Legal Opinion
Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa Election Board v. Bureau of Indian Affairs
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided June 10, 2004No. C04-1RRPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
READE, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (docket no. 6) pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6).
I. FACTS
The Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa (the “Tribe”) is a federally-recognized Indian Tribe with a Constitution dating from 1937. The Tribe’s Mesk-waki settlement is located in Tama County, Iowa. The governing body of the Tribe is the Sac and Fox Tribal Council (the “Tribal Council”). The Tribe’s Constitution authorizes the Tribal Council to “conduct and supervise…
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