Seventh Native American tribe bans Kristi Noem over drug cartel comments

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A seventh Native American tribe has banned Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) from their land after she accused some tribal leaders of not doing enough to combat drug cartels.

The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe confirmed Noem had been banned from their reservation in a post on Facebook on Tuesday after the council unanimously voted in favor of banning the governor. She has now been banned from all but two Native American reservations in South Dakota.

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