April 25, 2018
An Eighth Circuit panel on Wednesday refused to revive the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation's claims that accused the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of improperly allowing development near a South Dakota lake that it considers sacred.
September 30, 2016
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers needs to look into whether the gully crossings it allowed near a lake sacred to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribe could affect historic places, a South Dakota federal judge ruled Thursday.
March 14, 2016
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urged a South Dakota federal court Friday to uphold its findings that construction projects near a lake sacred to a tribe are exempt from federal regulations, saying that the area qualifies as private farmland excepted from the Clean Water Act.
January 19, 2016
A South Dakota tribe on Friday accused the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of violating environmental and historic preservation laws by failing to consult with it before permitting the construction of a road across a lake sacred to the tribe.
July 10, 2015
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday hit back at a South Dakota tribe's bid to shake the statute of limitations in a fight over the development of a sacred lake, saying a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision does not support equitable tolling.
April 15, 2015
A South Dakota tribe on Tuesday asked the court to permit additional evidence to be introduced into its case accusing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of improperly allowing development of a lake that is sacred to the tribe, saying the evidence shows that the Corps acted in bad faith.