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Oglala Sioux Tribe v. United States of America et al

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Case Number:

5:22-cv-05066

Court:

South Dakota

Nature of Suit:

Other Statutes: Other Statutory Actions

Judge:

Roberto A. Lange

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  1. January 03, 2024

    SD Tribe Says Feds Still Aren't Following Police Funding Order

    The federal government is violating a court order by refusing to help the Oglala Sioux Tribe revise its funding requests to reflect a South Dakota federal judge's finding that the government has a duty to support law enforcement on the tribe's reservation, the Oglala Sioux claimed in its bid to enforce the order.

  2. May 24, 2023

    Feds Can't Toss SD Tribe's Suit Over Police Funding

    The United States has a treaty-based duty unique to the Oglala Sioux Tribe to support law enforcement on the tribe's reservation, a South Dakota federal judge has ruled, clearing the way for the tribe to pursue allegations that the federal government breached its trust duty by not providing the tribe with adequate law enforcement resources.

  3. January 20, 2023

    Feds Say There's No Duty To Provide More Police To SD Tribe

    The federal government on Thursday hit back against the Oglala Sioux Tribe's bid for extra police or funding on its South Dakota reservation, arguing that the 19th-century treaties the tribe relies on don't create a court-enforceable duty to provide a specific amount of funding or number of police. 

  4. December 21, 2022

    Oglala Sioux Fight Feds' Bid To Toss Police Funding Suit

    The Oglala Sioux Tribe fought Tuesday against the government's bid to dismiss the tribe's suit seeking more police personnel or funding to serve its 40,000 members, arguing that the U.S. breached its treaty obligations and saying that denying relief would cause "unimaginable suffering and death on the Pine Ridge Reservation."

  5. November 28, 2022

    Feds Slam SD Tribe Over 'End Run' For More Police Funding

    Federal officials say they cannot be forced to send a South Dakota tribe more money to combat a purported "public safety crisis" on its reservation, arguing that tribal leaders can divert their existing resources for law enforcement and seek additional aid through the bureaucratic process.

  6. October 26, 2022

    SD Tribe Seeks Emergency Funds Amid 'Public Safety Crisis'

    A Native American tribe in South Dakota has escalated its lawsuit accusing the U.S. government of failing to fund adequate law enforcement services on its reservation, telling a judge that more federal aid is needed immediately to curb a "public safety crisis" that recently included five suspicious deaths, possibly murders.

  7. July 27, 2022

    Oglala Sioux Tribe Sues Fed On Lax Law Enforcement Claims

    The Oglala Sioux Tribe has sued the U.S. in South Dakota federal court for failing to provide enough law enforcement officers and criminal investigators on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, saying the government pays for only 41 employees to cover an area the size of Connecticut.