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14112025 Sioux Valley Dakota Nation community member Jonah Wacanta delivers a short statement to the media on Friday regarding the decision elders came to at a closed door meeting about what to do in the wake of the disruption of ballot counting due to threats towards the electoral officer and his team at Thursday’s evenings chief and council election. Ballot counting resumed Friday under new electoral officers appointed by the community elders and under the supervision of community elders and scrutineers. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)