Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I kī tētahi tangata matapo i tāngia e ngā kaimahi hauora ngā reta 'KKK' ki tōna kopu i te wā o te pokanga ngakau i te tau 2011, engari kua kitea e tētahi kōti kaiwhakawā kāwanatanga kāore he kawenga a te hōhipera o Dakota ki te Tonga. I whakatauhia e nga kaiwhakawa i te taha o te Rapid City Regional Hospital i te Paraire i muri i nga haora e rima o te whakaaroaro. I kī te hōhipera ko ngā tohu i runga i te kopu o Vern Traversie te hua o te pānga kiri ki te rīpene hauora. E ai ki te pūrongo a te Rapid City Journal, i whakawakia e te tangata 71 tau te hōhipera mō te whakapae i te takahi i ngā tika ā-iwi, te tukino me te tukino ā-hinengaro. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. I whara: I whakapae a Vern Traversie (matau) i tetahi kaimahi o te Rapid City Regional Hospital mo te tarai i nga reta "KKK" ki roto i tona kopu i te wa o te pokanga ngakau. He mema a Traversie no te Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. I whakatau ngā mana ā-rohe me ngā mana ā-motu i mua atu, kāore he hara hara. I tukuna e te roia mo tetahi tangata taketake o Amerika i kii ko nga reta 'KKK' i whakairohia ki roto i tona kopu i te wa o te pokanga, i whakawakia e ia he whakawakanga mo nga tika tangata mo te hohipera i reira te mahi i te tau 2012. Ko ngā ataata YouTube e whakaatu ana i a Vern Traversie, 69-tau te pakeke, he tangata Lakota e noho ana i te Cheyenne River Reservation, i horapa ki ngā hapori o Amerika Taketake i te tau 2012. I roto i era, ka korero a Traversie mo te tukino i a ia i te hohipera o South Dakota ka whakaatu i tona kopu. Ahakoa he matapo ia, e kii ana a Traversie i korerotia ki a ia e etahi atu ko nga parekura i mahue i muri i tana pokanga ngakau te ahua o nga reta. He ataata mai i YouTube. He matapo a Vern Traversie, engari i muri i te kitenga o tētahi nēhi i ēnei tohu i tōna puku me tōna tuara i muri i tana pokanga ngakau i te tau 2011, i ki atu ia ki a ia kia tono tangata ki te tango whakaahua i ōna tohu. He huihuinga i te marama o Mei hei tautoko i a Traversie i kukume i nga rau o nga tangata, he maha o ratou i kii ko tana korero he tauira mo te whakahāweatanga o nga Amerikana Maori i Rapid City. Engari ko ētahi atu e kī ana kāore i taea e rātau te kite i ngā reta, tae atu ki ngā pirihimana i tirotirohia e rātau ōna whakapae me ngā rangatira o te hōhipera. Ko Chase Iron Eyes, he roia mo Traversie, i whakaekea he whakawa i roto i te U.S....
I whakapae a Vern Traversie, e 71, inaianei i tetahi Whare Hauora o Dakota ki te Tonga mo te whakairo i te KKK ki roto i tana kopu i muri i tana pokanga. I kī te hōhipera ko ngā tohu i runga i te kopu o Vern Traversie te hua o te urupare kiri ki te rīpene hauora. He mema a Traversie no te Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, ā, i kite ia i tētahi hītori roa o te whakahāwea i te rohe.