Sioux Tribal Members End Takeover
ASSOCIATED PRESS
AGENCY VILLAGE, S.D. (AP) -- Members of the Sisseton-Wahpeton
Sioux tribe filed out of tribal headquarters here, claiming their
takeover of the building achieved their goals.
The protesters left Wednesday after the tribal council agreed to
suspend the panel that governs the tribe's casinos. The
demonstrators had barricaded themselves in the council chambers
Tuesday afternoon, demanding an investigation of alleged tribal
corruption.
"This started out as a council meeting," said Paul McCabe,
special agent with the FBI in Minneapolis. "When the council
meeting was adjourned, some people who were in attendance there
asked for the resignation of the council and the gaming board.
"They adjourned the council, and then these people were joined by
some armed individuals."
No shots were fired, and several protesters and their supporters
denied they had any weapons. Early reports indicated anywhere
from eight to 15 people were inside the building. Later estimates
ranged to 25.
Tribal leaders have grown wealthy from casino proceeds while the
tribe's poor have gotten poorer, the protesters said.
"This corruption has to stop," said Smiley Shepherd, former
manager of two of the tribe's casinos. "Our elders are being
abused, living in snake-infested apartments while the council and
(casino) executives are making high five-digit salaries."
During the 90-day suspension of the seven-member panel that
governs the casinos, the protesters' concerns and complaints will
be studied, said Rosebud Marshall, judicial representative from
the tribe's Old Agency District.
In the southwestern corner of South Dakota, the Oglala Sioux
tribal headquarters at Pine Ridge has been occupied by protesters
since Jan. 16 in a stalemate with a faction representing the
tribal treasurer, whom the occupiers accuse of mismanaging funds.
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