CRST council votes down effort to rescind tribal banishment law

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) officials last week rejected a motion brought by District 5 Representative Derek Bartlett calling for the tribe’s banishment/exclusion law to be rescinded.The measure, brought to the council during its meeting last Tuesday, August 6, failed with three council representatives voting in favor of ending banishments while seven others were against doing aw...

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