Here is the opinion in Herrera v. State of Wyoming:
State SCT cert stage briefs:
ResponseObjection – Petition for review
Prior post here.
Treaty of Fort Laramie
Wyoming Court Confirms Clayvin Herrera’s Conviction for Hunting at Bighorn National Forest on Issue Preclusion Grounds
Here is the order in Wyoming v. Herrera:
Herrera Circuit Court Remand Order
The case is on remand from the Supreme Court (decision here).
News Coverage on Herrera v. Wyoming Decision
SCOTUS Reverses in Herrera v. Wyoming (5-4)
Lakota Oyate Map
Link.
Lakota Independence from the US?
From Indianz:
Lakota Freedom Delegation withdraws from US
Thursday, December 20, 2007
A group called Lakota Freedom Delegation is withdrawing from the treaties their ancestors signed with the U.S. and is setting up their own independent nation. Four activists, including Russell Means, were in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to announce their plans. They said the federal government has failed to abide by 33 treaties that promised land, health care, education and other services. “Our people want to live, not just survive or crawl and be mascots,” Phyllis Young said, Agence France-Press reported. Members of the new nation won’t pay taxes. The new nation’s territory covers western parts of North and South Dakota and Nebraska and eastern parts of Wyoming and Montana.
Get the Story:
Lakota group pushes for new nation (The Sioux Falls Argus Leader 12/20)
Descendants of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse break away from US (AP 12/20)
Lakota group declares sovereign nation status (The Rapid City Journal 12/20)
Relevant Links:
Lakota Freedom Delegation – http://www.lakotafreedom.com
Challenge to Federal Criminalization of Hemp – D. N.D.
A federal district court in North Dakota granted the government’s motion to dismiss a claim that the United States ban on industrial hemp is unconstitutional. Here is the opinion: Monson v. DEA Opinion
The opinion relied in part on the Eighth Circuit’s decision, United States v. White Plume, involving Indians arguing that the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie protected their right to farm industrial hemp for commercial purposes.
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