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By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Brandon Sun SIOUX VALLEY DAKOTA NATION \u2014 Chief Vince Tacan appeared before a crowd of protesters Friday afternoon and told them that he would not comply with their demand that he resign. \u201cI\u2019m going to say right now that I\u2019m not stepping down,\u201d Tacan told the crowd of about two dozen people. \u201cWe had a meeting yesterday the council decided they are not stepping down \u2014 they said they are not going to be bullied into stepping down.\u201d Prior to the chief\u2019s appearance, an RCMP vehicle and a First Nation Safety Officer vehicle patrolled outside the Oyate\u2019 Omnic\u2019iya Tipi building for about an hour as a group that calls itself the Concerned Members of Sioux Valley waited for the chief. The group had… <\/p>\n

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By Connor McDowell, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Brandon Sun SIOUX VALLEY DAKOTA NATION \u2014 Chief Vince Tacan appeared before a crowd of protesters Friday afternoon and told them that he would not comply with their demand that he resign. \u201cI\u2019m going to say right now that I\u2019m not stepping down,\u201d Tacan told the crowd of about two dozen people. \u201cWe had a meeting yesterday the council decided they are not stepping down \u2014 they said they are not going to be bullied into stepping down.\u201d Prior to the chief\u2019s appearance, an RCMP vehicle and a First Nation Safety Officer vehicle patrolled outside the Oyate\u2019 Omnic\u2019iya Tipi building for about an hour as a group that calls itself the Concerned Members of Sioux Valley waited for the chief. The group had... <\/p>\n

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