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FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002

The Sioux Falls Argus Leader in an editorial today promotes consultation with tribes on burial sites.

The paper cites a recent case in Kansas where a number of tribes were notified about remains discovered at a lake. It contrasts this with the state of South Dakota's handling of a similar case.

"Don't go off half-cocked, as federal and state officials did recently," the paper writes, "and haul everything away without talking to tribes."

In that case, a federal judge found that the state and Army Corps of Engineers violated law by not informing the Yankton Sioux Tribe of remains and artifacts found near the Missouri River.

Get the Story:
Editorial: Working with the tribes works better (The Sioux Falls Argus Leade 8/23)

Relevant Documents:
Yankton Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, et al. (6/28)

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