One tribe in South Dakota is lifting its order banning Gov. Kristi Noem from its territories. The Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe's decision comes just days before the Republican was set to appear before a U.

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe lifted its banishment on Gov. Kristi Noem just days ahead of her Senate confirmation hearing to serve as secretary of Homeland Security.

The last South Dakota tribe to formally banish Gov. Kristi Noem from their lands is now the first to undo the restriction

The South Dakota governor was banished by all nine Native American tribes in South Dakota over comments she made last spring.

One tribe in South Dakota lifted its order banning Gov. Kristi Noem from its territories just days before the Republican was set to appear before a U.S. Senate committee on her nomination to head one of the federal government's largest agencies.

South Dakota’s tribes barred the governor from setting foot on their land after she said drug cartels operate there — an allegation the nations’ leaders deny.

Gov. Kristi Noem was cut off from entering a wide swath of tribal lands in South Dakota early last year after making public comments that tribal leaders were catering to drug cartels on their reservations.