The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Community made a $292,930 donation to the
National Congress of American
Indians last month, bringing the Minnesota tribe's contributions to the organization to $716,997.
The tribe donated the money as part of a $1 million challenge to fund NCAI's Embassy of Tribal Nations,
a permanent home for the organization in Washington, D.C.
"We think it is important to support this project so that our Indian Nations can have a stronger voice in the policies and practices of the federal government," said Chairman Stanley R. Crooks.
NCAI holds its 65th annual convention in Phoenix, Arizona, next week.
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