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Posted: 5:21 PM Feb 8, 2012
Okla. tribal leaders don't plan to dismiss lawsuit
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The leaders of two Oklahoma Indian tribes say they have no plans to dismiss a federal lawsuit against the state over tribal water rights in southeastern Oklahoma.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The leaders of two Oklahoma Indian tribes say they have no plans to dismiss a federal lawsuit against the state over tribal water rights in southeastern Oklahoma.
But in a joint letter Tuesday to Gov. Mary Fallin, Chief Greg Pyle of the Choctaw Nation and Gov. Bill Anoatubby (AN'-uh-tubby) of the Chickasaw Nation expressed a willingness to continue mediation.
Fallin last week asked tribal leaders to dismiss their lawsuit against the state, but the tribal leaders told Fallin that is "not a realistic option until such a time as we have a reasonable resolution to this dispute."
The tribe's lawsuit asks a federal judge to stop the state's plan to sell water storage rights to Sardis Lake to Oklahoma City.
A Fallin spokesman didn't immediately comment on the letter.
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