FILE - This combination of undated file photos shows Ezra Miller, left, who stars in the recently released film "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," and hip hop producer Sol Guy, right. The two are appearing in a documentary-style film with Last Real Indians founder Chase Iron Eyes to try to raise $9 million by the end of November, 2012, to buy back a piece of land in South Dakota that Native American tribes consider sacred. (AP Photos/file)
November 18, 2012 - 11:45 AM
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - An online campaign to raise money so Native American tribes in South Dakota can purchase land they consider sacred has a growing list of celebrities backing the effort.
P Diddy and Bette Midler have tweeted their support for the effort to purchase nearly 2,000 acres in the Black Hills of South Dakota. They join actor Ezra Miller and hip-hop producer Sol Guy, who appeared in a recent video online to draw attention to it.
Tribes of the Great Sioux Nation must raise $9 million by the end of the month to buy the land in the Black Hills. They have raised $7 million so far.
The land the tribes call Pe' Sla (pay shlaw) is important to their creation story.
News from © The Associated Press, 2012