Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe v. United States

895 F.2d 588 SISSETON-WAHPETON SIOUX TRIBE, OF the LAKE TRAVERSE INDIAN RESERVATION, NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA, Devils Lake Sioux Tribe, of the Devils Lake Sioux Reservation, North Dakota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Council, of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior; James A. Baker, Secretary of the Treasury, Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-3922. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 1, 1989. Decided Feb. 2, 1990. Bertram E. Hirsch, Floral Park, N.Y., for plaintiffs-appellants. M. Alice Thurston, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Before BROWNING, SCHROEDER and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 The Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe, and the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Council of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes ("the Tribes") appeal from the district court's dismissal of their suit, 686 F.Supp. 831 , which the court found was barred by the six year statute of limitations…