Planned Auction Of Items From Reservations Raises Questions

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Tribal leaders are questioning the ethical and legal implications of an auction featuring more than 100 items collected on two Native American reservations, including guns from the site of the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre and a ceremonial pipe that belonged to one of the most respected tribal chiefs.
Bidding for items gathered from the late 1880s through the early 1900s on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indian Reservations opens June 11 through Dallas-ba