Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

This law requires the Department of the Interior to take about 40 acres of land in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, and place it under a special ownership status for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Under this status, the tribes own the land but cannot sell, transfer, or place certain legal claims on it without approval. The land must be kept as a memorial and sacred site based on an agreement between the two tribes, and no commercial development or gambling activities are allowed on it.

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