Legal Opinion
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe v. South Dakota
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 27, 1983No. Nos. 82-1635, 82-1636PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY,
Circuit Judge.
This action involves a dispute between the State of South Dakota and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe over which of them will regulate hunting and fishing activity at the Fort Randall and Big Bend dam and reservoir projects. Between 1954 and 1962, the United States acquired portions of the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation along the Missouri River to construct the Fort Randall and Big Bend projects. South Dakota seeks to exercise exclusive jurisdiction over hunting and fishing on the reservation land taken by the federal government for these projects. The state contends that the…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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