Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act

This bill 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 type of ownership for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Under this arrangement, the tribes would own the land, but there are federal restrictions that prevent them from selling, transferring, or placing certain legal claims on it. The land must be kept as a memorial and sacred site based on an agreement between the two tribes from October 2022, and no commercial development or gambling activities are allowed on it.

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