The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Oglala Sioux Tribe (Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Oglala Lakota, Jackson and Bennett Counties, South Dakota) - tribal government
- Level
- Tribal
- Authority
- OST Constitution Art. III, Art. IV §§ 1(f), 1(k), 1(m), 1(w)
- Issued
- 2021-03-04 Mar. 4, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-03-04
- End
- End marker: the reservation-wide curfew for all persons and businesses ran from Ordinance 20-26 (Mar. 31, 2020) through Ordinance 20-64 (Sept. 30, 2020) as amended by 20-80 (Dec. 15, 2020) to Mar. 4, 2021; all other COVID-19 public health measures remained in force
- In force
- Mar. 4, 2021 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
- Quarters
- 2021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationBusiness closureCurfew and hours
- Addressees
- all persons and businesses upon the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
- Functions reached
- CURF reservation-wide curfew on all persons and businesses (Mar. 31, 2020 to Mar. 4, 2021) established by recital
- SF businesses under curfew hours
- CB residents
- WF workforce commuting through the Reservation
- Collection
- Tribal governments AGY-TRIBAL
Operative words
WHEREAS, the Tribal Council adopted Resolution No. 20-70 affirming the Declaration of a State of Emergency on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, and WHEREAS, in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Tribal Council adopted several ordinances and resolutions to address the health, welfare, and safety of its residents and neighbors in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, including COVID-19 Curfew Ordinances, and WHEREAS, the first Curfew Ordinance was enacted by Ordinance No. 20-26 (Mar. 31, 2020), and that Ordinance was superseded and replaced by Ordinance No. 20-64 (Sep. 30, 2020), and WHEREAS, the Tribal Council amended Ordinance No. 20-64 by Ordinance No. 20-80 (Dec. 15, 2020)... THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, that the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council does hereby rescind Ordinance No. 20-64 (Sep. 30, 2020), as amended by Ordinance No. 20-80 (Dec. 15, 2020), which imposed a reservation-wide COVID-19-related curfew upon the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and... BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that all other COVID-19-related public health measures adopted by the Tribe shall remain in full force and effect
Enforcement
Tribal ordinance forwarded to the Oglala Sioux Tribal Courts and Department of Public Safety
Notes
The Tribe's own ordinance proves by recital an eleven-month reservation-wide curfew binding businesses on the Pine Ridge Reservation (2020 Q2 through 2021 Q1);
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