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Our South Dakota Senators, Mike Rounds and John Thune, who offered this Senate companion bill to restore our lands to 'Indian country' status with reference to our 1868 Treaty deserve our gratitude.

Our South Dakota Senators, Mike Rounds and John Thune, who offered this Senate companion bill to restore our lands to 'Indian country' status with reference to our 1868 Treaty deserve our gratitude.

As you all know, the Wounded Knee Massacre not only represents a low point in U.S.-Lakota relations, but it also serves as one of the darkest moments in our Nation's history.

Moving forward, it is my hope that we can come together to acknowledge the history of the Wounded Knee Massacre and work to mend our history through reconciliation and mutual respect.

This legislation would place 40 acres of tribally purchased land at the Wounded Knee Massacre site into restricted fee status.

I am honored to be able to introduced President Frank Star Comes Out of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, and Chairman Ryman LeBeau of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

We need to ensure that the voices of our tribal communities are heard.

I think that says a lot, first of all, about their feelings about how personal this is.

I would simply point out that these two leaders have come together.

[W]e have a tendency to think about dark days like Wounded Knee as in the ancient past, and we focus so much on those who died, those who were killed, those who were murdered that day, but we also have with us Cedric Broken Nose, who is a…

Our South Dakota Senators, Mike Rounds and John Thune, who offered this Senate companion bill to restore our lands to 'Indian country' status with reference to our 1868 Treaty deserve our gratitude.

Moving forward, it is my hope that we can come together to acknowledge the history of the Wounded Knee Massacre and work to mend our history through reconciliation and mutual respect.

We urge Congress to quickly pass this bill and respectfully ask President Biden to sign it into law.

Our South Dakota Senators, Mike Rounds and John Thune, who offered this Senate companion bill to restore our lands to 'Indian country' status with reference to our 1868 Treaty deserve our gratitude.

We must work together to address the challenges facing our tribal communities.

Changing Mount Rushmore will not change our past.

The whole project is symbolic and allegorical. Washington symbolizes the founding of our country and the stability of our institutions; Jefferson, our idealism, expansion and love of liberty; Lincoln, our altruism and sense of inseparable…

This is a leader with the patriotism of George Washington, the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson, the commitment to liberty of Abraham Lincoln, and the energetic leadership style of Teddy Roosevelt.