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MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2003

Two hundred years after the Lewis and Clark expedition to the West, tribal nations are finally getting a chance to tell their side of the story.

The message many want to share is one of survival. "We were the first to greet Lewis and Clark, and look what happened to us," Rhoda Dent, treasurer for the Otoe-Missouri Tribe, tells The New York Times. After the expedition, the Otoe and Missouri people were removed from present-day Nebraska to Oklahoma.

Others hope to dispel myths about Indian culture. They point out that tribes at the time of the expedition were highly developed societies.

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2 Centuries Later, a Moment for Indians to Retell the Past (The New York Times 6/15)
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Relevant Links:
National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial - http://www.lewisandclark200.org

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