EDITORIAL: Restoration of Sitting Bull monument good: OR Sitting Bull restoration good.

From: American News (Aberdeen, SD) | Date: December 13, 2006 | Copyright information

Dec. 13--Way to go. Thanks to the commitment and follow through of two Mobridge area residents, the state's monument to Sitting Bull, a famous American Indian leader, is being restored and treated with the dignity it deserves. A year and a half ago, the monument near Mobridge was in terrible shape -- the bust was chipped and the surrounding ground was littered with trash and empty beer bottles. Thanks to the efforts of two men, the monument has been brought back from a stat...

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EDITORIAL: Restoration of Sitting Bull monument good: OR Sitting Bull restoration good.
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