Law
Rosebud Sioux Tribe leader faces court date
A judge in South Dakota scheduled an August 11 evidentiary hearing in the case against Michael J. Valandra, a suspended council member for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.

Valandra, 49, charged with three counts of solicitation of a minor and one count of sexual contact with a child under 16. He is asking the state to present its evidence against him.

Valandra has been suspended from the council without pay.

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Rosebud official contends state withholding evidence (The Rapid City Journal 7/20)

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