The Meskwaki Tribe, of Iowa will delay its exclusion of a Sioux man who is married to a tribal member in hopes of resolving the dispute in tribal court.

The tribe ordered the removal of James Ironshell, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. He is living in tribal housing with his wife, Eloise, who is Meskwaki and their two daughters.

Ironshell agreed to drop his lawsuit in federal court in order to resolve the dispute in tribal court. But his lawyer says he will return to federal court if the case doesn't go his way.

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Tribe allows non-member to remain while remedy sought (The Marshalltown Times-Republican 11/14)
Meskwaki court will decide housing case, tribe leaders say (The Des Moines Register 11/14)
American Indian man wins hearing to stay in settlement home (The Waterloo Falls Cedar-Courier 11/14)

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