South Dakota tribes buy land near Wounded Knee massacre site
The Oglala Sioux and the Cheyenne River Sioux said the purchase of the land was an act of cooperation to ensure the area was preserved as a sacred site.
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The Oglala Sioux and the Cheyenne River Sioux said the purchase of the land was an act of cooperation to ensure the area was preserved as a sacred site.
Agreement ends decades-long dispute over site where hundreds of Lakota were killed soldiers in 1890
Two American Indian tribes in South Dakota have agreed to purchase 40 acres of land near the Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Two American Indian tribes in South Dakota have joined forces to purchase 40 acres around the Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark, the site of one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history.
The purchase of 40 acres around the landmark aims to ensure the area is preserved as a sacred site.