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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2001

The Assiniboine and Sioux tribes on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana announced on Monday they have asked a federal appeals court to declare their railroad tax lawful.

A federal judge has struck down the tribes' 4 percent tax on Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. U.S. District Judge Jack Shanstrom said the tax is unlawful in light of recent Supreme Court decisions limiting tribal authority on non-Indian owned land within a reservation.

The tribes say they will lose $1.3 million annually out of a $9.5 million budget if the tax is not reinstated.

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Tribes appeal ruling against taxing BN (The Billings Gazette 9/18)

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