Jennifer Bone remains Sioux Valley chief under deal: Tacan

By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Brandon Sun Jennifer Bone will remain the chief of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation under an agreement that ends the former chief’s court challenge of the November election result. Vince Tacan told the Sun on Tuesday he reached an agreement with Bone to move forward outside of court. The agreement ends Tacan’s push to ask a judge to invalidate the election and call for a new vote. “It’s not ideal,” Tacan said. “I’m not happy with it, actually, but it’s the best we can do under the circumstances.” Bone did not speak to any details of the agreement, but told the Sun that an announcement will be released in the near future. According to Tacan, the agreement empowers the original election officer, Burke Ratte,…

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