Rapid City, S.D. (KELO) — President-Elect Donald Trump recently appointed South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security.
This is raising concern from the South Dakota Education Equity Coalition and other organizations.
“Since the movement of the Indian Office of Education there has been a virtually nonexistent collaborative and consultative relationship happening between our nine tribal education directors and departments as well as with key leaders that represent Indigenous education in our largest urban centers,” South Dakota Education Equity Coalition Executive Director Sarah White said.
Changes that have happened in South Dakota during her time as governor, have some people wondering whether Governor Kristi Noem is the right person to oversee a federal cabinet.
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“It’s really not about experience, it’s not about you know, a track record of national security, it’s about a narrative. It’s a narrative appointment and that narrative is, you know, pushing Trump’s narrative or racism and authoritarianism,” NDN Collective Director of Community Engagement Murray Lee said.