Wednesday,  August 22, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 039 • 15 of 28 •  Other Editions

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• "The kind of care that is being described here at Rosebud, the kind of training, the kind of materials they are using is exactly what she (her daughter-in-law) had at Tufts (University) in Boston," she said.
• Sebelius also toured an equine therapy program at Sinte Gleska University while on Rosebud.
• Earlier Tuesday, Sebelius visited Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge where she visited with high school students.
• Alfred Walking Bull, spokesman for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, said it's important for federal officials to visit Native American communities and see what is going on.
• "It allows us to showcase what we do and keeps them informed. This is what

we're doing, we're trying to make progress and rebuild our identity," Walking Bull said.
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APNewsBreak: Tribes raise $1.4 million for land
KRISTI EATON,Associated Press

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A local tribe has raised more than $1 million to buy land it and other Native Americans consider sacred in South Dakota's picturesque Black Hills, but it's still far short of what tribal officials fear will be the winning bid during this weekend's auction.
• The site plays a key role in the creation story of the tribes making up the Great Sioux Nation, and members fear that new owners would develop the 1,942 acres of pristine prairie grass. The land, which the tribes call Pe' Sla, is the only sacred site on private land outside Sioux control.
• The Rosebud Sioux Tribe, whose reservation is among the closest to the land, initially promised $50,000 but is now agreeing to allocate $1.3 million, tribe spokesman Alfred Walking Bull told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Online donations bring the total to $1.4 million.
• However, based on conversations with the auction house and others, Rosebud Sioux President Rodney Bordeaux estimates it could take between $6 million and $10 million to purchase the land.
• The tribes believe the Sioux people were created from the Black Hills. According to part of their spiritual tradition, Pe' Sla is where the Morning Star fell to Earth, killing seven beings that killed seven women. The Morning Star placed the souls of the women into the night sky as "The Seven Sisters," also known as the Pleiades constellation.

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