SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Rosebud Sioux Tribe and 10 other Great Sioux Nation Tribal governments have signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service on the stewardship of the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands, Rosebud officials said in a news release.
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The agreement “lays the foundation for future cooperative opportunities through government-to-government consultation,” the news release said. The agreement recognizes the longstanding significance the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands have to the Oceti Sakowin, according to the news release.
The agreement was signed on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The other 10 tribes who signed the agreement are Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the Spirit lake Tribe and the Yankton Sioux Tribe.
“By working together as Oceti Sakowin Nations and with the Forest Service, we are creating new opportunities to care for the forests and grasslands, strengthen tribal stewardship, and prepare the next generation of indigenous conservation leaders,” Rosebud Sioux Tribe President Kathleen Wooden Knife said in the news release…