Commanche Tribe Asks Federal Court to Halt Fort Sill Project OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (kccu-fm) - Attorneys for a Lawton-based Indian tribe are asking a federal judge to stop construction of a new warehouse at Fort Sill they claim is being built on sacred land near the Medicine Bluffs peaks.

Closing briefs in the case were filed late yesterday.

U.S. District Judge Timothy DeGiusti granted a temporary restraining order last month, just days after the Comanche Nation filed its suit. Now the tribe is seeking a permanent injunction.

Military officials planned to build a new warehouse to serve as the post's Training Service Center about one-third of a mile from Medicine Bluffs.

The government claims the tribe was informed about the plans and never raised an objection until construction was about to begin. © Copyright 2009, kccu-fm