Tribes sue Forest Service over Black Hills mineral exploration

The Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Sioux tribes, along with seven other Lakota, Nakota, and Dakota tribes are suing the US National Forest Service in an attempt to stop mineral exploration in the Black Hills.Hearings began this week in federal court on the lawsuit, which follows the Forest Service’s approval of a mineral exploration project in the Black Hills. The project is near the...

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