The Governor's Interstate Indian Council elected a new slate of leaders at its annual meeting in Hawaii.
Judi M. Gaiashkibos, a member of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, was elected chairwoman. She serves as executive director of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs.
Other officers elected were Ernest House, a member of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado; Sherry Rupert, the executive director of the Nevada Indian Commission; and Eloise Josey, the executive director of the Alabama Indian Affairs Commission.
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(The Lincoln Journal Star 9/14)
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Nebraska Indian Affairs Commission - http://www.indianaffairs.state.ne.us
Governor's Interstate Indian Council elects leaders
Thursday, September 14, 2006
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