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Panel Approves Measure To Make Oglala Lakota County Official

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A legislative panel has passed a resolution to change the name of Shannon County to Oglala Lakota County after voters overwhelmingly approved the new name in the November election.

The Senate State Affairs Committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to send the resolution to the chamber’s floor.

Democratic Rep. Kevin Killer of Pine Ridge says his measure is part of the process to make official the name change, which roughly 80 percent of the county’s voters approved.

Democratic Sen. Jim Bradford of Pine Ridge says the new name is more fitting.

A measure to make it less cumbersome to enact a county name change once voters have approved it is moving through the Legislature. The new process wouldn’t require lawmakers to pass a resolution to make the change official.

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