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stage of, 'What parts do we want to protect and what parts are we willing to share and what does that look like?'"
• Some tribal members think the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre, where more than 250 men, women and children were killed by the 7th Cavalry in 1890, should be turned into a tourist attraction with a museum. Others are fiercely opposed to development, saying it would be disrespectful to the dead.
• The talk of development "hasn't matured yet," said Ivan Sorbel, executive director of the Pine Ridge Chamber of Commerce.
• That doesn't stop people from coming. On a recent afternoon, two carloads of visitors from Texas and Iowa stopped within a 20-minute span to walk through the site, a National Historic Landmark.
• The massacre is "one of the greatest crimes in U.S. history," said Gary Bishop, who traveled with his wife from the Dallas area.
• But the couple's trip was unlikely to help the reservation much. They were staying at a hotel in Rapid City, about two hours northwest of the site.
• Brianne Hawk Wing, an Oglala Sioux tribal member, arrived with her nephew and sister as soon as she saw visitors. Hawk Wing said she has been unable to get a job in tribal government so she sells trinkets such as dream catchers for $20 to tourists at the site.
• The tribal and federal governments are the largest employers on the 2.7-million-acre reservation, which includes some of the poorest counties in the U.S. The unemployment rate can be as high as 80 percent. Attracting investors is difficult be

cause tribal members are often suspicious of outsiders.
• It's unclear how many tourists visit the reservation or the Wounded Knee site because no one keeps accurate records. Still, many tribal members like Hawk Wing want the site to remain as is.
• "See, it's free. No one has to pay for anything," she said as she pointed out where her great-grandfather is buried.
• A museum commemorating the massacre was ransacked and its contents lost in 1973. Another museum dedicated to the massacre draws thousands of people annually, but it's 100 miles north of the reservation in Wall, S.D. -- also home to Wall Drug, a famous cluster of stores and tourist attractions offering Western kitsch.
• The Wall museum is not affiliated with the Oglala Sioux, although co-founder Lani Van Eck said the facility had the blessing of Wounded Knee residents when it opened in 2003. She and the other co-founders decided to build it along busy Interstate 90 to attract more visitors.
• Maps are available for anyone who wants to go to the actual site. But the mu

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