A federal inmate appealing his case before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals says it's hard to get a jury of peers in Indian Country.
Eli Erickson was convicted of meth and gun charges in 2019.
None of the potential jurors identifying as Native made the cut.
Erickson's lawyer says one problem is that in small rural reservation communities, everybody knows everybody in one way or another.
Victoria Wicks reports for SDPB.
