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South Dakota governor Kristi Noem banned from all tribal lands in her own state

✇The Guardian
Gloria Oladipo

Last of state’s Indigenous tribes vote ‘in solidarity’ to bar Noem after she claimed tribal leaders benefit from drug cartels

South Dakota’s far-right governor Kristi Noem is now officially barred by Indigenous groups from visiting all tribal lands in her own home state.

The sweeping ban is the latest development in the contentious relationship between Noem and Indigenous tribes after controversial comments the governor made connecting tribal leaders to international drug cartels.

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© Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

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© Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.

✇NYT: Science
Emily Baumgaertner
New research finds that the death rate among Black youths soared by 37 percent, and among Native American youths by 22 percent, between 2014 and 2020, compared with less than 5 percent for white youths.

© Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press

Flowers for Karon Blake, 13, who was shot and killed in Washington, D.C., in January 2023. Gun-related deaths were two to four times higher among Black and Native American youth than among white youth.
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