South Dakota’s acting US Attorney names new tribal liaison

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota’s acting U.S. attorney has named a new tribal liaison to work with the state’s nine Indian tribes.

Acting U.S. Attorney Randy Seiler says Troy Morley will serve as the conduit between his office and the reservations in the state.

Morley joined the U.S. Attorney’s office in 2012 as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Pierre office.

Morley is currently establishing a working group to study re-entry alternatives for offenders in the Dakotas and with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. He will also be working on a re-entry project with the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe.

Morley is originally from Grand Forks, North Dakota, and previously served as special judge to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, where he is an enrolled member. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy.