K. Patrick Kruchten, Marcy Kruchten, Husband and Wife, James R. Anderson, Karen S. Anderson, Husband and Wife v. United States

HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

K. Patrick Kruchten, et al. (hereinafter “Kruchten”) appeal the district court’s 1 summary judgment award to the United States in an action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”). 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671-2680 (1988). We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Kruchten is the owner of farm land along the Minnesota River in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, which lies adjacent to land held in trust by the United States for the Upper Sioux Indian Community. In 1984 waters on the Minnesota River washed out a man-made embankment on the Sioux land, cutting a new channel across that…