Minnesota Tribe Clears Dismissal Hurdle In Suit Against Land Deal For Mine

(March 3, 2023, 11:40 AM EST) -- DULUTH, Minn. — A Minnesota Indian tribe has standing to challenge the U.S. Forest Service’s exchange of land with a mining company for an open pit copper nickel mine because it has hunting and fishing rights for the land under an 1854 treaty, a federal judge in the state has ruled in denying the mining company’s motion to dismiss the tribe’s complaint....