How tribes have managed the coronavirus pandemic may also reflect their relationship with state and local leaders, Her Many Horses said. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, for example, meets regularly with the tribal leaders to discuss how the casino reopenings are going. Meanwhile, in South Dakota, three tribes — the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the Oglala Sioux Tribe — set up checkpoints on state and federal highways to keep unnecessary visitors from their reservations because of the coronavirus. Kristi Noem has questioned the tribes’ authority to take such action. And so I’m not going to put my community at risk,” Butler said.

Source: Daily Sun June 14, 2020 12:33 UTC