H.R. 165
Places Wounded Knee land under tribal ownership with limits
Directs the Interior Department to place about 40 acres in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, under tribal ownership with federal limits, to be kept as a memorial and sacred site.
- About 40 acres in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, would go to the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes
- Restricted fee status means the tribes own the land but federal law limits selling, transferring, or liens
- The land must be kept as a memorial and sacred site under a 2022 agreement between the two tribes
- Commercial development and gambling would not be allowed on the land
Became law · Public Law 119-61