FILE - A sign hangs outside the entrance to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, home to the Oglala Sioux tribe, Sept. 9, 2012. Tribal leaders in South Dakota have denounced Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s comments in which she accused them of keeping her from helping impoverished children on reservations and benefiting from Mexican drug cartels she’s said are operating on tribal lands. (AP Photo/Kristi Eaton, File)
FILE - South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem speaks, July 16, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. Tribal leaders in South Dakota have denounced Noem’s comments in which she accused them of keeping her from helping impoverished children on reservations and benefiting from Mexican drug cartels she’s said are operating on tribal lands. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
FILE - Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out stands outside the Andrew W. Bogue Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Rapid City, S.D., Feb. 8, 2023. Tribal leaders in South Dakota, including Star Comes Out, have denounced Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s comments in which she accused them of keeping her from helping impoverished children on reservations and benefiting from Mexican drug cartels she’s said are operating on tribal lands. (Kalle Benallie/Indian Country Today via AP, File)
Democratic South Dakota Sen. Shawn Bordeaux stands inside the state Capitol, Feb. 21, 2024, in Pierre, S.D. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe's flag hangs in the background at right. Bordeaux has condemned comments by South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem that tribal leaders are "personally benefiting" from drug cartels she's said are operating on reservations. Bordeaux is a former Rosebud tribal councilman. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)