting was “contentious at times, as some members vocalized their opposition.” After that Reider set up a meeting with the governor’s office, which took place on Monday. That conversation was “respectful and productive.” “President Reider informed the governor that a ban from our territories is imminent and requested that the Governor refrain from making future blanket statements that offend the tribes within the boundaries of the State of South Dakota, some of which depend on state services for the needs of their people. It was recommended that the Governor clarify her statements and issue an apology to all tribal nations for the misunderstanding,” the readout said. “Until such a time, the Executive Council and the people of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe stand with our fellow nations.” That vote bookended a ripple effect of tribes with reservations that stretch into South Dakota moving to prevent Noem from setting foot on their land, spurred by comments she made earlier this year. During a town hall, she argued that tribal leaders were profiting off of drug cartels in the state and prioritizing those cartels over parenting children on their reservations. Noem has since doubled down on saying Mexican drug cartels were rampant on Native American reservations in South Dakota. Those comments sparked a domino effect of tribes denouncing Noem and voting to bar the governor from their lands. According to The Argus Leader of South Dakota, leaders of the Flandreau Santee Sioux had been receiving pressure from local citizens to do something in response to Noem’s comments.

This is not an insignificant amount of territory. It takes up almost a quarter of the state's total land area.

You can make out seven of the reservations on this map.

Actually one, the Lower Brule Sioux reservation, can be seen but isn't labeled. It's next to the Crow Creek Sioux reservation on the Missouri River. The Flandreau Santee Sioux reservation is less than 3 square miles in size. It's in the extreme east-central part of the state near I-29.

The tiny (population: 14,000) state capital Pierre (they pronounce it "peer") is in the middle of the state just below the red inscription South Dakota on the map above. Noem has to drive around the Lower Brule Sioux and Crow Creek Sioux reservations to the southeast of Pierre if she wants to get to the southeastern part of the state.

As for the two interstates in South Dakota, Noem has no problem on I-90. But the northernmost section of I-29 passes through the Lake Traverse reservation of Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate.

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South Dakota Tribe Sues USDA Over Right to Grow Hemp One Native American tribe heads to court to demand the right to cultivate low-THC cannabis and to force the USDA to live up to its regulatory responsibilities under the 2018 Farm Bill. The federal bureaucracy hasn’t yet caught up with the law where hemp cultivation and commerce are concerned — leaving a lot of would-be entrepreneurs and enterprises in the lurch. Legislation is now pending on Capitol Hill that calls upon the Food & Drug Administration to finally regulate CBD products, addressing a dilemma that has been outstanding since hemp-derived CBD was legalized under last year’s Farm Bill. The failure of the FDA to create regulations for CBD as a food additive or drug means many such products actually remain illegal — despite the clear will of Congress. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has also failed to bring its regulations into conformity with the Farm Bill. The USDA in late May issued a memo establishing protocols for interstate commerce in hemp. But it has still failed to provide any legal clarity on the question of hemp cultivation, including on Native American tribal lands.  Given the unique jurisdictional status of such lands, it is the USDA that has the authority to permit and oversee such cultivation. Its failure to issue regulations on the matter is another legal hindrance to Native American cannabis cultivation. Now the USDA is under pressure from litigation. The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe has launched suit in a South Dakota federal district court, seeking to force the USDA to approve its plan to regulate hemp production on tribal lands — or get out of the way.  #siouxtribe #southdakota #nativeamerican #court #usda #federalbureaucracy #2018farmbill #farmbill #cultivate #cultivation #entrepreneurs #approve #federalcourt #holysmokestv #holysmokes #holysmokescrafts #oneman #triballand #land #fda #hemp #grow #growhemp #growyourown #cbd #thc #mmj #marijuana #state (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bznloerh-Yr/?igshid=4drcolwjzit7

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In South Dakota, the AG and the Governor Are Sparring. What Does this Mean for Marijuana Deregulation in Other States?

In South Dakota, the AG and the Governor Are Sparring. What Does this Mean for Marijuana Deregulation in Other States?

by Mira Baylson and Meghan Stoppel Marijuana legalization is sweeping the nation. State after state is enacting legislation permitting medical marijuana and adult-use marijuana. In many states, the legislation does not include a specific role for the state attorney general in the regulation and enforcement of the new marijuana regimes. But businesses in the marijuana industry would be wrong to…

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The Keystone XL pipeline has already begun construction, and it was only possible because of one big key development in the past few days: Alberta’s money. Alberta bought a stake in the pipeline and guaranteed $6 billion in loans. Curious what the Alberta provincial government has to say to the people of the Crow, Northern Cheyenne, Fort Belknap, Fort Peck, Fort Berthold, Standing Rock Sioux, Cheyenne River, Pine Ridge, Rosebud Sioux, Lower Brule, Crow Creek, Yankton, and Flandreau Santee reservations? Who will also face the environmental consequences of potential oil leakage into the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. Who are already living in a remote food desert with little access to healthcare. And who now also face severe criminal charges and threats of imprisonment and violence after the state of South Dakota functionally criminalized protests against fossil fuel infrastructure. And who will now face exposure to covid/coronavirus from the thousands of pipeline construction workers who are arriving in the region.

EcoWatch:

The construction that began yesterday [6 April 2020] involved around 100 workers in a remote border crossing between Montana and Canada, which is home to cattle ranches and wheat fields, according to a spokesperson from TC Energy, as the AP reported. The number of people involved in the construction is supposed to grow into the thousands as construction advances.

The government in Alberta is throwing in $1.1 billion to support construction of the pipeline, which will stretch 1,210 miles from the town of Hardisty, in Alberta, Canada, to Steele City, Nebraska, and will begin operating in 2023, as The Hill reported. The investment from Alberta's government will support construction through 2020 and triggered the surprise announcement that construction would begin. The pipeline is predicted to carry 830,00 barrels of crude every day for transfer to refineries and export terminals in the Gulf of Mexico.

Alberta will also guarantee a $6 billion loan to TC Energy.

However, as Bill McKibben, founder of 360.org, noted in The Guardian, the worker camps on the edge of Native American territory bring up memories of introduced epidemics that wiped out 90 percent of the Native American population.

"As Faith Spotted Eagle of the Yankton Sioux put it, 'this causes eerie memories for us [of] the infected smallpox blankets that were distributed to tribes intentionally,'" McKibben wrote.

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From Montana Public Radio:

At the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, which overlaps with Valley County, Chairman Floyd Azure of the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes says he’s concerned about the possible risk of infection.

Attorney Matthew Campbell, who represents the Fort Belknap Indian Community in Montana and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, says his clients have declared a state of emergency for the virus.

“Part of what we have submitted to the court is the concern about the gathering of these man camps with many people are working together and working on the pipelines and are near these tribal communities which are general at risk communities in general anyway," Campbell said.  

Campbell represents the tribes in an ongoing lawsuit against TC Energy on the grounds that the pipeline would cross tribally-owned land and therefore violate their land rights.

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Keystone XL developers have so far planned for 11 worker camps in eastern Montana and western South Dakota, with some of the camps hosting up to 1,000 pipeline workers.