Tribes means the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to complete all actions necessary for certain land to be held in restricted fee status by the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2.
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Tribes means the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
The document says “means”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“The term ``Tribes'' means the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, both tribes being among the constituent tribes of the Great Sioux Nation and signatories to the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 between the United States of America and the Great Sioux Nation, 15 Stat. 635.”
Paragraph (4). Two tribes are named, and the definition records that both are among the constituent tribes of the Great Sioux Nation and signatories to the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, cited to 15 Stat. 635. The treaty is cited, not indexed here.
What the document actually says
“The term ``Tribes'' means the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, both tribes being among the constituent tribes of the Great Sioux Nation and signatories to the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 between the United States of America and the Great Sioux Nation, 15 Stat. 635.”
That sentence, in plain words
The word tribes means two tribes. They are the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.
What this is about
The law notes that both are part of the Great Sioux Nation. It notes that both signed the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868.
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Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, Public Law 119-61, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 1977 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ61/html/PLAW-119publ61.htm
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“Tribes means the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe,” Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/wounded-knee-massacre-memorial-sacred-site-act/proposal/sec02-tribes-defined/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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