• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Crime / Courts / Judge dismisses suit in Meskwaki dispute

Judge dismisses suit in Meskwaki dispute

April 16, 2003 By admin

A power struggle over a Native American settlement in eastern Iowa will apparently be played out without guidance from the courts. Iowa’s Meskwaki tribe may have to struggle with its power play alone, with no help from outside mediators. A district judge Tuesday dismissed a suit by the elected Meskwaki tribal leadership, saying the council didn’t prove a court had any jurisdiction in the case. Native American tribes are considered sovereign nations in the dealings with U.S. government and that’s sometimes a sticking-point for local law enforcement agencies. In this case, the challengers say a petition drive gathered enough signatures last fall for a recall election and they say they were appointed to manage the tribe’s affairs by “hereditary chief” Henry Old Bear. The tribal council had asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order, but District Judge Linda Reade declined, saying in an eleven-page ruling that it’s a dispute within the tribe over which the court has no jurisdiction.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Crime / Courts

Featured Stories

Final employee who was there at the launch of the Iowa Lottery to retire

No more USPS mail in Iowa prisons; inmates to get copies of mail

State officials warn of influx of fake prescription drugs laced with fentanyl

‘Brain-eating amoeba’ discovered in Taylor County lake

Cedar Rapids therapist’s relationship with student leads to years in prison

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

First minor league game gets things started tonight at Field of Dreams site

Knoxville set to host sprint car racing’s biggest event

Iowa State basketball builds on its identity

Vance provides leadership for ISU defense

Knee injury sidelines Iowa’s Feuerbach

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2022 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC