{"id":38406,"date":"2025-02-01T05:34:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T10:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/legislation-proposed-to-rename-pierre-federal-building-for-marcella-lebeau\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T05:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T10:34:09","slug":"legislation-proposed-to-rename-pierre-federal-building-for-marcella-lebeau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/legislation-proposed-to-rename-pierre-federal-building-for-marcella-lebeau\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislation proposed to rename Pierre Federal Building for Marcella LeBeau"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The late Marcella LeBeau and U.S. Senator Mike Rounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Major\u00adity Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to\u00adday introduced the Marcella LeB\u00adeau Recognition Act to designate the federal office building in Pierre as the \u201cMarcella LeBeau Federal Building.\u201d Born in Promise, LeB\u00adeau was a lifelong South Dakotan, a World War II Veteran, a nurse and a well-respected leader in the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and across the state. <\/p>\n

\u201cMarcella LeBeau lived an in\u00adcredible life in service to her tribe, her state and her country,\u201d said Rounds. \u201cShe had a true passion for helping others and dedicated her life to not only improving but saving the lives of others. I was honored to be able to meet with Marcella several times over the course of her life, including in 2021 when she flew out to Wash\u00adington, DC at the age of 101 to meet with me. This legislation would make certain that all who enter the federal building in Pierre will remember her life and lega\u00adcy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMarcella LeBeau dedicated her life to serving others, from treat\u00ading wounded soldiers on the front lines at the Battle of the Bulge to working for the Indian Health Service for over three decades,\u201d said Thune. \u201cThis legislation will honor her remarkable life and en\u00adsure her legacy remains a fixture in our state capital for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

This legislation is endorsed by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Great Plains Tribal Chair\u00admen\u2019s <\/p>\n

Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the ti\u00f3\u0161paye (family) of Marcella LeBeau we would like send our sincere grat\u00aditude to Senator Rounds for his leadership, thoughtfulness and honor in renaming the Pierre SD federal building after our late ma\u00adtriarch our beloved grandmother Marcella LeBeau W\u00edgmu.ke Wa\u0161t\u00e9 W\u00ed.,\u201d said Ryman LeBeau, Chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Grandson of Mar\u00adcella LeBeau.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarcella LeBeau was a true hero in World War II, saving our soldiers from death and braving the German Army during the Bat\u00adtle of the Bulge,\u201d said Gay King\u00adman, Executive Director of the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen\u2019s Association. \u201cShe was a leader on healthcare and native rights, and she was the conscience of Amer\u00adica. She was a beautiful person who cared deeply about the Sioux nation and all of America.\u201d<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND ON MAR\u00adCELLA LEBEAU:<\/p>\n

Marcella LeBeau, \u201cW\u00edgmu.ke Wa\u0161t\u00e9 W\u00ed.\u201d, was born in 1919 and grew up in Promise, South Dakota as a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST). She attended boarding school and after grad\u00aduating from nursing school at St. Mary\u2019s Hospital in Pierre, LeBeau enlisted in the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1943. She served with the Army Nurse Corps\u2019 76th General Hospital based in Min\u00adister, England. As Allied forces retook France and Belgium, she treated injured soldiers from med\u00adical tents, sometimes with bombs buzzing overhead.<\/p>\n

Following her service in the military, she returned to South Da\u00adkota and continued her career as a nurse with the Indian Health Ser\u00advices <\/p>\n

(IHS). At the time of her re\u00adtirement, LeBeau was the Director of Nursing for IHS in Eagle Butte. She also served on the CRST Council, becoming a well-estab\u00adlished tribal leader. LeBeau was a recipient of the French Legion of Honor Medal and has been in\u00adducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame and the National Native American Hall of Fame. She was a strong advocate for Lakota lan\u00adguage, culture and spirituality. She was a lifelong advocate for heal\u00ading of the Wounded Knee Massa\u00adcre, which occurred in 1890. <\/p>\n

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The late Marcella LeBeau and U.S. Senator Mike Rounds. WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Major\u00adity Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to\u00adday introduced the Marcella LeB\u00adeau Recognition Act to designate the federal office building in Pierre as the \u201cMarcella LeBeau Federal Building.\u201d Born in Promise, LeB\u00adeau was a lifelong <\/p>\n

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