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outdated meat.
• A hearing had been scheduled Tuesday morning in tribal court, but the meeting was cancelled.
• "They're selling bad meat and they don't care," Yellow Bird Steele told The Associated Press. He also complained that prices at the store were several dollars higher compared to non-reservation stores.
• In a statement, Sioux Nation store director Richard Whitmarsh said the store has corrected all violations and has been working with tribal health officials to correct any violations. He noted that Indian Health Service confirmed no incidents of food poisoning were reported or found in Pine Ridge and that any violations found have been quickly corrected.
• Several people arrived at Sioux Nation on Tuesday only to find that it was closed.

The doors were locked at the large brick and stucco building in the village of Pine Ridge, and there was no sign on the door. Police gathered outside the store for a possible protest.
• The store's closing has meant reservation residents must shop at convenience stores or travel to grocery stores in Whiteclay, Neb., about two miles south of Pine Ridge across the state line, or in Rapid City, which is more than 100 miles away.
• Many of the residents of the reservation, which spans much of southeastern

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