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Meeting set for tribal issue

| Thursday, September 14, 2006

RAPID CITY -- Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the Sicangu Treaty Council will host the Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance conference next week at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel in Rapid City.

The Sept. 20-22 conference will discuss claims that tribes file against the U.S. Department of Interior and other federal entities for alleged mismanagement of their tribal trust accounts and trust lands and assets. Because of the statute of limitations, tribes have until Dec. 31 to file claims, which prompted the alliance's concern that many tribes were unaware of the deadline.

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The conference begins at 9 a.m. with registration at 8 a.m. each day and includes presentations by Keith Harper, lead counsel in the Cobell litigation; Erik Kaardahl, Walter Lack and Tom Girardi, who have successfully represented the states of New Mexico and California and other plaintiffs in multi-billion-dollar litigation; and Paul Little, Oglala Sioux Tribe Council representative and president of the Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance.

For more information, call Ann Hart at 716-6355, fax 716-6357 or send e-mail to annhart34@hotmail.com, or Janet Clairmont at 747-4775.

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