Lower Brule Sioux Tribe v. United States

MAGNUSON, District Judge.

The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe brought an action in the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota seeking a determination of its rights under the Act of October 3,1962, Pub.L. No. 87-734, 76 Stat. 698 (1962) (hereinafter the Big Bend Act). The Tribe sought a declaration that the revestment provision of Section 1(b) of the Act required that the Secretary of the Army conduct a study to determine whether the Army Corps of Engineers had taken tribal lands for the Big Bend Dam and Reservoir in excess of project requirements. The Tribe also sought damages,…