Pine Ridge Reservation In South Dakota Suffers 2 Weeks Of Flooding
"There are community and tribe members getting on horseback to reach people and get them supplies," a state lawmaker told NPR. Residents said the reservation was already strapped for resources.
by Dalia Mortada
Mar 25, 2019
2 minutes
Updated at 6:45 p.m. ET
Water levels in overflowed creeks are slowly starting to decline on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
"What used to be a dry creek is now a swelling, raging river," said Peri Pourier, South Dakota state representative for the district that includes Pine Ridge.
The freshman representative has been coordinating relief efforts for the community, where
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