Sheldon Wolfchild, et al v. Redwood County, et al

  1. September 03, 2015

    8th Circ. Affirms Tribe's Appeal Bond In Minn. Land Fight

    The Eighth Circuit upheld a Minnesota district court's imposition of a $200,000 appeal bond on descendants of the Mdewakanton Band who are embroiled in a land dispute with 75 private landowners, local counties and the Lower Sioux Indian Community.

  2. August 04, 2015

    Tribe Must Pay Appeal Bond In Land Dispute, 8th Circ. Told

    The Lower Sioux Indian Community, local municipalities and 75 private landowners embroiled in a land dispute with descendants of the Mdewakanton band in Minnesota urged the Eighth Circuit on Monday to either dismiss an appeal from the band or impose a deadline for them to pay a $200,000 appeal bond for repeatedly filing claims that a district court had labeled "frivolous."

  3. July 27, 2015

    Tribal Descendants Urge 8th Circ. To Hear Land Row Appeal

    Descendants of the Mdewakanton band on Friday urged the Eighth Circuit to deny attempts to dismiss their appeal in a land dispute aimed at ejecting the Lower Sioux Indian Community and 75 landowners from a 12-square mile tract in Minnesota, rejecting arguments that the court lacks jurisdiction.

  4. July 22, 2015

    Lower Sioux Waived Immunity In Land Row, 8th Circ. Told

    The Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota has waived its tribal immunity to be sued in a land dispute by establishing a corporate entity, descendants of the Mdewakanton Band have told the Eighth Circuit in their challenge to the community's status as a federally recognized tribe.

  5. June 26, 2015

    Sioux Tribe Can't Shake Land Dispute, 8th Circ. Told

    The descendants of the Mdewakanton tribe on Thursday urged the Eighth Circuit to deny landowners' bid to toss their claims and expedite appeal in a suit accusing the landowners and members of the Lower Sioux Community of trespassing on land promised to their ancestors in 1862.

  6. June 18, 2015

    Sioux Tribe Is Immune To Land Dispute, 8th Circ. Told

    The Lower Sioux Indian Community has asked the Eighth Circuit to affirm a Minnesota district court's order tossing a suit lodged by descendants of the Mdewakanton alleging the Sioux Tribe and 74 landowners have been trespassing on land promised to their ancestors in 1862.

  7. June 16, 2015

    Property Owners Press 8th Circ. To Expedite Land Row Appeal

    Property owners being sued by descendants of the Mdewakanton people in a land claim dispute over a 12-square mile tract in Minnesota asked the Eighth Circuit Monday to expedite or dismiss an appeal seeking to revive the suit, saying their interests are being harmed by the long-running litigation.

  8. May 19, 2015

    Tribal Descendants Owed A Reservation, 8th Circ. Told

    Descendants of the Mdewakanton band of Native Americans on Friday urged the Eighth Circuit to revive their suit seeking to carve out a reservation for them in Minnesota, saying that Congress promised the land to their ancestors, who defended white settlers during an 1862 Sioux revolt.