A new South Dakota policy prohibits public university faculty and staff from listing their preferred gender pronouns in official correspondence, while also preventing Native American employees from listing their tribal affiliations in a state with a history of conflict with tribes. Two University of South Dakota faculty members, Megan Red Shirt-Shaw and her husband, John Little, have regularly included their choice of gender pronouns and tribal affiliations in their emails. They both received written warnings from the university in March, citing a policy adopted in December by the South Dakota…
