Armstrong Stresses Cooperation With Standing Rock

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(KNOX) – Gov. Kelly Armstrong fulfilled his commitment to visit all five sovereign tribal nations in North Dakota during his first year in office, bringing his Cabinet and other state agency leaders to the Standing Rock Reservation to meet with Chairman Steve Sitting Bear, other tribal leaders and members in an ongoing effort to strengthen state-tribal partnerships and relationships.

In his remarks at Prairie Knights Casino & Resort near Fort Yates, Armstrong thanked the tribe for their hospitality and urged participants to work together to identify actionable issues for collaboration.

“We want to figure out what are the best ways we can find some solutions to some problems,” Armstrong said. “We know there’s a lot of challenges. I think the most important takeaway with this is creating that relationship and actually following through on something.”

First Lady Kjersti Armstrong also participated in the visit, saying, “We are here to listen. We are here to learn. We want to understand what we can do to better help.”