Bill to protect land at Wounded Knee site passes Congress

The U.S. Senate sent President Donald Trump a bill last week that would protect a portion of the Wounded Knee Massacre site on the Pine Ridge Reservation.U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, sponsored the legislation in the House, where it passed in January. Sen. Mike Rounds sponsored the legislation in the Senate, where it passed Thursday, with Majority Leader John Thune as a cospon...

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