The U.S. House of Representatives considers H.R.165, the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act, on January 21, 2025.
The bill requires the Department of the Interior to protect 40 acres of land at the site of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota. The land would be held in restricted fee status for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
Following consideration of H.R.165, the House voted 416 to 0 on January 22, 2025, to pass the bill.