Vern Traversie , now 71 , accused a U.S. Hospital of carving KKK into his stomach post surgery . The hospital maintained that the marks on Vern Traversie 's abdomen were the result of a skin reaction to medical tape . Traversie is a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and noted a lonh history of discrimination in the region .
Vern Traversie , now 71 , accused a South Dakota Hospital of carving KKK into his stomach post surgery . The hospital maintained that the marks on Vern Traversie 's abdomen were the result of a skin reaction to medical tape . Traversie is a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and noted a lonh history of discrimination in the region .