Legal Opinion
Yankton Sioux Tribe v. Gaffey
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided August 14, 1998No. Civ. 98-4042, Civ. 94-4217PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PIERSOL, District Judge.
In South Dakota v. Yankton Sioux Tribe, — U.S. -, 118 S.Ct. 789, 139 L.Ed.2d 773 (1998), the United States Supreme Court held that the 1894 Act of Congress ratifying the 1892 Agreement with the Yankton Sioux Tribe for the sale of surplus tribal lands terminated the reservation status of those unallotted, ceded lands, resulting in the diminishment of the Yankton Sioux Reservation. The Supreme Court reached this decision with full acknowledgment that the “context of the [1894] Act is not so compelling that, standing alone, it would indicate…
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3Cited by14 opinions
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