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flag Tribal leader urges state collaboration on healthcare, safety, and infrastructure, with progress on police certification and healthcare reform.

flag Rosebud Sioux Tribal President Kathleen Wooden Knife, in her 2026 State of the Tribes Address, called for stronger state-tribal collaboration on healthcare, public safety, and infrastructure, urging quarterly meetings between tribal leaders and state officials. flag She highlighted urgent needs including improved healthcare access, with life expectancy among Lakota people far below national averages, and pushed for state recognition of tribal police and implementation of an Indian Managed Healthcare model under Medicaid. flag Over twenty tribal officers have completed state certification, and a task force bill to study the healthcare model has support from the state tribal relations committee and lawmakers. flag Governor Rhoden met with eight of South Dakota’s nine tribes following the address, reaffirming his commitment to listening and working together.

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