US House committee passes Wounded Knee bill

CRST, OST own sacred site

Last Tuesday, June 13, the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, led by U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (RSD) passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee.

The bill was introduced in May to memorialize the land where hundreds of Lakota Indians were massacred by the U.S. Army. Johnson, as well as Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) Chairman Ryman LeBeau testified in the subcommi…