Hopeful Peacemaker: Tribes buy sacred site for $9M

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Tribes buy sacred site for $9M

At the deadline, American Indian tribes have pulled off a land deal to buy Pe' Sla in the Black Hills.
For latest video and current details... For background about the sale

Pe' Sla (pronounced peh-shlah) or "Reynolds Prairie"
Printed in South Dakota Magazine (2007). Photo by Bernie Hunhoff

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