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On Saturday, February 1 7, 2007 the Watoto Children's Choir from Kampala, Uganda, brought a concert of traditional spiritual music and dance to the Tribal
Gymnasium in Grand Ronde for a free show. Since 1994, they have toured the U.S., Canada and Great Britain. STORY AND MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 3.
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Tribal Elders and Tribal Council got together for a visit on Monday,
February 12 at the Tribe's Portland Satellite Office. The Portland
staff prepared a meal. STORY AND MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 3.
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2007 ATNI Pushes
Northwest Indian Issues
I Three dominate for Northwest Tribes.
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Tribal Vice Chair Angie Blackwell speaks at the
2007 Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
(ATNI) conference held in Portland in February.
By Ron Karten
Indian health care, trust reform
and funding for education top the
list of issues pursued this year by
the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest
Indians, said ATNI President
Ernie Stensgar (Coeur
d'Alene). Stensgar spoke
at the group's 2007 Win
ter Conference held in
Portland in mid-February.
More than 300 overall
and more than 20 from
the Confederated Tribes
of the Grand Ronde alone
participated in work
shops to move existing
projects forward, and
explanations for events
and projects underway
across the Northwest.
He also said that In
dian nations have a lot
of work to do to educate
the rest of America "as to
who we are and why we
do what we do."
He called on Tribes to
elect Indian legislators.
Montana presently has 10, he said.
Washington state has four and
Idaho has none. Oregon also has
See ANTI
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