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 114 STAT. 2904 PUBLIC LAW 106-568 —DEC. 27, 2000 (3) the establishment of a Sioux Nation Tribal Supreme Court will promote economic development on reservations of the Sioux Nation and provide investors that contribute to that development a greater degree of certainty and confidence by— (A) reconciling conflicting tribal laws; and (B) strengthening tribal court systems; (4) the reservations of the Sioux Nation— (A) contain the poorest counties in the United States; and (B) lack adequate tools to promote economic development and the creation of jobs; (5) there is a need to enhance and strengthen the capacity of Indian tribal governments and tribal justice systems to address conflicts which impair relationships in Indian communities and between Indian and non-Indian communities and individuals; and (6) the establishment of the National Native Americgm Mediation Training Center, with the technical assistance of tribal and Federal agencies, including the Community Relations Service of the Department of Justice, would enhance and strengthen the mediation skills that are useful in reducing tensions and resolving conflicts in Indian communities and between Indian and non-Indian communities and individuals. SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS. In this title: (1) INDIAN TRIBE. —The term "Indian tribe" has the meaning given that term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)). (2) SECRETARY.— The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. (3) Sioux NATION. —The term "Sioux Nation" means the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, the Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, the Santee Sioux Tribe, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and the Yankton Sioux Tribe. Subtitle A—Reconciliation Center SEC. 411. RECONCILIATION CENTER. WakpaSica (a) ESTABLISHMENT. —The Secretary of Housing and Urban Reconciliation Development, in cooperation with the Secretary, shall establish, ^^'^®- in accordance with this section, a reconciliation center, to be known as "Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place". (b) LOCATION.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall take into trust for the benefit of the Sioux Nation the parcel of land in Stanley County, South Dakota, that is described as the "Reconciliation Place Addition" that is owned on the date of the enactment of this Act by the Wakpa Sica Historical Society, Inc., for the sole purpose of establishing and operating Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place as described in subsection (c). (c) PURPOSES. —The purposes of Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place shall be as follows:

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