{"id":6626,"date":"2020-06-23T21:33:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T01:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=6626"},"modified":"2020-06-23T21:38:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T01:38:17","slug":"cheyenne-river-sioux-tribe-v-donald-j-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2020\/06\/23\/cheyenne-river-sioux-tribe-v-donald-j-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe v. Donald J. Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4653\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/vlcsnap-2020-05-10-19h55m55s585.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1807\" height=\"1021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/vlcsnap-2020-05-10-19h55m55s585.png 1807w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/vlcsnap-2020-05-10-19h55m55s585-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/vlcsnap-2020-05-10-19h55m55s585-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/vlcsnap-2020-05-10-19h55m55s585-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/vlcsnap-2020-05-10-19h55m55s585-1536x868.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1807px) 100vw, 1807px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Citing &#8220;unlawful threats&#8221; to its sovereignty, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe on June 23, 2020, sued President Donald J. Trump and other members of his administration in connection with coronavirus checkpoints on the reservation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>&#8220;Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe files this Complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief against the Defendants Donald J. Trump, President of the United States; Mark Meadows, White House Chief of Staff; Douglas Hoelscher, White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs; Dr. Deborah Birx, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator; David Bernhardt, United States Secretary of the Interior; Tara Katuk Mac Lean Sweeney, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; and other Department of Interior officials for threatening to take unlawful actions to shut down the Tribe\u2019s Health Safety Checkpoints, including threats of reassumption of control of the Tribe\u2019s law enforcement program, in the midst of the unprecedented national COVID-19 public health crisis,&#8221; the 38-page complaint reads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>PDF: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/crstvtrump.pdf\">Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe v. Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HOT OFF THE COURT DOCKET!<\/p>\n<p>Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CRSTChairman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CRSTChairman<\/a> v. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WhiteHouse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WilliamCrozer45?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WilliamCrozer45<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bigfirelaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bigfirelaw<\/a> \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GXVJDxvJVW\">pic.twitter.com\/GXVJDxvJVW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1275593844885684224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cWe will not apologize for being an island of safety in a sea of uncertainty and death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citing &#8220;unlawful threats&#8221; to its sovereignty, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe is suing Trump administration over <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> checkpoints on reservation.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CRSTChairman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CRSTChairman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bigfirelaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bigfirelaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f0E6rNAGvY\">pic.twitter.com\/f0E6rNAGvY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1275595835984707584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Oh, okay. And you&#8217;re &#8230; President Trump&#8217;s Chief of Staff&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>EPIC BURN \ud83d\udd25 in Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe v. Donald J. Trump<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CRSTChairman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CRSTChairman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bigfirelaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bigfirelaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkMeadows?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarkMeadows<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xn2dAhXqW9\">pic.twitter.com\/xn2dAhXqW9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1275597331598016513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">During call with Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Harold Frazier <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CRSTChairman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CRSTChairman<\/a>, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkMeadows?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarkMeadows<\/a> acknowledged federal intervention on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> checkpoints won&#8217;t do the &#8220;President any good.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sovereignty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sovereignty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HonorTheTreaties?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HonorTheTreaties<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bigfirelaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bigfirelaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MSlWagqQN4\">pic.twitter.com\/MSlWagqQN4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1275600057769877514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Despite White House&#8217;s admission about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> checkpoints, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASIndianAffairs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ASIndianAffairs<\/a> threatened law enforcement funds for Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, lawsuit against President Donald Trump alleges.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CRSTChairman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CRSTChairman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bigfirelaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bigfirelaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mGPVNzjgid\">pic.twitter.com\/mGPVNzjgid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1275601334624976897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citing &#8216;unlawful threats&#8217; to its sovereignty, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe on June 23, 2020, sued President Donald J. 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