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• "We're not kicking any individual landowner off," Sam said, adding that landowners can fence off their property or lease it to the park.
• Badlands National Park Superintendent Eric Brunnemann said the federal government is not allowed to acquire tribal land, but can use it if granted permission by the tribe.
• "The tribe and the park service came to consensus," he said. "It was widely viewed as a great success."
• The park service already co-manages the Badlands' South Unit with the tribe, so the only change would be the designation as a tribal national park and the introduction of the animals, he said.
• Larry Eagle Bull, who is new to the tribal council, said the plan should be considered as a referendum. He said tribal members are justifiably suspicious when they lose their land, considering the history of failed treaties with the federal government.
• "I just never know with the government," Eagle Bull said. "People don't trust them yet."
• Chancey Wilson ranches on 30,000 acres in the contested area; some of it he leases, some of it he owns. He's worried about ranchers losing their ability to occupy the land and the tribe losing its say over the land.
• "It's a land grab by the federal government," he said. "There won't be no tribal input in there after a while."
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Rounds has clear cash edge heading toward primary
DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Former Gov. Mike Rounds has the clear edge in campaign cash heading toward the June Republican primary for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Tim Johnson.
• Rounds, widely considered the GOP front-runner, had about $1 million in his campaign coffers as of March 31 after raising about $724,000 during the first three months of 2014, according to Federal Election Commission reports provided to The Associated Press.
• Rounds will face four other Republicans -- state Sen. Larry Rhoden, state Rep. Stace Nelson, attorney and Army Reserves Maj. Jason Ravnsborg, and physician Annette Bosworth -- in seeking their party's nomination.
• The June 3 primary winner will join Democratic business owner Rick Weiland and independent and former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Pressler on the Nov. 4 ballot.
• Weiland had about $485,000 cash on hand offset by campaign debt of nearly (Continued on page 27)
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