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SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY v. BABBITT

No. 95-3736.

107 F.3d 667 (1997)

SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX (DAKOTA) COMMUNITY, a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe, Appellant, v. Bruce BABBITT, as Secretary of the Interior, and Ada E. Deer, as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, Appellees. Louise B. Smith; Winifred S. Feezor; Cecilia M. Stout; Todd D. Brooks; Mary Jo Gustafson; Tina A. Hove; Alan M. Prescott; Cynthia L. Prescott; Denise Prescott; Leonard Prescott; Robert Prescott, Jr.; Tanya Prescott; Kimberly Amundsen; John Bluestone; Brian Hester; David Hester; Kaye Hester; Teresa Johnson; Beverly Kosin; Forest Leith; Kirk Leith; Shahn Leith; Gary Prescott; Jacqueline Prescott; Jerome Prescott; Stacy Prescott; Kathleen Rykus; Teri Schmitt; Richard Scott; Robert Scott; Karen Swann; and Dorothy Whipple, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian B. O'Neill, Minneapolis, MN, argued, (Richard A. Duncan, Elizabeth H. Schmiesing, Kurt V. BlueDog and Vanya S. Hogen-Kind, on the brief), for Appellant.

Elizabeth Ann Peterson, Washington, DC, argued (David L. Lillehaug, Robert M. Small, Lois J. Schiffer and Martin W. Matzen, on the brief), for Appellees.

Before BOWMAN, HEANEY, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community ("Community") appeals the district court's1 refusal to declare effective certain proposed amendments to the Community's constitution. We affirm.

I.

To amend its constitution, an Indian tribe must follow the procedures set out in the Indian Reorganization Act, 25 U.S.C. §§ 461-479a-1 ("IRA"), and its associated regulations...

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