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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2003

Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of South Dakota are challenging a tribal court ruling that limits their benefits simply because they live off the reservation.

The members want a share of money from a river settlement fund. Congress appropriated funds to the tribe for land lost to a major water project.

Get the Story:
Tribal members to appeal (The Rapid City Journal 2/12)

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