Effort to rename federal building in honor of LeBeau still in committee

Legislation introduced earlier this year by Sen.

Mike Rounds ( R- SD) to honor the late Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe matriarch Marcella LeBeau is still working its way through the legislative process.

The measure calls for the federal building in Pierre to be re-named after LeBeau, who died in 2021 at the age of 102.

“It’s currently pending before the Committee on Environmental and Public Works, I beli…