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FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2017, file photo, Chairman Harold Frazier of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe leaves federal court in Washington. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem appeared headed Monday, May 11, 2020, for a legal confrontation with two Native American Indian tribes over highway checkpoints intended to keep the coronavirus away from their reservations. Both tribes said over the weekend the checkpoints would stand on their reservations. “We will not apologize for being an island of safety in a sea of uncertainty and death,” Frazier said in a statement. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen File)

Native American tribe says sovereignty allows checkpoints

By STEPHEN GROVES - Associated Press

Muddy paths are common access ways for tribes in the Dakotas. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe chairman Harold Frazier says the U.S. government gave his 3,500-square mile reservation less than $3 million to fix roads last year, but it needed $20 million. (Christopher Vondracek / The Washington Times)

Amy Klobuchar vows to visit Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s deteriorating South Dakota roads

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times