May 19, 2021
The District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court's decision finding that it needn't compel the U.S. Department of the Interior to list the Mdewakanton Band of Sioux in Minnesota as a federal registered tribe, ruling that the band must petition the government before courts can intervene.
January 14, 2021
The U.S. Department of the Interior told the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday that it was not required to federally recognize the Mdewakanton Band of Sioux in Minnesota, since a previous case found "a once-recognized tribe can fade away."
November 06, 2020
A Washington, D.C., federal court should have compelled the U.S. Department of the Interior to list the Mdewakanton Band of Sioux in Minnesota as a federally recognized tribe, the band said, urging the D.C. Circuit to remand its case with instructions for the agency to act.