Lawyers from California are pursuing two lawsuits alleging abuse at Indian boarding schools in South Dakota.

One case filed by former students at St. Paul's School was dismissed by a circuit court. The judge said the plaintiffs waited too long. The South Dakota Supreme Court is being asked to revive the case.

Another case was filed former students of the St. Francis Mission School on Rosebud Sioux Reservation. The lawsuit is still pending.

The lawyers have dropped their $25 billion federal lawsuit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs for boarding school abuse. A judge ruled that the plaintiffs must first go through the BIA before turning to the courts.

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