Legal Opinion
Wounded Head v. Tribal Council of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 3, 1975No. 74-1472PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge.
Pursuant to a provision of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, 48 Stat. 984, specifically 25 U.S.C. § 476, the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota adopted a constitution and bylaws. Pertinent to this litigation is Article 7 of the Tribe’s constitution, which provides:
Section 1. All members of the Tribe, 21 years or older who have resided on the reservation for a period of one year immediately prior to any election shall have the right to vote.
Section 2. The time, place and manner, and nomination of councilmen and any other elective…
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