the last military encounter of the Indian wars period
of the 19th century;
(6) in S. Con. Res. 153 (101st Cong., 2d
Sess.), Congress apologized to the Sioux people for
the 1890 Massacre;
(7)(A) paragraph (2) of such concurrent resolu-
tion provides that Congress ‘‘expresses its support
for the establishment of a suitable and appropriate
Memorial to those who were so tragically slain at
Wounded Knee which could inform the American
public of the historic significance of the events at
Wounded Knee and accurately portray the heroic
and courageous campaign waged by the Sioux people
to preserve and protect their lands and their way of
life during this period’’; and
(B) paragraph (3) of such concurrent resolution
provides that Congress ‘‘expresses its commitment to
acknowledge and learn from our history, including
the Wounded Knee Massacre, in order to provide a
proper foundation for building an ever more hu-
mane, enlightened, and just society for the future’’;
(8) the Wounded Knee Massacre site, and sites
relating to the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre and
Ghost Dance Religion on the Cheyenne River Indian
Reservation and Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, are
nationally significant cultural and historic sites that
must be protected through the designation of the
sites as a national tribal park; and
(9) the Wounded Knee Massacre is a nationally
significant event that must be memorialized by es-
tablishing suitable and appropriate memorials to the
Indian victims of the Massacre, located on the Chey-
enne River Indian Reservation and Pine Ridge In-
dian Reservation.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to—
(1) establish the Wounded Knee National Trib-
al Park consisting of—
(A) sites relating to the 1890 Wounded
Knee Massacre and Ghost Dance Religion lo-
cated on the Cheyenne River Indian Reserva-
tion; and
(B) the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre
Site and sites relating to the Massacre and
Ghost Dance Religion located on the Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation;
(2) establish suitable and appropriate national
monuments within both units of the Wounded Knee
National Tribal Park to memorialize the Indian vic-
tims of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre; and
(3) authorize feasibility studies to—
(A) establish the route of Chief Big Foot
from the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation to
Wounded Knee as a national historic trail; and
(B) establish a visitor information and ori-
entation center on the Cheyenne River Indian
Reservation.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’
means the Wounded Knee National Tribal Park Ad-
visory Commission established under section 8(a).
(2) NORTH
UNIT.—The term ‘‘North Unit’’
means the area of the Park comprised of the sites
referred to in section 2(b)(1)(A).
(3) PARK.—The term ‘‘Park’’ means the
Wounded Knee National Tribal Park established
under section 4.
(4) REAL PROPERTY.—For the purposes of this
Act, the term ‘‘real property’’ includes lands, and all
mineral rights, water rights, easements, permanent
structures, and fixtures on such lands.
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(6) SOUTH
UNIT.—The term ‘‘South Unit’’
means the area of the Park comprised of the sites
referred to in section 2(b)(1)(B).
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF WOUNDED KNEE NATIONAL
TRIBAL PARK.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish
a national tribal park to be known as the ‘‘Wounded
Knee National Tribal Park’’, as generally described
in the third alternative of the report completed by
the National Park Service entitled ‘‘Draft Study of
Alternatives, Environmental Assessment, Wounded
Knee, South Dakota,’’ and dated January 1993, and
as more particularly described in this Act.
(2) AREA INCLUDED IN PARK.—The Wounded
Knee National Tribal Park shall consist of—
(A) a North Unit that may include—
(i) such sites relating to the 1890
Wounded Knee Massacre and Ghost Dance
Religion, including the campsite of Chief
Big Foot at Deep Creek, as the Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe, in consultation with the
Director of the National Park Service, con-
siders necessary to include in such unit;
(ii) a cultural center and museum
complex;
(iii) projects described in section
9(b)(2); and
(iv) a suitable and appropriate na-
tional monument to memorialize Chief Big
Foot and his band of Minneconjou Sioux;
and
(B) a South Unit that may include—
(i) the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre
site, as generally described in the 1990
boundaries studies authorized by the Na-
tional Park Service, and such other sites
relating to the 1890 Wounded Knee Mas-
sacre and Ghost Dance Religion as the Og-
lala Sioux Tribe, in consultation with the
Director of the National Park Service, con-
siders necessary to include in such unit;
(ii) a cultural center and museum
complex at or near the Wounded Knee
Massacre site;
(iii) projects described in section
9(b)(2); and
(iv) a suitable and appropriate na-
tional monument to memorialize the Sioux
SEC. 5. ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR WOUNDED KNEE NA-
TIONAL TRIBAL PARK.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
and Oglala Sioux Tribe may acquire by purchase from a
willing seller, by gift or devise, by exchange, or in other
manner—
(1) surface and subsurface rights to any tract
of fee-patented or trust land; or
(2) easements that cover such lands,
that those tribes, in consultation with the Secretary, con-
sider necessary for inclusion in the North Unit or the
South Unit of the Wounded Knee National Tribal Park.
(b) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may
provide financial assistance to the Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribe and the Oglala Sioux Tribe to acquire land and any
interest in land or other real property that is necessary
for a unit of the Park.
SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT.
(a) MANAGEMENT OF NORTH UNIT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribe, or a designated agency or authority of that
tribe, shall operate, maintain, and manage the North
Unit pursuant to the terms and conditions contained
in a cooperative agreement between the Secretary
and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe entered into by
the Secretary and the tribe pursuant to section 4(b).
(2) EXCLUSION.—The Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribe shall have no jurisdiction or authority over the
South Unit.
(b) MANAGEMENT OF SOUTH UNIT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Oglala Sioux Tribe, or
a designated agency or authority of such tribe, shall
operate, maintain, and manage the South Unit pur-
suant to the terms and conditions contained in a co-
operative agreement between the Secretary and the
Oglala Sioux Tribe entered into by the Secretary
and the tribe pursuant to section 4(b).
(2) EXCLUSION.—The Oglala Sioux Tribe shall
have no jurisdiction or authority over the North
Unit.
SEC. 7. PLANNING AND DESIGN OF NATIONAL MONU-
MENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES.
(a) MONUMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the national monuments on the North
Unit and South Unit authorized by subparagraphs
(A)(iv) and (B)(iv) of section 4(a)(2) shall be
planned, designed, and constructed by the Secretary,
after consultation with an advisory committee that
the Secretary shall appoint in consultation with—
(A) the Wounded Knee Survivors Associa-
tion of the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation;
(B) the Wounded Knee Survivors Associa-
tion of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; and
(C) direct descendants of the band of
Minneconjou Sioux of Chief Big Foot.
(2) AUTHORITY
OF
THE
CHEYENNE
RIVER
SIOUX
TRIBAL
COUNCIL
AND
THE
OGLALA
SIOUX
TRIBAL COUNCIL.—(A) The Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribal Council and the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council
shall have no authority to plan and design the
monuments referred to in paragraph (1).
(B) The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Council
and the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council shall have the
authority to enter into contracts for the construc-
tion, operation, maintenance, and replacement of the
monuments under the Indian Self-Determination Act
(25 U.S.C. 450f et seq.).
(b) FEASIBILITY STUDIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall complete
feasibility studies to—
(A) establish and mark the route taken by
Chief Big Foot and his band from the Chey-
enne River Indian Reservation to Wounded
Knee as a national historic trail; and
(B) establish a visitor information and ori-
entation center on the Cheyenne River Indian
Reservation.
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after
funds are initially made available to the Secretary
for a feasibility study conducted under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall complete the study and
submit a report that contains the findings of the
study to Congress.
SEC. 8. WOUNDED KNEE NATIONAL TRIBAL PARK ADVI-
SORY COMMISSION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established within the
Department of the Interior the Wounded Knee National
Tribal Park Advisory Commission. The Commission shall
advise regularly the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Og-
lala Sioux Tribe, or any designated agency or authority
of either tribe, concerning the management and adminis-
tration of the North Unit and South Unit.
(b) ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The role and re-
sponsibilities of the Commission shall be defined in the
cooperative agreements that the Secretary shall enter into
with the Cheyenne Sioux Tribe and Oglala Sioux Tribe
under section 4(b). The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and
Oglala Sioux Tribe, or any designated agency or authority
of either such tribe, shall consult with the Commission not
less frequently than 4 times each year.
(c) PERIOD OF OPERATION.—The Commission shall
exist for such time as either the North Unit or the South
Unit is in existence.
(d) MEMBERSHIP.—The Secretary shall appoint 17
members of the Commission. In addition, the Director of
the National Park Service or a designee of the Director
shall serve as an ex-officio member of the Commission.
The Secretary shall appoint the members of the Commis-
sion after consulting with, and soliciting a recommenda-
tion from each of the following:
(1) The Chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribe.
(2) The President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
(3) The Chairman of the Wounded Knee Com-
munity Council on the Pine Ridge Indian Reserva-
tion.
(4) The Chairman of the Wounded Knee
Subcommunity Council on the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation.
(5) The Chairman of the White Clay Commu-
nity Council on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
(6) The Chairman of District No. 3 on the
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.