Use of the land is limited to purposes the covenant allows
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 3, Sec. 3.
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Use of the land is limited to purposes the covenant allows
The document says “shall”Who acts: the Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Cheyenne River Sioux TribeHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Tribal land shall be used for the purposes allowed by the document titled ``Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe'' and dated October 21, 2022.”
Subsection (b)(2). Use of the land is tied to the purposes allowed by the covenant between the two Tribes dated October 21, 2022. The Act names the covenant and does not set out what it permits, so the permitted purposes are not recorded here.
What the document actually says
“The Tribal land shall be used for the purposes allowed by the document titled ``Covenant Between the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe'' and dated October 21, 2022.”
That sentence, in plain words
The land must be used for the things the pact allows.
What this is about
The pact is the deal the two tribes signed on October 21, 2022. This law does not print what it says.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, Public Law 119-61, sec. 3, 139 Stat. 1978 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ61/html/PLAW-119publ61.htm
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“Use of the land is limited to purposes the covenant allows,” Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, section 3, Sec. 3. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/wounded-knee-massacre-memorial-sacred-site-act/proposal/sec03-use-under-the-covenant/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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