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Article: Great Plains Leaders Flex Their Muscle at American Indian Congress.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
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- November 17, 2000
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Nov. 17--ST. PAUL, Minn.--Members of the Great Plains caucus of the National Congress of American Indians criticized the organization for not including the larger tribes in the national agenda and debate and minced no words with Sue Masten, NCAI president.
The problem, caucus members argue, is the fact issues pertinent to the larger land-based tribes are rarely if ever discussed because the tribes from both coasts dominate the NCAI agenda and their concerns are much different.
Some of the larger tribes, Standing Rock, Rosebud and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes were making plans to or already have pulled out of the NCAI, caucus members said.
Masten ...