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Tribe says FBI probe focused on individuals (5/3/2012)
(Connecticut) -- Mashantucket Pequot tribal officials are seeking to assure tribal members that an ongoing FBI investigation on the reservation targets individuals and...
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LGBT News
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Jenna Talackova’s journey from First Nation to Miss Universe contestant (4/9/2012)
(Vancouver) -- Even as a Grade 8 student at Vancouver’s Killarney secondary, Jenna Talackova’s femininity was apparent.
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Part of Normal (2/2/2012)
(Saskatchewan) -- Dylan Rose was riding his bike home from a bar one night when someone driving a pickup truck, honking the horn and yelling out the window, ran him off...
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Pine Ridge
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The Oglala Pet Project (4/2/2012)
(South Dakota) -- For many on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, life can be tough. The same is true for the animals there. Some pets are abandoned, malnourished and...
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Gun Lake
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In the Cards: Gun Lake Casino taps first Oberon keg in West Michigan, gives away 18 dream vacations and helps cancer research (2/23/2012)
(Michigan) -- Did you stop by the Gun Lake Casino during its month-long, 1-year anniversary celebration? I was there a couple of times in February, and each time the the...
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Seneca Nation
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Video shows woman at center of fracas / Evidence from casino fight heads to DA (2/20/2012)
(New York) -- A woman "wearing a purple dress" has emerged as a key figure in the Niagara Falls police investigation into the casino fight that has led to...
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Covering the strange story of Mark Grisanti and the Seneca Niagara Casino scuffle (2/15/2012)
(New York) -- The tale of State Sen. Mark Grisanti's involvement in a fight at the Seneca Niagara Casino last weekend is one of the most bizarre local news stories...
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Casino scuffle involving NY senator probed (2/14/2012)
(New York) -- A New York senator involved in a fight at a casino that left him with bruised ribs and his wife with a concussion is disputing a woman’s claim that...
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Pictured: The moment New York state senator was pinned to a wall by FIVE security guards as he 'tried to break up casino fight' during charity event (2/14/2012)
(New York) -- New York state senator Mark Grisanti wrestles on the floor with security guards before being pinned to the wall in a choke hold in shocking video footage...
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Senator Mark Grisanti's Alleged Racial Remarks During Attack At Seneca Niagara Casino (VIDEO) (2/14/2012)
(New York) -- A new wrinkle in the violent scuffle involving Senator Mark Grisanti and his wife at a Seneca casino has emerged with alleged details accusing the upstate...
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Accounts Differ of Fight With Legislator, His Wife and Tribe Members (2/13/2012)
(New York) -- Connect with us on Twitter for breaking news and headlines in New York. Lawmakers have thrown coffee on aides and punches at photographers, to name a...
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Buffalo Senator Defends Actions After Fight at Casino (2/13/2012)
(New York) -- Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-Buffalo, defended his actions again today after a bizarre fight Friday night at Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls.
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Casino attack on senator, wife investigated by city, tribal police (2/13/2012)
(New York) -- Police and Seneca Indian Nation officials continue to investigate a fight at a tribal casino that left a New York state senator with bruised ribs and his...
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Falls cops handling Grisanti assault (2/13/2012)
(New York) -- Niagara Falls Police have taken over the investigation of an assault on State Sen. Mark Grisanti at the Seneca Niagara Casino Friday night
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Grisanti Denies Being Aggressor (2/13/2012)
(New York) -- A couple tells Niagara Falls police that NYS Senator Mark Grisanti became aggressive toward them, after an altercation inside the Seneca Niagara Casino had...
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Indians: Brawl pol lying (2/13/2012)
(New York) -- Seneca Indians are disputing a state senator’s account of a brawl in a Niagara Falls Indian casino Friday night that sent the senator’s wife to...
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Senator Grisanti back on the job after fracas in Niagra Falls (2/13/2012)
(New York) -- A State Senator from Western New York was back at work at the State Capitol Monday, following an incident over the weekend at a Niagara Falls Indian Casino...
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Video Surfaces of NY State Senator After Casino Brawl, As Does Allegations of Racial Epithets Lobbed (2/13/2012)
(New York) -- Have you been following the Niagara Falls Casino Brawl-For-It-All involving New York State Senator Mark J. Grinsanti? It's a strange one, even for a...
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Witnesses of Casino Fight Speak Out, Claim Senator was Aggressor (2/13/2012)
(New York) -- Two witnesses have come forward to describe a fight Friday night inside the Seneca Niagara Casino that left Senator Mark Grisanti punched and his wife...
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Woman implicated in attack says Grisanti punched her husband as he left casino (2/13/2012)
(New York) -- The wife of a Seneca businessman involved in a scuffle Friday night at the Seneca Niagara Casino told Niagara Falls police that State Sen. Mark J. Grisanti...
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Ohio Gaming
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May Co. building owners eye parking conversion; cars could fill 4 floors of historic Cleveland store (2/15/2012)
(Ohio) -- Banking on demand from the casino and other downtown projects, the owners of the May Co. building hope to turn four floors of the historic department store...
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Sheldon Adelson
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Report: Adelson under criminal investigation for alleged bribery of foreign officials (1/29/2012)
(Israel) -- American billionaire, close ally of Netanyahu, and main donor to Gingrich's campaign has been under federal investigation for his casino empire's...
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Aqueduct
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Queens needs two convention centers, says Helen Marshall (1/24/2012)
(New York) -- Queens is the perfect place for not one but two convention centers, Borough President Helen Marshall said Tuesday. At her annual State of the Borough...
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First ‘Racino’ Customer At Aqueduct Is Brooklynite (11/1/2011)
(New York) -- A line of patrons stretched longer than a football field, and traffic on nearby Rockaway Boulevard came to a virtual standstill Friday as thousands of...
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Redskins
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ESPN Columnist’s Readers Offer Indigenous Name for Washington Redskins (12/31/2011)
(USA) -- Greg Easterbrook, a columnist for ESPN.com’s popular Page 2, recently published an article looking at the players selected for this year’s NFL Pro Bowl who were...
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Attawapiskat Crisis
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Plane carrying Attawapiskat chief, band leaders makes emergency landing (12/14/2011)
(Ontario) -- A nine-seater plane reportedly carrying Attiwapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence and some band councillors had to make an emergency landing in...
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Sports Betting
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Illegal bets rampant, but they needn't be: MP (12/3/2011)
(British Columbia) -- Canadians love to bet on sports. If there's a hockey game, football game, basketball game, soccer game or any other sporting contest happening...
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New Jersey poll reveals continued support for sports betting (10/13/2011)
(New Jersey) -- Only one question is scheduled to appear on the November 2011 general election ballot and support remains strong according to a recent poll.
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Legalized Sports Betting Could Boost Atlantic City Revenues (10/9/2011)
(Atlantic City) -- New Jersey gambling proponents are hoping that statewide referendums held on November 8th could give Atlantic City a piece of the lucrative sport...
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Big money betting on cricket (10/9/2011)
(Ontario) -- There was a time when cricket was renowned for its sportsmanship, good manners and, of course, a cup a’ tea and cucumber sandwiches. Those were the...
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MP Wants to See Single Game Sports Betting Legalized in Canada (10/8/2011)
(Canada) -- Canada has some conflicting laws on their books with regards to gambling in that vast county. One law that is part of Canada’s criminal code has been...
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Bankruptcy
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Mob Experience at Tropicana files for bankruptcy (10/17/2011)
(Las Vegas) -- The owner of the Las Vegas Mob Experience attraction at the Tropicana resort voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Monday.
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Bigfoot
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Yetis and other examples of 'Cryptozoology' (10/10/2011)
(Russia) -- Perhaps the cousin of the Yeti? The ape-like creature inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Sasquatch is an anglicised...
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Looking for Bigfoot in Indian Country (6/24/2011)
(USA) -- It has been more than 50 years since the legend of Bigfoot first captured the hearts and imaginations of the American public. It has been more than 50 years of...
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Bigfoot was here — maybe (6/22/2011)
(California) -- Full disclosure: I am no Bigfoot junkie. In fact, before strapping my mom, my 3-year-old and myself in the car and traveling north on U.S. 101 to Arcata...
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Carolina Man, Claims To Have Filmed Elusive 'Knobby' Creature (3/24/2011)
(North Carolina) -- A North Carolina man, Thomas Byers, claims to have captured the legendary Bigfoot on video. Unfortunately, the 5-second clip -- filmed in Rutherford...
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Was Big Foot at the Reservation? (3/22/2011)
(California) -- A special presentation “Bigfoot and Native Culture: with Kathy Strain, Heritage Resource & Tribal Relations Programs manager for the Stanislaus...
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Poker Tournament
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LOVE/HATE relationship (10/9/2011)
(Manitoba) -- Playing tournaments can be a great way to pad your bankroll. They can also be a detriment to it if you aren't in the right frame of mind and let your...
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Daytona kennel club betting on national exposure with poker tournament (10/8/2011)
(Florida) -- There was a time if you saw a guy like Greg Raymer on ESPN, it'd likely be in a Doritos commercial. But then, the omnipresent sports network started...
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Off-Reservation Casinos
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Casino project dead, Richmond weighs options for Pt. Molate (9/13/2011)
(California) -- With the Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians barred from building a casino on a scenic shoreline property, a fight is brewing over whether or how the city...
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Internet Cafes
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'Net cafes not a target, but not very welcome (9/7/2011)
(Florida) -- As Internet cafes increase in popularity -- and controversy -- it seems inevitable that they would become a regular target for criminals. This appeared to...
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Residential Schools
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Outreach workers looking for residential school survivors before payment deadline (9/4/2011)
(Edmonton) -- With the deadline fast approaching for federal residential schools compensation, outreach workers in Edmonton’s inner city are concerned some...
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Fighting Sioux
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Sioux Shop 'Fire Sale' to be held at the Betty (8/22/2011)
(North Dakota) -- The Sioux Shop is offering UND sports fans a chance to grab some Sioux gear at a discounted price later this week. The Sioux Shop will hold a "Fire...
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Public Smoking
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Smoking ban stands, with modifications (8/2/2011)
(Las Vegas) -- A Nevada judge upheld most of a voter-approved smoking ban on Tuesday, ruling that parts of the measure providing for a civil fine of up to $100 were...
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Smoke 'em if you got 'em: Bar bill passes late (6/7/2011)
(Nevada) -- Smokers in Nevada bars won't have to put down their cigarettes to pick up a french fry under a bill approved in a late-night vote by state lawmakers.
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Bill would ease Nevada's indoor smoking ban (5/22/2011)
(Nevada) -- Nevada taverns and bars would be allowed to sell food and still allow smoking under a late-session bill introduced Friday in the state Assembly.
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Secondhand smoke raises the stakes in America's casinos (3/25/2011)
(California) -- New research from Stanford and Tufts universities shows secondhand smoke is a danger to tens of millions of casino patrons and hundreds of thousands of...
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Glendale Casino
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Akin Gump Dominates Lobbying Field, Congressional Records Show (7/26/2011)
(Arizona) -- Four Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld clients paid more money for the firm’s lobbying efforts than any other law firm lobbying client paid from...
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Alabama Class II
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Riley fights gambling trial subpoena (5/27/2011)
(Alabama) -- Former Gov. Bob Riley's plan for a summer motorcycle ride from Alabama to Alaska could get interrupted by the gambling corruption trial. Lawyers for one...
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Yucca Mountain Project
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Tim Pawlenty talks gambling, Yucca mountain during Nevada trip (4/20/2011)
(Nevada) -- Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty spent Tuesday in Nevada, speaking with potential Republican supporters in one of the nation’s most important...
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Other News
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Navajo Prep on lockdown after suspicious package found (5/16/2012)
(New Mexico) -- A suspicious package reading "bomb" was found at Navajo Preparatory School this morning before the school was put on full lockdown.
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Gambling funds $925,400 in grants (5/16/2012)
(Iowa) -- Gaming revenues will fund a photo exhibit on beauty, construction of a concrete step, jazz workshops for children, publicity for a quilt show, a mechanical CPR...
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Sheriff: Lake Charles mom left babies in casino hotel room for 12 hours (5/16/2012)
(Louisiana) -- On May 12, around 12:15 p.m. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a local casino hotel in reference to a 3 year old and a 9 month...
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Wynn lands Ritz-Carlton penthouse for $70M (5/15/2012)
(New York) -- Steve Wynn’s long search for a luxury Manhattan apartment has finally come to a $70 million conclusion. The New York Post reported that the casino...
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Meet Las Vegas’ latest racing sensation: Michael Gaughan (5/14/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- Michael Gaughan has always been a kind of rough-and-tumble sort. That is true whether he is donning his Resistol and Wranglers while hosting a bevy of...
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Security-Banned Indigenous Youth Return to Permanent Forum (5/11/2012)
(New York) -- Members of the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus returned to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on May 10, after having their credentials...
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Turlock prayer breakfast speaker emphasizes forgiveness (5/10/2012)
(California) -- Steve Saint, keynote speaker at the 16th annual Turlock Mayor's Prayer Breakfast, focused on forgiveness Thursday. "Unless we find a way to deal...
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Investing Vs. Gambling: Where Is Your Money Safer? (5/9/2012)
(Wall Street) -- Many skeptics, and legions of people who have never invested before, regard investing as just another form of gambling. This widely-held, but...
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DND tapes question N.L. role in search for lost boy on ice (5/7/2012)
(Newfoundland) -- Audio recordings obtained by CBC News raise new questions about the role of the Newfoundland government in the search for a 14-year-old who died on the...
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Man surrenders after 4½-hour standoff on Oneida reservation (5/7/2012)
(Wisconsin) -- Police arrested a 30-year-old Antigo man Saturday after a 4½-hour standoff on the Oneida Indian Reservation.
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Rollover near Red Shirt kills toddler, injures six (5/5/2012)
(South Dakota) -- Seven people were thrown from a vehicle and a 3-year-old passenger died in a one-vehicle rollover near Red Shirt on Friday afternoon.
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Study suggests LV economy bouncing back (5/2/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- The Las Vegas economy continues to show signs of improvement through the first quarter, according to a recent report by Metrostudy, a Houston-based...
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Body found in Bellingham creek may be missing man (5/2/2012)
(Washington) -- The man whose body was found Tuesday in a Bellingham creek may be a Lummi tribal elder who has been missing since Jan. 21.
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Bellagio fountains help whet appetite for learning during science festival (4/30/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- Ever wonder how deep the water is outside the Bellagio? Or how the fountains work? The artificial lake has an average depth of 8 feet. Near Las Vegas...
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Atlantic City's Boardwalk Ambassadors get overhaul with bigger budget, more members (4/28/2012)
(Atlantic City) -- Boardwalk Ambassadors — tourism employees who are part concierge and part neighborhood watch — will see their numbers and funding about...
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Retro secrets of the El Cortez, right under your nose (4/27/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- In 1941, for the cost of a single-family home today, Marion Hicks and J.C. Grayson built the El Cortez on the corner of 6th and Fremont. It changed hands...
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BLOG: Slots, poker and ... Plinko? (4/27/2012)
(Florida) -- Slots, poker and food are casino staples in South Florida, but there’s one more item you might not have thought of, and it involves dropping a puck...
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Boy, 2, wanders from First Nations daycare (4/25/2012)
(Manitoba) -- A daycare in Fisher River First Nation has called in help to tighten security after a two-year-old boy wandered off. The band council is asking the...
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Boy, 3, wanders away from daycare (4/25/2012)
(Manitoba) -- A mother whose three-year-old son wandered away unnoticed from a daycare is demanding First Nations facilities be regulated.
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AARP Oklahoma seeking nominations for Annual Indian Elder Honors (4/23/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- The Fourth Annual AARP Oklahoma Indian Elder Honors will recognize 50 outstanding tribal elders who have made a positive impact in their tribe, community,...
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