Sioux Tribe Owed ‘Competent Physician-Led Health Care’ Under Treaty, Majority Says

Mealey's (August 26, 2021, 1:17 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A divided Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 25 affirmed that based on an 1868 treaty and legislation enacted since then, the federal government has a duty “to provide competent, physician-led healthcare” to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota and its members....