She was previously banned from all of the state's nine tribes after publicly claiming that tribal leaders were working with drug cartels.

FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) — One tribe in South Dakota lifted its order banning Gov. Kristi Noem from its territories just days before the Republican was set to appear before a U.S. Senate committee on her ...

The South Dakota governor was banished by all nine Native American tribes in South Dakota over comments she made last spring.