Wolfchild versus United States
This week the United States Supreme Court denied the Wolfchild plaintiffs request for a hearing. This ends the 10 year legal pursuit of the Mdewakanton Dakota plight for justice in the Wolfchild vs US case in the Court of Federal Claims. The Mohrman & Kaardal law firm handled this case all the way to the US Supreme Court.
The loss of this case is of great disappointment to the Mdewakanton Dakota Nation in it's effort to claim recognition as the true Minnesota Mdewakanton Dakota Nation.
Many Dakota have been disenfranchised as a result of the Department of Interior's neglect and abuse in the handling of their federal trust.
In the interim the three "Dakota" communities of Lower Sioux, Prairie Island and Shakopee have usurped the federal recognition and dismantled the trust for their own benefit and purposes. They now control multi-million dollar businesses while portraying themselves as "American Indian" communities with rights to establish gaming industries.
Of course during the entire litigation the "tribes" supported the Department of the Interior and the other government defendants.
The story of this suit and all of the people involved goes all the way back to the Dakota Conflict of 1862 and even earlier in some respects. The entire history of the Minnesota Mdewakanton Dakota is entangled with the corrupt aspirations of the legal, business and governments interests of Minnesota.
In the 1860's during the civil war the state of Minnesota was as a territory, a wannabe state if you will.
From the Dakota Perspective look through my eyes as the Dakota Nation is alive and well. There is still much to do. The United States must face an international indictment for reparations for crimes against the Dakota First Nation Oyate/Tiwahe. This must happen in the International Court of Crimes.
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