部落领导人敦促国家在保健、安全和基础设施方面开展协作,并在警察认证和保健改革方面取得进展。 Tribal leader urges state collaboration on healthcare, safety, and infrastructure, with progress on police certification and healthcare reform.

Rosebud Sioux部落总统Kathleen Wooden Knife在2026年部落状况咨文中呼吁加强邦部落在保健、公共安全和基础设施方面的合作,敦促部落领袖和国家官员每季度举行一次会议。 Rosebud Sioux Tribal President Kathleen Wooden Knife, in her 2026 State of the Tribes Address, called for stronger state-tribal collaboration on healthcare, public safety, and infrastructure, urging quarterly meetings between tribal leaders and state officials. 她强调,迫切需要改善获得医疗保健的机会,使拉科塔人的预期寿命远远低于全国平均水平,并推动各州承认部落警察,并在医疗援助计划下实施印度管理保健模式。 She highlighted urgent needs including improved healthcare access, with life expectancy among Lakota people far below national averages, and pushed for state recognition of tribal police and implementation of an Indian Managed Healthcare model under Medicaid. 超过20名部落官员已完成国家认证,州部落关系委员会和立法者支持一项工作队法案,以研究保健模式。 Over twenty tribal officers have completed state certification, and a task force bill to study the healthcare model has support from the state tribal relations committee and lawmakers. 罗登州长在讲话后会见了南达科他州9个部落中的8个部落,重申他致力于聆听和共同努力。 Governor Rhoden met with eight of South Dakota’s nine tribes following the address, reaffirming his commitment to listening and working together.