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Sole Pine Ridge grocery store reopens Saturday
KRISTI EATON,Associated Press

• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- After being closed for a week following allegations of outdated meat and fears of protests, the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation's sole grocery store peacefully reopened Saturday morning.
• Sioux Nation Shopping Center employee Ramona Vocu said the store opened around 9 a.m. Saturday to a handful of shoppers.
• The store initially closed May 11 after allegations surfaced it was selling outdated meat.
• Oglala Sioux Tribal President John Yellow Bird Steele filed a temporary restrain

ing order last Friday, which was lifted earlier this week by the tribe's attorney general after the store addressed the health concerns. Yet, the business remained closed.
• Steele filed a second injunction Thursday because of worries that the store's reopening could spark protests. But Vocu said Saturday the store opened without incident.
• "We heard there were going to be protests, but nobody showed up for it," she said.
• Vocu, and her

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