Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Veterans Cemetery in Sisseton, South Dakota

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Get directions 453851 BIA 10
Sisseton, South Dakota 57262 United States

Coordinates: 45.65850, -97.13510
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The Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux tribe celebrated the opening of a brand new veteran's cemetery in June 2016. It's the 3rd tribal burial ground in the state but it will honor veterans of every background. At the grand opening ceremony, veterans across the Sisseton area honored the fallen within their tribe and paid their respects to all veterans, regardless of their ethnicity. The veteran's march with the tribal leadership staff across the cemetery was just one of the symbolic moments of the festivities.

A $3 million grant from the Department of Veteran Affairs and the National Cemetery Association helped complete this two-year project. The cemetery is twenty acres in length and is located across the street from the Valley View Golf Course in Sisseton. The state's Dakota tribe gifted the land to the Sisseton-Wahpehton tribal community.