Northern Arapaho Tribe to hold DC press conference
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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National
Leaders of the
Northern Arapaho
Tribe are holding a press conference in Washington, D.C., today to discuss the "crisis" affecting youth on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.
Anthony Addison Sr. and Harvey Spoonhunter of the tribal business council will speak at the
National Press Club at 9:30am. Ryan Wilson, the director of the Northern Arapaho Council of Elders, is also slated to speak.
The tribe recently lost three young girls. The cause of their deaths has not been released but elders blame alcohol and drugs.
The Wind River Reservation is home
Eastern Shoshone Tribe
and the Northern Arapaho Tribe.
Get the Story:
Tribal leaders take case to D.C. (AP 6/25)
Arapahos to discuss girls' deaths in Washington
(AP 6/24)
Related Stories:
Deaths of three Arapaho
girls still investigated (06/18)
Three teen girls found dead
on Wyoming reservation (6/6)
Three
bodies found on Wind River Reservation (6/5)
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