South Dakota: Johnson Announces $6.8 Million For First-In-The-Nation Native Veterans Cemetery ...

South Dakota: Johnson Announces $6.8 Million For First-In-The-Nation Native Veterans Cemetery In South Dakota   U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chairman of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, announced that the Rosebud Sioux Tribe will receive a $6.8 million grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish the Sicangu Akicita Owicahe Veterans Cemetery in Mellete County. This will be the first cemetery in the nation established jointly by the...

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