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IRON CROW v. OGALLALA SIOUX TRIBE

Civ. No. 456.

129 F.Supp. 15 (1955)

Thomas IRON CROW, Marie Little Finger and David Black Cat, Plaintiffs, v. The OGALLALA SIOUX TRIBE OF THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION, SOUTH DAKOTA, Moses Two Bulls, Charles Little Hawk and Peter Mesteth, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, W. D.

February 24, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Farrar, Rapid City, S. D., for plaintiffs.

Richard Schifter, and Arthur Lazarus, Jr., Washington, D. C., Clinton G. Richards, U. S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S. D., H. R. Hanley, Rapid City, S. D., for defendants.

MICKELSON, Chief Judge.

In this case counsel have raised several defenses, which may have merit. However, because of the pendency of several similar cases and the importance of a decision upon the questions involved, I prefer to direct my attention to and decide this case upon the questions hereinafter discussed.

Part I.

Marie Little Finger and David Black Cat, two of the plaintiffs herein, were tried and convicted in the Ogallala Sioux Tribal Court...

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