YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE v. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

No. Civ. 99-4228.

83 F.Supp.2d 1047 (2000)

YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE, and its individual members, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS; Joe N. Ballard, Chief Engineer, Army Corps of Engineers; Tom Curran, Operations Manager, Army Corps of Engineers Fort Randall Project; and John Doe, past Chief Engineer, Army Corps of Engineers, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, Southern Division.

January 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Turgeon Wynne, Okanogan, WA, for plaintiffs.

Bonnie P. Ulrich, U.S. Attorney's Office, Sioux Falls, SD, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PIERSOL, Chief Judge.

The Yankton Sioux Tribe, a federally recognized Indian Tribe (the "Tribe"), brought this lawsuit to protect what appear to be Native American human remains on the shore of Lake Francis Case (the "Lake") behind Fort Randall Dam. Through its complaint, the Tribe seeks a preliminary injunction preventing defendant, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (the "Corps") and its officers, agents and employees...

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