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The 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty pledged that the Great Sioux Reservation, including the Black Hills, would be "set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of the Indians."In the 1980 case United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, the U.S. Supreme Court found that 1868 treaty had been repeatedly violated by the U.S. government and white settlers.

A federal inmate found guilty by a jury of conspiring to sell methamphetamine is appealing his verdict. Stanley Schily Sr. says the trial judge should have acquitted him for lack of evidence. But a federal prosecutor says Schily had meth, baggies, and written sales records in his house, and he confessed to detectives. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Wednesday, May 11, in St. Paul.

Parents of five special education students sued the Aberdeen School District in 2018 in federal court. The parents allege that a teacher subjected the students to physical restraint, seclusion as punishment, and unnecessary force, among other offenses. The parents also accuse administrators of ignoring complaints. The federal circuit judge presiding over the case issued an order last October and held that the case can continue to a jury. The employees appealed, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case on Wednesday, May 11.

Amendment A has been struck down by the South Dakota Supreme Court as illegal under the state constitution. That opinion came out Wednesday.

A Yankton man serving life for killing his girlfriend was not unduly prejudiced at trial by extensive evidence that he had dismembered the victim’s body.

In a case cloaked in secrecy, the South Dakota Supreme Court heard arguments pitting open records against privacy. Justices held court on Tuesday, Aug.…

A lawyer who previously ran a black-metal label that included anti-Semitic and white supremacist music is trying again to be admitted to the South Dakota…

Two South Dakota penitentiary inmates convicted of robbery and burglary are asking for a new trial.Lawyers for the inmates told the state Supreme Court on…

The Sierra Club has standing to challenge a confined hog and cattle operation in Clay County. That's the unanimous decision of the South Dakota Supreme…

On Nov. 3, 2020, South Dakota citizens voted to approve an amendment to the state constitution that legalizes all things cannabis. Voters also approved an…