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seum doesn't bring revenue or jobs to the reservation, two things the Oglala Sioux are desperate for.
• Also beyond the reservation's borders is the Crazy Horse Memorial, which honors the famed Lakota warrior and leader who played a key role in the 1876 defeat of the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana. The memorial was started in 1948 and has yet to be finished, but it still draws more than 1 million visitors annually to a site about 20 miles from Mount Rushmore.
• Staff members at the memorial and other South Dakota tourist attractions have begun taking part in training led by the Pine Ridge Chamber of Commerce. The goal is to help teach employees about Lakota history so they can share that information with tourists, who, in theory, might then drive to the Pine Ridge reservation.
• The future could hold more ambitious projects. In June, the National Park Service and the Oglala Sioux reached a new agreement that calls for creation of the nation's first tribal national park at Badlands National Park -- an undertaking that might also attract tourists and jobs. Congress still must approve the idea.
• The federal government took what is now the South Unit of Badlands National Park from the Oglala Sioux to establish a practice bombing range in the 1940s. It was returned in 1976 and has since been co-managed with the National Park Service.
• Plans for the park include a Lakota heritage and education center, a free-roaming bison herd and more roads and trails for visitors.
• Staci Eagle Elk, spokeswoman for the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association, said there are more than 500 federally recognized tribes in the United

States, and they shouldn't be compared too closely.
• "Each tribe defines tourism in its own capacity," she said. "Something that may be acceptable to the Navajo may not be acceptable to the Oglala tribe."
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