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FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2002

The Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Nation of South Dakota is asking the U.S. Attorney's office to start a civil rights probe over a racially charged shooting incident involving the tribe's girls basketball team.

The tribe wants a federal investigation because the two teens accused of assaulting the girls are being tried in juvenile not adult court. The November 1 incident highlighted racial tensions among Indians and non-Indians.

Get the Story:
Civil rights violated in Miller case, tribe says (The Sioux Falls Argus Leader 3/22)

Get the Case:
In Re: N.M., T.F, Nos. 01-02, 01-13 (Third Judicial Circuit Court March 20, 2001)

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