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WASHINGTON -- Fast on the heels of President Bush's State of the Union address, Joe Garcia, the new president of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), unveiled the State of Indian Nations address Thursday in Washington. Why the timing?
So that the issues and agenda of Indian country might get noticed. When Indian country makes the news, it is usually bad. These days, for example, the Mississippi Band of Chocktaw Indians, a former client of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, is bringing renewed scrutiny to laws that allow tribes, as sovereign governments, to donate unlimited amounts of money to political candidates.See the full content of this document
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Tribes State a View of Their Union
In his address, Garcia, governor of the Ohkay Owingeh of New Mexico tribe (formerly known as the San Juan Pueblo), said that the state of Indian nations is "strong." But he added that "four areas of great challenge" persist.
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