Supreme Court of the United States June 11, 1986, 85-246 (United States v. Dion)

Justice Marshall

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent Dwight Dion, Sr., a member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, was convicted of shooting four bald eagles on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota in violation of the Endangered Species Act, 87 Stat. 884, as amended, 16 U. S. C. § 1531

et seq.

(1982 ed. and Supp. II).