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representative from Spirit Lake reportedly bestowed to the university permanent rights to use the nickname.
• Erickson rejected the committee's argument that the NCAA was violating that contract.
• "While the court respects the sanctity and solemnity that tribal traditions richly deserve, the 1969 pipe ceremony has no legal significance on the facts as pled by the committee," Erickson said.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- An Eagle Butte woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority.
• Twenty-four-year-old Miranda Walters was accused of stealing more than $3,000.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says Walters faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine when she is sentenced July 17.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The Sioux Falls City Council has rejected a zoning change that would have paved the way for a third Walmart store in South Dakota's largest city.

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