Oglala President Bans ICE and U.S. Border Patrol from Oglala Lakota Nation in South Dakota

 

Lakota roadblock in 2020

Oglala President Bans ICE and U.S. Border Patrol from Oglala Lakota Nation, Pine Ridge, South Dakota

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, January 28, 2026

Oglala Lakota President Frank Star Comes Out issued a Presidential Proclamation today banning both ICE and the U.S. Border Patrol from the Oglala Lakota Nation. The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council banned ICE, and rejected an agreement to work with immigration officials, on January 21.

President Star Comes Out points out in the Proclamation today that the U.S. Border Patrol is working with ICE in its "unlawful conduct against Native people in Minneapolis" -- which is within the Aboriginal Territory of the Great Sioux Nation.

Calling it "egregious conduct," the President's Proclamation states that ICE and the U.S. Border Patrol are targeting minorities throughout the United States, and Native people are being detained and injured, in violation of Treaties and civil rights.

PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION AND OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE ORDINANCE

Navajos Warn of Secretive Tribal Government Reform

Dine' Grassroots Coalition members read a statement of opposition to a secretive tribal government reform proposal, in front of the Navajo Nation Council's winter session on Tuesday. Screenshot by Censored News.

Navajos Warn of Secretive Tribal Government Reform 

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Jan. 27, 2026

Navajos warned of a secretive Navajo government reform that is underway that would change Diné life, and silence the voices of the people for generations to come.

Chili Yazzie, former Shiprock Council Delegate and Chapter President, said proposing the government reform as a "yes or no" question for the Dine' voters on the ballot in 2026 is "an abuse of our people."

Speaking during the press conference at the Navajo Nation Council chambers on Tuesday morning, Herb Yazzie, retired Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation, pointed out the harm that could come.

Red Lake Anishinaabe in Minnesota Prohibit ICE Without Court Order: 'Ashamed and Disgusted' with Violation of Rights

 

Red Lake Anishinaabe in Minnesota Prohibit ICE: 'Ashamed and Disgusted' with Violation of Rights

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Jan. 28, 2026

The Red Lake Tribal Council passed a resolution prohibiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from entering the Red Lake Nation unless they have a specific court order signed by a judge with jurisdiction to sign such an order.

The resolution says the Tribal Council has been watching ICE actions in Minnesota and is “ashamed and disgusted at the obvious violations of constitutional rights directed at United States citizens by ICE officers.”

The Tribal Council members being made aware of a Leech Lake band member being apprehended in the Walker area. They suspect that it is just a matter of time before ICE officers attempt to enter the Red Lake Nation.

The resolution also prohibits ICE's "fishing expeditions" on its land.

Lakeland PBS reports:

The Red Lake Tribal Council has passed a resolution prohibiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from entering the Red Lake Nation unless they have a specific court order signed by a judge with jurisdiction to sign such an order.

The resolution, which passed on a 10-0 vote, says the Tribal Council has been watching ICE actions in Minnesota and is “ashamed and disgusted at the obvious violations of constitutional rights directed at United States citizens by ICE officers.” They add that, with Tribal Council members being made aware of a Leech Lake band member being apprehended in the Walker area, they suspect that it is just a matter of time before ICE officers attempt to enter the Red Lake Nation.

The resolution says no ICE officer or federal officer may be present on the Red Lake Nation without the presence of a Red Lake officer, and that the federal officers may only be present for as long as it takes to serve the order. In addition, it says no ICE officer or federal officer in the service of ICE shall be permitted to engage in a fishing expedition in search of any person, and that such officers are prohibited from approaching any individual, home, or vehicle outside the presence of a Red Lake officer.

https://lptv.org/red-lake-passes-resolution-prohibiting-ice-from-entering-without-court-order/

Diné Defend Land and Water at Navajo Nation Council

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Diné Defend Land and Water at Navajo Nation Council 

Update from the press conference at the Navajo Nation Council on Tuesday:

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/01/navajos-warn-of-secretive-tribal.html

Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026

Dine' demand an end to the giveaways to corporations with their banner, "National Sacrifice Zone: NO MORE!" Speaking in front of the Navajo Nation Council session now, Dine' are protecting their children, their future, and their water, air and land. Dine' are speaking out about the bribes, backdoor deals and tribal government corruption involved in the deals with energy companies.

Calling for an end to burning fossil fuels -- coal, oil and gas -- Dine' called for fossil-free energy in order to mitigate climate change, during the morning's press conference in front of the Navajo Nation Council, now in its winter session.

Watch recorded videos of today:

Tó Nizhóní Ání 

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By Chili Yazzie, Censored News

Contact: chili_yazzie@hotmail.com

A group of grassroots organizations convened in Dec 2025 to discuss concerns related to the Navajo Nation, these concerns have been formulated into position statements to be presented to the Navajo Nation leadership including the Navajo Nation Council and the Office of the President and Vice President. These positions will be presented at the Press Conference to be held in front of the Navajo Nation Council Chambers on January 27, 2026, at 9 am. 

• The proposal to reform the Navajo government drafted by the Office of Navajo Government Development has been analyzed and is found to be replete with foundational issues, we are recommending that the proposal not be presented to the Navajo people as a referendum initiative as proposed by the ONGD

• The proposal by the Trump administration to expedite natural resources extraction with little or no environmental review is a critical concern

• The depletion of the waters of Navajo lands and the continued lost of water rights must be consciously and deliberately addressed by our Navajo Nation leadership

• The uninhibited incursion by the federal Immigration and Custom Enforcement agency on Indian lands and arrest and abuse of Native American citizens is greatly concerning  

Diné Grassroots Coalition is a coalition comprised of Diné community members concerned about the state of the Navajo Nation. 

Standing Rock and Sisseton Wahpeton Tribal Members Arrested as ICE Terrorizes Minnesota

Standing Rock and Sisseton Wahpeton Tribal Members Arrested as ICE Terrorizes  Minnesota

Native Americans are being detained throughout the United States illegally. Protests continue after the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis.

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Jan. 25, 2026 Midnight Update

The Standing Rock Nation in North Dakota reports that a tribal member was detained by ICE and the tribe was able to secure their release in Minnesota. A Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate was also arrested by the FBI in Minneapolis on Saturday. Six tribes in South Dakota responded with a joint statement.

William LaFromboise, Dakota, was located safe, but bruised. LaFromboise was standing near the site where Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, was murdered by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. LaFromboise was among those present who was arrested. He was released without being charged with any crime.

Other witnesses standing near the site of the crime, the murder of Alex Pretti, say they fear for their lives, and have gone into hiding. Federal agents are reported hunting down the witnesses to arrest them.

The Rosebud Lakota Nation in South Dakota joined other tribes in banning ICE. The Oglala Lakota and Cheyenne River Lakota Nations have already banned ICE in South Dakota.

Rosebud Sioux Tribal President Kathleen Wooden Knife said today, "The RST Council passed a motion to join the other tribes in disallowing access to our reservations. An official copy of the approved resolution will be forthcoming."

"No agreement has been developed or ratified by the Tribal Council in respect to ICE training RST Officers in future endeavors," President Wooden Knife said.

South Dakota Tribes Issue Joint Statement on Sunday Night

The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Spirit Lake Nation, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Yankton Sioux Tribe, and Rosebud Sioux Tribe have issued a joint statement in response to recent federal actions in Minnesota.

"Together, our Nations reaffirm our commitment to the safety, dignity, and rights of Indigenous Peoples and to upholding the federal trust and fiduciary responsibilities owed to Tribal Nations and citizens, both on and off our homelands. Our unity reflects our shared responsibility to protect our people."

The tribes extended their deep condolences to the families who have lost loved ones, expressed concern over the FBI's arrest of a Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota, and gave details on the contacts made with federal authorities. (See Joint Statement below.)

Tatanka Oyate Press

A Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribal member was kidnapped by ICE despite proof of tribal identification:

Two family members of William LaFromboise report that he was detained by I.C.E. today (Saturday) in the Twin Cities, Minnesota area. According to the family, William had his tribal I.D. with him at the time of the detention but was still taken into custody.

They also stated that they contacted the tribe’s chairman, J. Garrett Renville, who has since reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for further information on the whereabouts of William. The family is currently awaiting a response and, at this time, does not know where William was taken and have not been able to communicate with him since.

(UPDATE: Jan. 25/12:21am — The family reported he is found and safe now, but did sustain some bruises.)

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Nation: Lakota Arrested by ICE

Standing Rock Lakota Detained by ICE Released at 5 a.m. Today

Six Lakota/Dakota Tribal Nations Released Joint Statement on Sunday Night

Northern Cheyenne President Reports Back from Minneapolis

Minneapolis Indian Community. Photo courtesy Northern Cheyenne President Gene Small

Update on Visit with the American Indian Movement (AIM) & the City of Minneapolis Concerning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Activity

By Northern Cheyenne President Gene Small

DATE: January 25, 2026
TO: The Northern Cheyenne Nation

As President of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, I acknowledge and affirm the importance of Tribal Sovereignty and the rights of our Tribal Citizens. Any federal actions that treat Indigenous people as immigration targets undermine centuries of treaties and our legal status.

I am aware of the increased ICE activity in Minnesota and the fear it has caused in our communities. I want to be clear: Northern Cheyenne Tribal members are citizens of sovereign Tribal Nations and of the United States. While in Minnesota attending the Government-To-Government Tribal Consultation in Prior Lake I was able to visit the Powwow Grounds Coffee shop on Franklin Street.

The coffee shop is considered a safe haven in the context of ICE activity and is monitored and protected by Mike Forcia who is the Chapter President of Twin Cities AIM. I had the chance to visit with him, and he assured me he would contact me, if he discovers any Northern Cheyenne Members being harassed or detained illegally. If there are any Northern Cheyenne Members in Minneapolis and need help with being harassed or profiled, please reach out to Mike and he will get ahold of me.

I also had the privilege to visit with Christine who works as an American Indian Community Specialist for the City of Minneapolis. Christine will also keep me informed on our Northern Cheyenne Relatives.

I appreciate the opportunity to engage in this dialogue with Mike and Christine who share my commitment to protecting our people, our lands, and our sovereign rights as a priority in the safety and dignity of our Indigenous people.
Nea’esemeno

Gene Small
President
Northern Cheyenne Tribe

The Ghost Flights

Today, Sunday, a deportation flight departed from the Mesa Gateway Airport in the Phoenix Valley in Arizona. The flight is deporting people to Russia and Iran. Many have been denied due process. Some face prison or death when they return to their home countries.

The flight is operated by Omni Airlines, a contract airline in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

In Minneapolis, the Ghost Flights leave without call numbers or names. Migrants are shackled from their wrists to their feet and hobble onto the planes that disappear them.

Leaving from Terminal 1 at the Minneapolis St Paul International Airport, the Ghost Flights secretly take migrants to deportation hubs in El Paso, Miami, Omaha, Alexandria, Louisiana, and elsewhere. From there, they are deported to other countries, including Guantanamo Bay and every region of the world, Asia, the Americas, and Africa, as shown on ICE Flight Tracker.

They are moms and workers. Many are legal residents.

Read more at Censored News:

U.S. Border Patrol Beats and Executes ICU Nurse in Minneapolis on Saturday

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/01/now-federal-agents-beat-and-execute-man.html

Oglala Lakota Nation Bans ICE, Rejects Federal Agreement

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/01/oglala-lakota-nation-bans-ice-rejects.html

Cheyenne River Lakota Bans ICE in South Dakota

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/01/cheyenne-river-lakota-nation-bans-ice.html 

ICE Terrorizing Navajo, Pascua Yaqui and Absentee Shawnee in Arizona and Oklahoma

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/01/ice-terrorizing-navajo-yaqui-and.html

Copyright Censored News

Mohawk Nation News 'Canada's 'Art of the Deal'

Read at Mohawk Nation News 

https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2026/01/25/canadas-art-of-the-deal/

US Border Patrol Beats and Executes Nurse in Minneapolis

U.S. Border Patrol Beats and Executes Nurse in Minneapolis

Minneapolis residents gather to light candles and lay flowers in the street on the spot where Federal agents shot and killed 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti.

@dguttenfelder @nytimes https://www.facebook.com/DavidGuttenfelderPhotography

Censored News, updated Jan. 24, 2026 11 p.m.

Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital, was tackled and beaten by a mob of federal agents Saturday morning in Minneapolis. Alex was assassinated by the U.S. Border Patrol.

Alex went to the aid of a woman and was brutally attacked by federal agents. Drop Site News describes what videos reveal.

"To be clear about what this depicts: An immigration officer threw a woman onto the ground. Alex Pretti, a registered nurse on the scene as a legal observer, is filming and goes to help the woman up. He is then pepper sprayed and thrown to the ground for no discernible reason. Many officers surround and assault him; one removes his firearm, which police say appears to have been legally registered. They then execute him with a hail of bullets," Drop Site News reports.

Oglala Lakota Nation Bans ICE, Rejects Immigration Agreement

Oglala Lakota Nation Bans ICE and Rejects Immigration Agreement

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Jan. 23, 2026

The Oglala Sioux Tribe unanimously banned ICE from Pine Ridge and rejected a federal immigration agreement, during a special session of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council on Jan. 21, 2026.

Upholding their sovereignty, the Oglala Tribal Council confirmed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement asked the Tribe to enter into Section 287(g), a federal agreement that would have allowed tribal law enforcement to act as immigration agents for ICE.

Navajo President Claims No Money for Tribal IDs, while ICE Terrorizes Native People and the Nation

Navajo President Claims No Money for Tribal IDs, while ICE Terrorizes Native People and the Nation

'No ICE on Native Lands" Standing in solidarity with families separated, and with those who have lost their lives. Ponca, Oklahoma.

The Navajo President plays politics -- while ICE grabs Navajos. Meanwhile, Native people are calling out their tribal governments for making money from misery from hotels and contracts, and sharing intelligence with ICE. The secretive ICE deportation flights are in this tangled web of heartbreak and misery.

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Updated Jan. 23, 2026

While ICE is terrorizing the nation, Navajo President Buu Nygren, playing politics, says there are no funds for tribal IDs. At the same time, ICE is out-of-control and making violent arrests in Minneapolis. Several Native American governments are profiteering from this misery and being exposed by tribal members. Meanwhile, the secretive deportation flights continue, and Guantanamo is one of the destinations.

Diné People’s Press Conference on Navajo Government Concerns

 

Diné People’s Press Conference on Navajo Government Concerns 

Duane 'Chili' Yazzie, Dine', Shiprock, N.M., Navajo Nation

By Chili Yazzie, Censored News, Jan. 21, 2026

Contact: chili_yazzie@hotmail.com

A group of grassroots organizations convened in Dec 2025 to discuss concerns related to the Navajo Nation, these concerns have been formulated into position statements to be presented to the Navajo Nation leadership including the Navajo Nation Council and the Office of the President and Vice President. These positions will be presented at the Press Conference to be held in front of the Navajo Nation Council Chambers on January 27, 2026, at 9 am. 

• The proposal to reform the Navajo government drafted by the Office of Navajo Government Development has been analyzed and is found to be replete with foundational issues, we are recommending that the proposal not be presented to the Navajo people as a referendum initiative as proposed by the ONGD

• The proposal by the Trump administration to expedite natural resources extraction with little or no environmental review is a critical concern

• The depletion of the waters of Navajo lands and the continued lost of water rights must be consciously and deliberately addressed by our Navajo Nation leadership

• The uninhibited incursion by the federal Immigration and Custom Enforcement agency on Indian lands and arrest and abuse of Native American citizens is greatly concerning  

Diné Grassroots Coalition is a coalition comprised of Diné community members concerned about the state of the Navajo Nation. 

Mohawk Nation News 'Get On The Bus'

Read at Mohawk Nation News 

https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2026/01/21/get-on-the-bus/ 

Live from Minneapolis American Indian Center

Live from Minneapolis American Indian Center

Drum Dance

https://www.facebook.com/mpls.americanindiancenter/videos/2412718449190598

Virtual Drum Dance, Jan. 21, 2026 at 3 to 4 p.m.

Court Support Needed -- Defend Lakota Elder Joe Lafferty, in Pierre, South Dakota

This case will set a precedence across Oceti Sakowin on Tribal Councils ability to prosecute dissent in federal court to avoid transparency. Joe is being unjustly prosecuted for speaking up about long-term corruption happening within the Cheyenne River Sioux/Lakota Tribe. These charges are being pursued in federal court before ever being mediated in Tribal Court. Many elders and tribal members across Oceti Sakowin nation/reservations and beyond have been advocating for these charges against Lafferty to be dropped.

By Grassroots Lakota Oyate, Censored News, Jan. 12, 2026

Joe Lafferty is a Traditional Lakota elder who has advocated for the people and Indigenous Rights for many decades, including at the United Nations Worlds General Assembly in 1977. He is a Culture bearer, a whistle carrier, a traditional Lakota 'whipman' and a OG Grassdancer. Joe was a co-founder of the Black Hills Powwow started in 1986 and has been attending every year since. Uplifting and educating the youth on traditional values & culture.

Joe Lafferty has been attending Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal monthly council sessions for many years pleading with them to stop neglecting tribal members and depriving them of their basic survival needs. Many elders have voiced to Council their homes are in unlivable conditions citing leaks and basement sewer problems for months with no help.

Indigenous Protector Movement 'Entering Week 3 of Federal Occupation in Minneapolis'

Indigenous Protector Movement 'Entering Week 3 of Federal Occupation in Minneapolis

Photo courtesy Indigenous Protector Movement

By Indigenous Protector Movement, Censored News, Jan. 19, 2026

We are now entering the third week of occupation of Minneapolis, Minnesota by the United States government through the arm of ICE.

What is happening here is not abstract. It is being lived in real time by our neighbors, our relatives, our elders, our youth. Families are being terrorized. Communities are being destabilized. And still—our people are standing.

Cheyenne River Lakota Nation Bans ICE in South Dakota

Cheyenne River Lakota Nation Bans ICE in South Dakota

A group of the Fort Laramie treaty riders head out in the morning along the local highway on the Cheyenne River Reservation outside of Bridger, South Dakota, on April 16, 2018. Photo Stephanie Keith/Reuters

By Cheyenne River Lakota Chairman Ryman LeBeau

Censored News, Jan. 18, 2026

Hau Relatives,

By resolution at the January 16, 2026 Special Session Council approved to ban ICE from entering the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation.

We will defend our sovereignty and protect our community always. Lakota oyate have always been here. Stay warm, stay safe. Anpetu washte yuha po. Hechetu.

Cheyenne River Sioux Chairman Ryman LeBeau's Statement

January 11, 2026

In light of the ongoing violence, we have witnessed in Minneapolis and across the country, never forget that we were here first, we are the first nations, and no one should be forced to live in fear. Now is the time to come together in unity. We are committed to ensuring that all Tribal members have Tribal IDs and are protected.

The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe is a sovereign Tribal nation. Due to recent wrongful detainment and racial profiling actions occurring throughout the country and to promote the general welfare of its people the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) stands to protect its Tribal members and its sovereign Tribal Nation homelands from any threats; both domestic and foreign. The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe condemns the recent actions of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the detainment of 4 Oglala Sioux Tribal members, and of Red Lake Nation descendant Jose Roberto Ramirez in Minneapolis, MN; and condemns any violence caused by their lack of competency of Constitutional Rights and the inherent sovereignty of Tribal Nations.

To ensure proper identification, all Tribal members should verify their Tribal Identification (ID) Card is valid and not expired. All off-reservation Tribal members are advised to obtain a Tribal ID Card if they do not currently possess one. All fees will be waived for enrolled Tribal members. https://www.cheyenneriversioux.com/

If any Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe member is contacted, detained, or questioned by ICE or Border Patrol, please notify the Tribe immediately (605) 964-4155. More information and guidance will be forthcoming.

Previous article at Censored News:

ICE Terrorizing Navajo, Yaqui and Shawnee in Arizona and Oklahoma

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/01/ice-terrorizing-navajo-yaqui-and.html

ICE Terrorizing Navajo, Yaqui and Shawnee in Arizona and Oklahoma

ICE Terrorizing Navajo, Yaqui, and Shawnee in Arizona and Oklahoma

Phoenix protest of ICE after the murder of Renee Good in Minneapolis. Photo KJZZ.

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Jan. 16, 2026

ICE is terrorizing Native Americans. A Navajo on his way to work in the Phoenix Valley was grabbed by ICE on Monday. A Pascua Yaqui tribal member grabbed near Tohono O'odham's San Xavier District, bordering Tucson, reveals how federal agents are terrorizing U.S. citizens and migrants in detention. In Oklahoma, Absentee Shawnee are now being harassed and detained by ICE agents.

In Minneapolis, protests continue at Fort Snelling, where Native Americans illegally arrested have been taken. Outside the Whipple building federal agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls as the protests continue.

Fort Snelling is the site of the removal and genocide of Dakota people.

Mohawk Nation News 'Art of Consensual Decision Making'

ART OF CONSENSUAL DECISION MAKING

Posted on January 16, 2026 by Kan1enkehaka

https://mohawknationnews.com/blog/2026/01/16/art-of-consensual-decision-making/

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Oglala Lakota President Refuses ICE Manipulation and Deal -- as Three Lakota Remain Disappeared at Fort Snelling

Oglala Lakota President Refuses ICE Manipulation and Deal -- as Three Lakota Remain Disappeared at Fort Snelling 

Photo by journalist David Guttenfelder on Wednesday night. "A U.S. agent shot and injured a man in Minneapolis tonight causing clashes between residents and protesters with federal agents and law enforcement in north Minneapolis. It comes just one week after an immigration agent killed Renee Good."

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Jan. 15, 2026

MINNEAPOLIS -- ICE's violence continued on Wednesday night with another ICE shooting. Three Lakotas arrested by ICE remain disappeared at Fort Snelling, the long time site of the genocide of Dakota people.

In the search for the three disappeared Lakotas, Oglala Lakota President Frank Star Comes Out says he refuses to cut a deal with ICE, which ICE is demanding to release more information.

Meanwhile, a whistleblower has leaked the secret ICE operations underway -- including the targeting of activists, recruiting informants in jail, and 'Operation A' exploiting migrants for intelligence.

Both the Tohono O'odham Nation government, and Navajo President Buu Nygren, play roles by recruiting and promoting ICE agents. -- Censored News.