Chase Responds to Kristi Noem's Race-Baiting Dog Whistles

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Lakota Law Director Chase Iron Eyes — and South Dakota tribal nations, three of which have now banished Noem from their reservations — have had enough of state governor Kristi Noem's racist dog-whistles. Noem, who in recent days has falsely connected tribes to Mexican drug cartels, taken pot shots at Native parents, and asked for a federal audit of tribes, is clearly attempting to position herself as an old-school Indian hunter and ingratiate herself to the far-right ultra-MAGA voter base. But at what cost?