ELR Citation: ELR 20676
No(s). 85-246 (U.S. Jun 11, 1986)

A unanimous Court holds that the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (Eagle Protection Act) abrogates rights granted in an 1858 treaty to the Yankton Sioux Tribe to hunt bald and golden eagles on the Yankton reservation for noncommercial purposes, and that defendant may not assert treaty hunting ri...