Tribe may prosecute famous American Indian activist

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August 23, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Affirming the sovereign powers of American Indian tribes, a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday ruled the Navajo tribe may prosecute American Indian activist Russell Means even though he is not one of its members.

Means, a member of the Oglala-Sioux Tribe of Indians and one the best known American Indian activists, had sought to prevent the Navajo Nation from criminally prosecuting him for an incident on the Navajo Reservation.

The Navajo Nation wants to press misdemeanor charges against Means for allegedly threatening and battering his then-father-in-law and allegedly threatening a Navajo Indian at its reservation, which covers 25,000 square miles (64,750 km sq) in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico.

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