Tribe signs deal for Black Hills land

This story was filed on October 1, 2012

More than 1,940 acres of land in the Black Hills considered sacred to the Great Sioux Nation appear to be heading back to the ownership of the tribes after almost 140 years in private hands, several tribal officials say. Vernon ‘Ike’ Schmidt, executive diread more

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