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Save Pe'Sla: Lakota Sioux Sacred Lands

LastRealIndians is collaborating with the Rosebud Sioux Tribe to Centralize Funding Efforts to save one our our most precious sacred sites (Pe Sla) in the middle of the Black Hills. Donate online by following Indiegogo link at the lastrealindians.com website. Wopila Tanka Ic'ic'iyapelo!

http://www.indiegogo.com/PeSla-LakotaHeartland

Or you could send check or money order to:

Rosebud Sioux Tribe/Pesla
11 Legion Ave.
PO Box 430
Rosebud, South Dakota 57570



Update: 8.28.12 Tuesday

The Land Auction which was scheduled for Saturday August 24, 2012 at the Rapid City Ramkota Inn was cancelled at the request of the Reynolds Family (owners). Reasons were not given. The efforts to get funding to purchase this land continued. It has just been announced that tribes have made an offer to secure lands in Pe Sla. The Reynolds estate counter offered and tribal councils are scheduled to have a telephone "conference call" today to decide the next steps to take.
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