May 06, 2026
A South Dakota federal judge has temporarily paused a graphite drilling project near a site that tribes consider sacred, finding that Indigenous tribes and conservation nonprofits will likely show the U.S. Forest Service avoided a full environmental review by treating the multi-year project as a short-term one.
May 01, 2026
Nine Sioux Nations are asking a South Dakota federal court to block the approval of exploratory drilling in the Black Hills National Forest, saying the federal government didn't consider the potential effects the project will have on a sacred Indigenous worship site that contains hundreds of cultural properties.