Native American tribes set up checkpoints to block thousands of bikers attending huge motorcycle festival in South Dakota from passing through reservation land
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - Native American tribes have set up checkpoints to block thousands of bikers attending the 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota from entering tribal lands
- The Cheyenne River Sioux announced Saturday the checkpoints would be set up as a part of the tribe’s larger COVID-19 prevention policy to prevent a potential outbreak
- Only commercial and emergency vehicles will be let through the checkpoints onto reservation land
- Officials say a number of bikers have already tried to enter the land but were turned away
- Those checkpoints were set up during pandemic to prevent people from entering tribal land to block virus
- The 80-tradition motorcycle rally anticipates 250,000 attendees and revelers have been seen maskless and ignoring social distancing so far
- In South Dakota there are 9,477 COVID-19 cases, 146 deaths, and 48 hospitalizations
Posted by: Skidmark 2020-08-10 |