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County Weighing Support Of Putting Sacred Site In Trust

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Pennington County Commission is still deciding whether to endorse placing a site sacred to the Great Sioux Nation into a federal trust.

The Rapid City Journal ( ) reports that county commissioners didn’t take action at a meeting where tribal representatives asked them to recommend the change to federal officials.

Four Sioux tribes have gradually purchased a roughly 3-quare-mile tract of Pe’ Sla land, a sacred site in the Black Hills.

The tribes have also worked with the county and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to reach service agreements for the land since it would stop generating tax revenue if place into trust.

Commission Chairman Lyndell Petersen says the issue requires more discussion. The commission’s opinion on putting the land into trust wouldn’t be binding, but would advise federal officials.

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