WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — It’s a legal loss for the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s request for a review of a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission decision to grant a license for a potential uranium mine in southwestern South Dakota despite the tribe not being individually consulted on the potential impact to cultural resources.
The Oglala Sioux Tribe has mounted a years-long effort to halt the project, arguing that the project would endanger cultural and environmental resources on land that historically belonged to the Great Sioux Nation.
