Cecilia Fire Thunder, President of the Oglala Sioux

Brian Zick

via Oliver Willis The President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation, Cecilia Fire Thunder, has responded to the South Dakota legislation which has banned abortion services (with the narrow exception of saving the mother's life). “I will personally establish a Planned Parenthood clinic on my own land which is within the boundaries of the Pine Ridge Reservation where the State of South Dakota has absolutely no jurisdiction.”

The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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