Title 16ConservationRelease 119-73

§427 Site of battle with Sioux Indians; purchase; erection of monument

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LX— - NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 427

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Interior Secretary must acquire up to 160 acres at the Sioux battlefield where Majors Reno and Benteen fought, and erect a monument and a historical tablet.

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Title 16, §427

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, such land as may be deemed appropriate, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, on the site of the battle with the Sioux Indians in which the commands of Major Marcus A. Reno and Major Frederick W. Benteen were engaged, and to erect thereon a suitable monument and historical tablet.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 427

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73