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Tribes raise $9M for sacred SD land
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Associated Press
Nov. 30, 2012
By KRISTI EATON
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—After months of high-profile fundraising that drew celebrities’ attention and dollars, a group of Native American tribes has raised $9 million to buy a piece of land in South Dakota’s Black Hills that they consider sacred, an official with an Indian land foundation said Friday.
The Indian Land Tenure Foundation president Cris Stainbrook told The Associated Press that the tribes raised enough money to purchase the land from its current owners. The foundation was one of several groups and organizations leading the effort to buy the land.
Stainbrook said the deal should be finalized yet Friday, which was the deadline for the tribes to raise the money.
P Diddy Boosts Campaign To Protect Sioux Land
Sky News
Nov. 19, 2012
P Diddy and Bette Midler have become the latest celebrities to back an online campaign to raise money so Native American tribes can purchase land they consider sacred.
The fundraising effort aims to buy nearly 2,000 acres (800 hectares) of pristine prairie grass in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Three days after the campaign began, P Diddy tweeted “Help save the Sioux Nation! Click here” and linked to the website.
Midler also lent her voice, tweeting: “Incredible story re the Sioux Sacred Grounds. Donate what you can.” Around \$6,000 (£3,775) flowed in immediately after P Diddy’s tweet.
Sioux tribes take to the Internet to buy back sacred land
Raw Story
Aug. 17, 2012
By Arturo Garcia
Members of the Sioux Nation are attempting to raise $1 million dollars to buy back a section of South Dakota land known in their culture as “the Center and heart of everything that is.”
About 2,000 acres of land in the state’s Black Hills is scheduled to go up for auction next week, including what’s known to the Sioux as Pe’ Sla. A local auction company posted that 1,942 acres of the land, known as Reynolds Prairie, after the family who owns it, is slated to go up for bid on Aug. 25.
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe has teamed up with the Native American blog Last Real Indians for an online fundraising campaign that began Monday, with an Aug. 23 deadline. As of Friday afternoon, the campaign had accrued just over $59,000.
