Where Gov. Kristi Noem can go in South Dakota

A map of Noem’s tribal banishments

Data Viz
Author

Slater Dixon

Published

May 23, 2024

As of May 23, 2024, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is banned on all 9 Native American Reservations. This map of the state shows where Gov. Noem is allowed to go, although the technicalities of enforcement are complex.

Code for reproducing this chart in R is provided below.

Code
ggplot() +
  geom_sf(data = sd_border, fill = "#F1E3D3", color = "#251605", linewidth = .15) +
  geom_sf(data = tribal_geoms, fill = asteroid_red, color = "#251605", linewidth = .15) +
  geom_sf(data = missouri, fill = "#2274A5", color = "#251605", linewidth = 0) +
  geom_sf(data = sd_border, fill = NA, color = "#251605", linewidth = .5) +
  geom_sf(data = sd_interstate, linewidth = .25, color = "black") +
  scale_fill_manual(values = c(
                              "#F1E3D3", 
                               asteroid_red

)) +
  labs(
    title = "Where can Gov. Kristi Noem go in her state?",
    subtitle = "Tribal banishments as of May 23, 2024",
    fill = "",
    caption = "Data: KELO News / Map: @slaaterdixon"
  ) +
  theme_ipsum(
              plot_title_margin = 5, 
              subtitle_margin = 0,
              subtitle_size = 16,
              grid = FALSE, 
              strip_text_size = 0, 
              plot_margin = margin(10, 10, 10, 10)) +
  theme(plot.title = element_text(hjust = .5),
        plot.subtitle = element_text(hjust = .5),
        legend.position.inside = c(.5, .05),
        legend.direction = "horizontal",
        legend.text = element_text(size = 14),
        axis.title.x=element_blank(),
        axis.text.x=element_blank(),
        axis.ticks.x=element_blank(),
        axis.title.y=element_blank(),
        axis.text.y=element_blank(),
        axis.ticks.y=element_blank(),
        aspect.ratio = 9 / 16
                )