In January 2017, two agents from the Division of Criminal Investigation went onto the Pine Ridge Reservation to investigate a crime committed off reservation. They were accompanied by a BIA agent.
One of the DCI agents spoke with a suspect. A Sixth Circuit judge later threw out the statements, saying DCI lacked authority in Indian Country.
Now the South Dakota Supreme Court will decide the issue before the case continues in the Sixth Circuit.
SDPB's Victoria Wicks reports.
