South Dakota officials have notified nine tribes in the state and others as far away as Montana after the inadvertent discovery of an ancestral burial site.
Heavy rain on July 8 exposed human remains and other artifacts. The items were found in topsoil that had been moved from a different location.
State officials have already met with the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe to discuss handling of the site, which is in private hands. The site is being secured to keep looters away.
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