Puppy-killer South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is banned from entering 20% of her own state after being banned by Native American tribes she claimed were tied to drug cartels

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has been banned from entering 20 percent of the state after several Native American tribes barred her from their land.

The bans come after Noem suggested that tribal leaders benefitted from drug cartels. 

Noem, who infamously wrote about shooting her hunting dog for misbehaving in her memoir, told a forum in March that 'we've got some tribal leaders that I believe are personally benefiting from the cartels being there, and that's why they attack me every day.' 

The governor, who has been tipped as a frontrunner to be Trump's running mate in the upcoming election, has now been banned by the Yankton Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Ovate tribe, the Oglala, Rosebud, Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Sioux tribes. 

There are just three other tribes in the state that have yet to ban her. 

 Kristi Noem has been banned from entering the land of six South Dakota tribes, including the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribe, pictured with the tribe's Chairman J. Garrett Renville in February

Noem appeared to double-down on her position on Thursday by addressing the controversy on social media 

Noem appeared to double-down on her position on Thursday by addressing the controversy on social media. 

'Tribals leaders should take action to ban the cartels from their lands and accept my offer to help them restore law and order to their communities while protecting their sovereignty,' Noem wrote on X. 

'We can only do this through partnerships because the Biden Administration is failing to do their job' she added. 

Relations between the state and South Dakota's Native American tribes have long been tense. 

The Wounded Knee massacre of 1890 continues to loom large for many tribes and continued disagreement over policies such as the environment have caused recent strains. 

Noem has personally clashed with tribal leaders in the past, notably over the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock which resulted in her temporary ban from the Oglala Sioux reservation in 2019.

Relations became strained once again during the COVID-19 pandemic when tribes set up checkpoints at their reservation borders to limit visitors. 

Political Science professor Cal Jillson told the Seattle Times it is plausible that Noem is aggravating a disagreement with tribal leaders for political means. 

Noem has personally clashed with tribal leaders in the past, notably over the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock

Noem seems to be 'stoking it actively, which suggests that she sees a political benefit' the Southern Methodist University professor argued. 

'I'm sure that Gov. Noem doesn't mind a focus on tensions with the Native Americans in South Dakota because if we're not talking about that, we're talking about her shooting the dog,' Jillson told the Times.

However, Jillson told the publication the controversy may be a strike against her when Trump comes to pick his vice president slot. 

'I think that the chaos that Trump revels in is the chaos he creates' she explained.

Adding: 'Chaos created by somebody else simply detracts attention from himself.'