Friday, February 10, 2012

Tribe sues beer company

Whiteclay is a town in Nebraska that has 12 residents. In 2010, it sold nearly 5 million cans of beer. Whiteclay has four beer stores. Who did they sell the beer to? They sold the beer to Native Americans from the Oglala Sioux tribe of South Dakota, which is situated on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It is on the border of Whiteclay. The reservation does not allow any kind of liquor on its' premises. The tribe is demanding $500 million in damages for alcohol related health problems the tribe has suffered. The main targets of the lawsuit which has been filed in the US District Court of Nebraska are the four beer stores. One in 4 babies born on the reservation suffers from alcohol fetal syndrome. What can be done to resolve this problem?

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