CROW v. GULLET

No. 82-1852.

706 F.2d 856 (1983)

Frank Fools CROW, Arvol Looking Horse, Pete Catches, Grover Horned Antelope, Larry Red Shirt, Selo Black Crow, and Francine Nelson, for Themselves and on behalf of the Lakota Nation and Persons Practicing the Lakota Religion, and Bill Red Hat, Jr., Terry Wilson, Laird Cometsevah, Walter Hamilton, The Southern Cheyenne Research and Human Development Association, Inc., for Themselves and on behalf of the Tsistsistas Nation and Persons Practicing the Tsistsistas Religion, Appellants, v. Tony GULLET, in his Official Capacity as Park Manager of Bear Butte State Park, The South Dakota State Game, Fish and Parks, and The State of South Dakota, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Mikal Hanson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, S.D., for appellees.

Mario Gonzalez, Pine Ridge, S.D., Russel L. Barsh, Seattle, Wash., for appellants.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing en banc Denied June 14, 1983.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs-appellants, spiritual leaders and religious practitioners of the Lakota and Tsistsistas Nations, brought a class action suit against defendants-appellees, the Manager of the Bear Butte State Park, the South Dakota Fish and Parks Department, and the State of South Dakota. Appellants sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) on the...

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