In a surprise attack on August 24, 2000, federal agents raided Alex White Plume's farm and destroyed his crop of industrial hemp.
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The Oglala Sioux Tribe passed an ordinance in 1998 allowing the cultivation of hemp on Standing Rock Reservation. In August 2002, Alex White Plume was served with eight civil charges by the US District Attorney, and a court order prohibiting continued growing of the crop. Although he has appealed, the US Court of Appeals upheld the DEA injunction.
White Plume’s attorney, former US Atty Timothy Purdon, wrote in April to Randolph Seiler, acting US attorney in South Dakota, asking Seiler to reconsider the injunction. Seiler denied the request.
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