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UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James ARCHAMBAULT, also known as James Skunk, Appellant.
    No. 02-2411.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
    Submitted Oct. 21, 2003.
    Decided May 12, 2004.
    
      Thomas J. Wright, Asst. U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Sioux Falls, SD, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Edward G. Albright, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Pierre, SD, for Defendants Appellant.
    James Archambault, Chamberlain, SD, pro se.
    Before BYE, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

James Archambault appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to dismiss the indictment against him, contending nonmember Indians cannot be tried in both tribal and federal court for the same offense conduct without violating the Double Jeopardy Clause. Archambault also appeals the district court’s order quashing his subpoena of a tribal treasurer, who Archambault posits would present evidence of the financial relationship between the tribe and the federal government, in support of his claim the tribe’s authority to prosecute nonmember Indians was delegated rather than inherent. Because we conclude both of Archambault’s contentions are controlled and precluded by the Supreme Court’s recent decision in United States v. Lara, — U.S. -, -, 124 S.Ct. 1628, 1639, 158 L.Ed.2d 420, - (2004) (holding tribes have inherent, rather than delegated, power to prosecute nonmember Indians and thus prosecutions brought by a tribe and the federal government for same offense conduct are brought by different sovereigns and do not violate the Double Jeopardy Clause), we affirm the district court. 
      
      . The Honorable Charles B. Kornmann, United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota.