SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — A court is ordering South Dakota to help the Lower Brule Tribe.
A federal judge temporarily ordered a South Dakota county to work with the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe to implement by November a redistricting plan to allow for the election of tribal candidates to the County Commission.
The tribe had sued Lyman County, alleging a delay to a new redistricting plan until 2024 or 2026 violated federal law by keeping Native American voters from electing county commissioners who represented them.
Lyman County has an at-large election process.