Little Eagle Man Sentenced to Nearly 3 Years in Federal Prison for Stabbing a Woman in the Standing Rock Reservation

ABERDEEN - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann has sentenced a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. The sentencing took place on June 9, 2025.

Grady Laine Uses Arrow, age 34, was sentenced to two years and 11 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

Uses Arrow was indicted by a federal grand jury in January 2025. He pleaded guilty on February 13, 2025.

On August 2, 2024, at a residence in Little Eagle, South Dakota, within the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation, Uses Arrow's former girlfriend pushed his mother to the floor. Enraged, Uses Arrow stabbed his former girlfriend in the head with a knife. When she fled outdoors, Uses Arrow gave chase and stabbed her again as several onlookers attempted to disarm him. Uses Arrow only desisted when he saw a law enforcement officer approaching. The victim incurred two lacerations to her head requiring stitches in the assault.

This matter was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office because the Major Crimes Act, a federal statute, mandates that certain violent crimes alleged to have occurred in Indian country be prosecuted in federal court as opposed to State court.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Justice Services. Assistant U.S. Attorney Carl Thunem prosecuted the case.

Uses Arrow was immediately remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.