Legal Opinion
South Dakota v. Bourland
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 14, 1993No. 91-2051PublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
In this case we consider whether the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe may regulate hunting and fishing by non-Indians on lands and overlying waters located within the Tribe’s res*682ervation but acquired by the United States for the operation of the Oahe Dam and Reservoir.
I
In 1868, the Fort Laramie Treaty, 15 Stat. 635, established the Great Sioux Reservation, which comprised most of what is now western South Dakota and part of North Dakota. Article II of the treaty provided that the reservation was to be held for the “absolute and undisturbed use and occupation” of Sioux Tribes and that no non-Indians…
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