“Cecelia Fire Thunder, the first female president of the Oglala tribe, was removed from office in June — five months before the end of her two-year term. Thunder ran afoul of other tribal leaders when she said the reservation would make abortions available — circumventing a new state law banning most abortions. She is challenging her removal from on procedural grounds, the Chicago Tribune reported Sunday. The tribe is embroiled in the politics of abortion — an issue about which the Lakota almost never speak, the newspaper said.” (07/31/06)