{"id":92201,"date":"2025-05-07T15:34:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T19:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=92201"},"modified":"2025-05-07T15:34:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T19:34:35","slug":"sioux-valley-dakota-nation-chief-dismisses-groups-call-to-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/sioux-valley-dakota-nation-chief-dismisses-groups-call-to-step-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Chief dismisses group\u2019s call to step down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Brandon Sun A group that calls itself the Concerned Members of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation is calling on the chief to resign. A letter was presented to chief and council on Monday, Sioux Valley elder Harold Blacksmith said in a social media post this week. The letter calls for Chief Vince Tacan to quit over alleged claims of lack of communication and concerns about delays on community projects such as establishing a police detachment. \u201cThese issues, brought forward in good faith, remain unresolved,\u201d the group\u2019s letter stated. \u201cWe respectfully and firmly call on you, Chief Vincent Tacan, to step down from your role,\u201d it said. \u201cIt is a call for change, renewal, and the restoration of trust between leadership and the people.\u201d A&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription &#8211; Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F05%2F07%2Fsioux-valley-dakota-nation-chief-dismisses-groups-call-to-step-down%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Brandon Sun A group that calls itself the Concerned Members of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation is calling on the chief to resign. A letter was presented to chief and council on Monday, Sioux Valley elder Harold Blacksmith said in a social media post this week. The letter calls for Chief Vince Tacan to quit over alleged claims of lack of communication and concerns about delays on community projects such as establishing a police detachment. \u201cThese issues, brought forward in good faith, remain unresolved,\u201d the group\u2019s letter stated. \u201cWe respectfully and firmly call on you, Chief Vincent Tacan, to step down from your role,\u201d it said. \u201cIt is a call for change, renewal, and the restoration of trust between leadership and the people.\u201d A... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription - Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F05%2F07%2Fsioux-valley-dakota-nation-chief-dismisses-groups-call-to-step-down%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":101363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-ticker","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-3","pmpro-level-2","pmpro-level-5","pmpro-level-4","pmpro-level-6","pmpro-level-7","pmpro-no-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Chief dismisses group\u2019s call to step down - The Turtle Island News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/sioux-valley-dakota-nation-chief-dismisses-groups-call-to-step-down\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Chief dismisses group\u2019s call to step down - The Turtle Island News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Brandon Sun A group that calls itself the Concerned Members of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation is calling on the chief to resign. 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The letter calls for Chief Vince Tacan to quit over alleged claims of lack of communication and concerns about delays on community projects such as establishing a police detachment. \u201cThese issues, brought forward in good faith, remain unresolved,\u201d the group\u2019s letter stated. \u201cWe respectfully and firmly call on you, Chief Vincent Tacan, to step down from your role,\u201d it said. \u201cIt is a call for change, renewal, and the restoration of trust between leadership and the people.\u201d A\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/sioux-valley-dakota-nation-chief-dismisses-groups-call-to-step-down\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Turtle Island News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TurtleIslandNews\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-07T19:34:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/facebooklogo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"725\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lynda Powless\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@newsattheturtle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@newsattheturtle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lynda Powless\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/07\\\/sioux-valley-dakota-nation-chief-dismisses-groups-call-to-step-down\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/07\\\/sioux-valley-dakota-nation-chief-dismisses-groups-call-to-step-down\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lynda Powless\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7b188fd7503577895ef8b306988cd458\"},\"headline\":\"Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Chief dismisses group\u2019s call to step down\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-07T19:34:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/07\\\/sioux-valley-dakota-nation-chief-dismisses-groups-call-to-step-down\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":418,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"National News\",\"ticker\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/07\\\/sioux-valley-dakota-nation-chief-dismisses-groups-call-to-step-down\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/07\\\/sioux-valley-dakota-nation-chief-dismisses-groups-call-to-step-down\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theturtleislandnews.com\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/07\\\/sioux-valley-dakota-nation-chief-dismisses-groups-call-to-step-down\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sioux Valley Dakota Nation Chief dismisses group\u2019s call to step down - 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