114 STAT. 2020 PUBLIC LAW 106-465—NOV. 7, 2000 (1) to recognize the importance of the Sand Creek Massacre as— (A) a nationally significant element of frontier military and Native American history; and (B) a symbol of the struggles of Native American tribes to maintain their way of life on ancestral land; (2) to authorize, on acquisition of sufficient land, the establishment of the site of the Sand Creek Massacre as a national historic site; and (3) to provide opportunities for the tribes and the State to be involved in the formulation of general management plans and educational programs for the national historic site. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) DESCENDANT. —The term "descendant" means a member of a tribe, an ancestor of whom was injured or killed in, or otherwise affected by, the Sand Creek Massacre. (2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— The term "management plan" means the management plan required to be developed for the site under section 7(a). (3) SECRETARY.— The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service. (4) SITE. —The term "site" means the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site established under section 4(a). (5) STATE. —The term "State" means the State of Colorado. (6) TRIBE. —The term "tribe" means— (A) the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; (B) the Northern Cheyenne Tribe; or (C) the Northern Arapaho Tribe. SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) IN GENERAL.— (1) DETERMINATION.—On a determination by the Secretary that land described in subsection (b)(1) containing a sufficient quantity of resources to provide for the preservation, memorialization, commemoration, and interpretation of the Sand Creek Massacre has been acquired by the National Park Service, the Secretary shall establish the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, Colorado. Federal Register, (2) PUBLICATION. —The Secretary shall publish in the Fedpublication, eral Register a notice of the determination of the Secretary under paragraph (1). (b) BOUNDARY.— (1) MAP AND ACREAGE.— The site shall consist of approximately 12,480 acres in Kiowa County, Colorado, the site of the Sand Creek Massacre, as generally depicted on the map entitled, "Sand Creek Massacre Historic Site", numbered, SAND 80,013 IR, and dated July 1, 2000. (2) LEGAL DESCRIPTION. —The Secretary shall prepare a legal description of the land and interests in land described in paragraph (1). (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— The map prepared under paragraph (1) and the legal description prepared under paragraph (2) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
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