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Polls open Tuesday for Chief, Council member selection
Members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians are returning to the polls Tuesday to elect a Tribal Chief for the second time in two months.  Choctaw Tribe5/2/2013
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Moody's changes Choctaw Resort's outlook to positive
(New York) -- Moody's Investors Service changed Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise's ("Choctaw Resort" or "the Enterprise") ratings...
12/30/2012
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5 Children Die in Wreck, May Have Drowned to Death
(Mississippi) -- Five children and one adult were killed on Saturday morning following a car crash outside of Philadelphia. The children, aged between 18-months and 8-...
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5 children die in wreck: funeral arraignments made for Choctaw family
(Mississippi) -- Funeral plans are set for five young siblings and an adult who died when a sport utility vehicle driven by the children's father careened off a...
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5 Children Die In Wreck; Mississippi Accident 'Deadliest In 26 Years'
(Mississippi) -- Five children died in a car wreck on Saturday night, when their SUV ran off the road and overturned in a nearby creek. The wreck happened outside the...
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Choctaw family devastated in Miss. SUV wreck
(Mississippi) -- Funerals will be held this week for five young siblings and an adult who died when a sport utility vehicle driven by the children's father careened...
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Heartbroken Native American mom and dad to bury their brood
(Mississippi) -- The heartbroken mother and father of the five Native Americans - all under 10 years old - killed in a Mississippi car accident Saturday will bury their...
12/29/2012
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5 children, 1 adult die in Mississippi wreck
(Mississippi) -- Five young siblings and one adult died early Saturday when a sport utility vehicle went off an eastern Mississippi road and plunged into a rain-swollen...
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FIVE Native American siblings - all under the age of nine - perish in Mississippi car accident
(Mississippi) -- A Native American mother and father were suffering the worst heartbreak Saturday after their five children - all younger than nine - drowned in an...
11/28/2012
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Choctaw Casino Brings Hundreds of New Jobs to Pocola
(Oklahoma) -- After a year of construction, the newest part of the Choctaw Casino in Pocola is just days away from opening. It’s got new slot machines, new games,...
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New jobs come with $60 million casino expansion
(Oklahoma) -- Choctaw Casino Hotel could be adding close to 350 jobs to its Pocola, Okla., location once phase two of its $60 million expansion is complete.
9/9/2012
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Analysis: Paul Harvey helped Mississippi gambling get off ground without scandal
(Mississippi) -- Paul Harvey repeatedly said his goal as Mississippi's first gambling regulator was to see the industry got established without a hint of scandal.
8/11/2012
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Daily Convo for Saturday, Aug. 11
(Florida) -- As reported by Kimberly Blair, the remains of four people discovered in a 1,000-year-old burial site at the Naval Live Oaks section of Gulf Islands National...
8/10/2012
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Grand Opening Held at New Choctaw Casino
(Oklahoma) -- The Choctaw Casino located at 1801 E. Main in Stigler celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday morning.
7/5/2012
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Choctaw casino in Jackson County still off the radar - for now
(Mississippi) -- It's been a year since the Department of Interior opened the door for a casino in Jackson County. But the Mississippi Band Of Choctaws and new Chief...
6/16/2012
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Chickasaw, Choctaw leaders express opposing sentiments about gambling
(Oklahoma) -- Leaders of the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations expressed differing sentiments as they discussed the future of gaming during a recent tribal meeting in Norman.
5/19/2012
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Choctaws name new resort manager
(Mississippi) -- Holly Gagnon has been name president/CEO of Pearl River Resort. WTOK-TV reports (http://bit.ly/LeMQnX ) that the announcement came this week from...
5/17/2012
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New Leader for Resort / A new CEO has been named at the Pearl River Resort
(Mississippi) -- Tribal Chief Phyliss J. Anderson and the Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise (CRDE) Board announced that Holly Gagnon has been selected to serve as...
3/26/2012
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Choctaw Chief Anderson's first 126 days
(Mississippi) -- She has been in office only 126 days now, but the first democratically elected female tribal chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is already...
2/29/2012
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Choctaws ink $78M debt deal with Trustmark
(Mississippi) -- The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has signed a debt refinancing agreement for the Pearl River Resort in Neshoba County and the Bok Homa Casino in...
11/29/2011
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Cherokee chief selects Secretary of State
(Oklahoma) -- Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker tapped a Bureau of Indian Affairs administrator to be tribe’s new Secretary of State.
10/4/2011
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Anderson sworn in as Mississippi Choctaws' first female chief
(Mississippi) -- In an appeal for unity, newly sworn-in Choctaw Chief Phyliss J. Anderson asked today for all tribal members, whether they voted for her or not, for...
10/2/2011
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Mississippi Band of Choctaws to inaugurate 1st female chief on Tuesday, after 2 elections
(Mississippi) -- The Mississippi Band of Choctaws will inaugurate their first female chief this week, with "Our Moment in History" as the theme.
9/28/2011
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Anderson to take oath as Choctaw Chief on Tuesday
(Mississippi) -- Nineteen entries, including eight floats and two bands, are planned for the inaugural parade for the first female Chief of the Mississippi Band of...
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Randy Anderson wins seat on Choctaw Tribal Council
(Mississippi) -- Randy Anderson was certified the winner in Tuesday's Tribal Council election from the Conehatta community. Anderson polled 282 votes while Jesse...
9/14/2011
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Tribal chief admits defeat / Denson sends memo conceding vote to Anderson
(Mississippi) -- Miko Beasley Denson, chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, conceded on Tuesday his defeat in a memo obtained by The Clarion-Ledger. The memo...
9/8/2011
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Anderson must wait on committee
(Mississippi) -- The numbers are in and point to Phyliss J. Anderson as winner in the election for chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. However, Anderson...
9/7/2011
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Anderson makes MBCI history
(Mississippi) -- Unofficial results from Tuesday’s election for Tribal Chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has Incumbent Beasley Denson losing to...
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Anderson unseats Denson
(Mississippi) -- Phyliss J. Anderson unseated incumbent Beasley Denson to win the race for Choctaw Tribal Chief a second time after a July election was thrown out...
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Anderson unseats incumbent Beasley Denson, taking 56 percent of vote for Choctaw chief
(Mississippi) -- Phyliss J. Anderson has unseated incumbent Beasley Denson to win the race for Choctaw Tribal Chief. In complete, but unofficial returns from Tuesday...
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Chief-Elect Anderson Addresses Media
(Mississippi) -- The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has a new chief-elect. For the second time in as many months, Phyliss Anderson has been elected to the office of...
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Choctaw Chief-elect Anderson pledges to 'ensure financial stability' of Tribe
(Mississippi) -- Choctaw Tribal Chief-elect Phyliss J. Anderson said today her No. 1 priority when she takes office next month will be to ensure that the Mississippi...
9/6/2011
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Anderson elected chief of Miss. Band of Choctaw Indians
(Mississippi) -- Unofficial returns show Phyliss J. Anderson unseating Miko Beasley Denson to become the first female chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
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Anderson Leads Denson in Race for Choctaw Chief
(Mississippi) -- With 9 out of 9 voting stations reporting, Phyliss Anderson leads Beasley Denson 2011 to 1523 in the race for chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw...
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Anderson unseats incumbent Beasley Denson, taking 56% of vote
(Mississippi) -- Phyliss J. Anderson unseated incumbent Beasley Denson to win the race for Choctaw Tribal Chief in Tuesday's elections. In complete, but unofficial...
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Choctaws elect Anderson
(Mississippi) -- Phyliss J. Anderson appeared Tuesday night to have succeeded in unseating Miko Beasley Denson and becoming the first female chief of the Mississippi...
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Mississippi Choctaws return to polls
(Mississippi) -- Mississippi Choctaws go back to the polls today to settle a tribal election which has become the center of a federal gambling probe. Phyliss J. Anderson...
9/5/2011
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Tribe voters returning to the polls today
(Mississippi) -- For the second time in two months, Miko Beasley Denson is facing off today against opponent Phyliss J. Anderson for the $466,000-a-year position to head...
9/4/2011
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Polls open Tuesday for Chief, Council member selection
(Mississippi) -- Members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians are returning to the polls Tuesday to elect a Tribal Chief for the second time in two months.
9/3/2011
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In this war, it's Indian versus Indian
(Mississippi) -- As Highway 16 courses through rural east-central Mississippi, running past stories-tall pine trees standing ten-hut at its edges, it eventually comes to...
8/31/2011
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Choctaw elections Tuesday
(Mississippi) -- Tribal voters will return to the polls Tuesday casting ballots for Tribal Chief and council members in two communities. Miko Beasley Denson, the...
8/30/2011
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Tribal Chief Election A Week Away
(Mississippi) -- For a second time in two months, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will be casting ballots for chief of the tribe Sept. 6. The regular election...
8/18/2011
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Choctaw Chief "Miko" Beasley Denson Talks
(Mississippi) -- Facing an upcoming election for his job, an FBI investigation, and most recently Price Waterhouse Coopers quitting as outside auditors for tribe casinos...
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Denson Challenges Opponents to Debate
(Mississippi) -- Choctaw Miko Beasley Denson has challenged his opponents to a debate on the issues. Denson sent that challenge to Phyllis Anderson and Shirley Berg,...
8/17/2011
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Denson formally announces for chief
(Mississippi) -- Miko Beasley Denson officially announced his candidacy for re-election as Chief last week in a series of community rallies. At the Pearl River community...
8/7/2011
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Denson: ‘God has given me a second chance’
(Mississippi) -- Supporters of Miko Beasley Denson traveled from far and near to hear from the current leader of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Saturday.
8/6/2011
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Denson Confirms Run for Tribal Chief
(Mississippi) -- Miko Beasley Denson began Saturday's rally in Bogue Homa by welcoming his supporters, before turning things over to a member of his campaign who...
8/5/2011
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Choctaw Vote Remains Same
(Oklahoma) -- The numbers changed, but the results were the same after the absentee ballot count Wednesday for the Choctaw Nation’s July 30 run-off elections,...
8/3/2011
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Phyliss Anderson kicks off campaign for Tribal Chief
(Mississippi) -- With the election for Choctaw Tribal Chief set for Sept. 6, Phyliss Anderson kicked off her campaign Monday afternoon with a speech before supporters at...
8/1/2011
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Anderson Confirms Run for Chief
(Mississippi) -- Phyliss Anderson announced Monday evening that she will run for the position of Choctaw Tribal Chief. Anderson started her speech by thanking all of her...
7/30/2011
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Anderson to officially announces candidacy in new Choctaw election
(Mississippi) -- Phyliss J. Anderson will officially kickoff her second campaign for chief of Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians with an announcement Monday in...
7/27/2011
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Tribal Council takes no action on election
(Mississippi) -- The Choctaw Tribal Council took no action Tuesday morning to reinstate the returns from the July 5 runoff election for chief, officials said.
7/26/2011
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Choctaw Tribal Council Meets
(Mississippi) -- The Choctaw Tribal Council met in an executive session Tuesday. Members of the media were asked to stay out of the closed session, but about midway...
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Tribal Council takes no action on election issue
(Mississippi) -- The Choctaw Tribal Council took no action Tuesday morning to overturn a prior decision recalling the June 14 election for Tribal Chief.
7/25/2011
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Phyliss Anderson: Confidence in a new Mississippi Choctaw vote
(Mississippi) -- Wow…How did we get here and where do we go now? That’s the question so many on the reservation are asking. Recently we enjoyed a break from...
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Tribal Council Set for Another Special Meeting
(Mississippi) -- A special meeting of the Choctaw Tribal Council has been called for Tuesday to discuss the issue of the overturning of the results of the June 14 tribal...
7/15/2011
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ANDERSON: Mississippi Choctaws deserve new leadership
(Mississippi) -- Our tribal people clearly stated on both June 14th and July 5th, they are ready for new leadership. Sadly, Beasley Denson and his backers from Atlanta,...
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2nd recount in Cherokee elections starts Saturday
(Oklahoma) -- Cherokee Nation election commissioners will begin a second recount Saturday in the close and hotly contested election for the leader of Oklahoma's...
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Chief candidates offer up ideas for recount
(Oklahoma) -- Two candidates competing for the Cherokee Nation’s top post offered suggestions Friday about how to handle the second manual recount of the ballots...
7/14/2011
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EDITORIAL/Choctaw democracy will endure
(Mississippi) -- The Choctaw Tribal Council's decision last week to throw out certified election results is a test for their young democracy, open government and the...
7/13/2011
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New Tribal election set for Sept. 6
(Mississippi) -- A new Choctaw Tribal election has been set for Sept. 6 after certified results were thrown out by the Choctaw Tribal Council Friday. Voters in the eight...
7/11/2011
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Choctaw Chief Denson responds to tribal upset following election
(Mississippi) -- Chief Beasley Denson responds to a tribal upset following an election for Mississippi Choctaw Chief. The tribal council voted Friday to hold a new...
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New Choctaw leader focusing on 'unity'
(Mississippi) -- For 28 years, Phillip Martin was the very public face of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, as comfortable in the halls of Congress as he was at...
7/9/2011
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New election ordered for chief
(Mississippi) -- So much for history. Three days after Phyliss J. Anderson was elected the first female chief for the Mississippi Band of Choctaws, the Tribal Council...
7/8/2011
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Many Choctaw Indians shocked over election results
(Mississippi) -- Some Mississippi Choctaw Indians were shocked Friday at the news that their votes in the first election for Chief did not count.
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Miko Denson breaks Tribal Council tie to order new Choctaw election
(Mississippi) -- The Choctaw Tribal Council voted Friday morning to hold a new election for Tribal Chief. Miko Beasley Denson broke an 8-8 Tribal Council tie to hold a...
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New Election for Choctaw Chief
(Mississippi) -- On Friday morning the current chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Miko Beasley Denson, broke a tie on a deadlocked tribal council vote...
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Phyliss Anderson Release Statement on Tribal Chief Decision
(Mississippi) -- “The decision made by select council members and Miko Beasley Denson today is disappointing. This is simply an attempt to steal our election. The...
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Tribal Council orders new election for Choctaw chief
(Mississippi) -- The Mississippi Choctaw Tribal Council voted Friday to hold a new election for tribal chief. Chief Beasley Denson was defeated by Phyliss J. Anderson.
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