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            <td>Re: [bozone-orgs] George Floyd</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
            <td>Fri, 29 May 2020 19:21:07 -0600</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td>Jackie Wilson via bozone-orgs list
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bozone-orgs@npogroups.org"><bozone-orgs@npogroups.org></a></td>
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:drjdubs@gmail.com">drjdubs@gmail.com</a></td>
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ericnoyes01@gmail.com">ericnoyes01@gmail.com</a></td>
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bozone-orgs@npogroups.org">bozone-orgs@npogroups.org</a></td>
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      Thanks for sending this, Eric.<br class="">
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          <div class="">On May 29, 2020, at 8:43 AM, GMAIL - Eric Noyes
            via bozone-orgs list <<a
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                                                          class="">Metropolitan
                                                          Urban Indian
                                                          Directors
                                                          Group letter
                                                          to Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          regarding
                                                          George Floyd<o:p
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                                                          May 27th,
                                                          2020 <br
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                                                          To All Our
                                                          Relations —<br
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                                                          This letter
                                                          has been
                                                          written on
                                                          behalf of the
                                                          Metropolitan
                                                          Urban Indian
                                                          Directors
                                                          Group (MUID) –
                                                          a
                                                          collaborative
                                                          of some thirty
                                                          American
                                                          Indian
                                                          organizations
                                                          operating
                                                          within the
                                                          Twin Cities
                                                          metropolitan
                                                          area of
                                                          Minnesota
                                                          (please see
                                                          the attached
                                                          organizational
                                                          listing). The
                                                          purpose of
                                                          this
                                                          communication
                                                          is to state
                                                          our collective
                                                          response to
                                                          the tragic
                                                          death of
                                                          George Floyd
                                                          on Monday, May
                                                          25th, 2020.  <br
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                                                          In no
                                                          uncertain
                                                          terms, the
                                                          membership of
                                                          this
                                                          collaborative
                                                          strongly
                                                          condemns the
                                                          murder of one
                                                          of our fellow
                                                          citizens, at
                                                          the hands of
                                                          the
                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Department.
                                                          Furthermore, Metropolitan
                                                          Urban Indian
                                                          Directors
                                                          Group condemns
                                                          the ongoing
                                                          and systemic
                                                          racist
                                                          ideologies
                                                          that continue
                                                          to run
                                                          strongly
                                                          through the
                                                          department
                                                          like a
                                                          virulent and
                                                          lethal
                                                          pathogen. This
                                                          disease of
                                                          spirit is
                                                          actively
                                                          polluting the
                                                          minds of some
                                                          of the rank
                                                          and file to
                                                          the point
                                                          where they are
                                                          no longer able
                                                          to perform
                                                          their tax
                                                          payer funded
                                                          jobs with any
                                                          degree of
                                                          professionalism,
                                                          or with any
                                                          legitimate
                                                          capacity to
                                                          restrain
                                                          themselves
                                                          from
                                                          brutalizing
                                                          and murdering
                                                          fellow human
                                                          beings. To
                                                          this we
                                                          collectively
                                                          and loudly
                                                          proclaim NO
                                                          MORE.  <br
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                                                          The murder of
                                                          George Floyd
                                                          was an
                                                          unmitigated
                                                          and horrific
                                                          tragedy that
                                                          has brought
                                                          shame onto our
                                                          community.
                                                          Without
                                                          question, it
                                                          was a complete
                                                          failure of any
                                                          form of moral
                                                          decency or the
                                                          most basic
                                                          expressions of
                                                          humanity by
                                                          officers who
                                                          have taken an
                                                          oath to “serve
                                                          and protect”.
                                                          The eyes of
                                                          the world are
                                                          now upon us.
                                                          How we come
                                                          together to
                                                          permanently
                                                          rectify this
                                                          situation and
                                                          prevent it
                                                          from happening
                                                          again is now
                                                          paramount.
                                                          However, we
                                                          must first
                                                          acknowledge
                                                          that this
                                                          unspeakable
                                                          act of evil is
                                                          not new, that
                                                          in fact it is
                                                          a recurring
                                                          problem
                                                          suggestive of
                                                          a deeper
                                                          systemic
                                                          sickness.  <br
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                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Department has
                                                          a long history
                                                          violence
                                                          against
                                                          indigenous
                                                          people and
                                                          people of
                                                          color. The
                                                          American
                                                          Indian
                                                          Movement was
                                                          founded in
                                                          Minneapolis in
                                                          1968 as a
                                                          direct
                                                          response to
                                                          unchecked
                                                          brutality
                                                          being
                                                          perpetrated by
                                                          the
                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Department
                                                          upon our
                                                          community
                                                          members. In
                                                          1992, two
                                                          members of our
                                                          community were
                                                          forcibly
                                                          constrained
                                                          into the trunk
                                                          of a
                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Cruiser. In
                                                          2008, the
                                                          officer who
                                                          killed George
                                                          Floyd, Officer
                                                          Chauvin shot
                                                          and wounded an
                                                          individual
                                                          during a
                                                          domestic
                                                          violence call,
                                                          and then again
                                                          in 2011,
                                                          Officer
                                                          Chauvin shot
                                                          and injured a
                                                          man at
                                                          Little Earth.
                                                          In 2015 Jamar
                                                          Clark was
                                                          murdered at
                                                          the hands of
                                                          the
                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Department.
                                                          Sadly these
                                                          are just some
                                                          examples of
                                                          many such
                                                          incidents.  <br
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                                                          Still, in
                                                          2020,
                                                          the Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Department are
                                                          openly
                                                          murdering
                                                          black and
                                                          brown people
                                                          in broad
                                                          daylight
                                                          without
                                                          hesitation,
                                                          and without
                                                          any concern
                                                          from the open
                                                          shouts of
                                                          local
                                                          bystanders who
                                                          pleaded for
                                                          the life of
                                                          Mr. Floyd –
                                                          who were in
                                                          essence
                                                          pleading for
                                                          the lost
                                                          humanity that
                                                          had apparently
                                                          vacated the
                                                          four
                                                          responding
                                                          officers. And
                                                          these are only
                                                          the most high
                                                          profile
                                                          symptoms of
                                                          the spirit of
                                                          hate and
                                                          racism in our
                                                          police
                                                          department.
                                                          There have
                                                          been so many
                                                          more instances
                                                          that while not
                                                          making the
                                                          papers, left
                                                          undeniable
                                                          scars on our
                                                          people. No
                                                          more. We
                                                          demand action
                                                          and
                                                          improvement,
                                                          nothing
                                                          less.  <br
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                                                          We reject
                                                          outright as
                                                          false the
                                                          defense of
                                                          the Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Department that
                                                          contends that
                                                          the actions of
                                                          a handful of
                                                          depraved
                                                          individuals
                                                          cannot
                                                          overshadow the
                                                          department as
                                                          a whole. Any
                                                          attempt at
                                                          minimizing
                                                          such pervasive
                                                          sickness by
                                                          localizing it
                                                          to a “problem
                                                          few” is in
                                                          actuality a
                                                          demonstration
                                                          of willful
                                                          ignorance, and
                                                          perhaps an act
                                                          of complicity.
                                                          It minimizes
                                                          the scourge of
                                                          lethality that
                                                          these “few”
                                                          repeatedly
                                                          wield upon our
                                                          people.
                                                          Moreover, it
                                                          neglects the
                                                          fact that the
                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Department
                                                          provided the
                                                          very context
                                                          within which
                                                          these
                                                          attitudes were
                                                          developed and
                                                          potentially
                                                          cultivated
                                                          into full
                                                          maturation.
                                                          The department
                                                          itself was
                                                          either too
                                                          inept to
                                                          detect these
                                                          sick
                                                          individuals
                                                          before they
                                                          were given
                                                          free rein to
                                                          commit
                                                          atrocious acts
                                                          of murder in
                                                          broad
                                                          daylight, or
                                                          worse yet, the
                                                          department
                                                          actively
                                                          fostered and
                                                          endorsed these
                                                          attitudes and
                                                          then turned
                                                          them loose
                                                          onto the
                                                          public.  <br
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                                                          As has been
                                                          established
                                                          within the
                                                          public record,
                                                          two of the
                                                          terminated
                                                          officers
                                                          involved in
                                                          the murder of
                                                          Mr. Floyd have
                                                          already been
                                                          involved in
                                                          numerous
                                                          previous
                                                          shootings of
                                                          civilians, as
                                                          well as stood
                                                          accused within
                                                          previous
                                                          police
                                                          brutality
                                                          lawsuits that
                                                          were
                                                          eventually
                                                          settled out of
                                                          court. This
                                                          demonstrates a
                                                          clear pattern
                                                          of behavior
                                                          either
                                                          endorsed by
                                                          the Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Department, or
                                                          a chronic and
                                                          severe
                                                          negligence by
                                                          the department
                                                          to root out
                                                          and remove
                                                          such dangerous
                                                          and sick
                                                          individuals
                                                          from further
                                                          service.
                                                          Either way,
                                                          all indicators
                                                          of contact
                                                          tracing points
                                                          towards
                                                          the Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Department as
                                                          the very
                                                          source point
                                                          for this
                                                          infection that
                                                          continues to
                                                          spread and
                                                          kill.  <br
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                                                          The Minnesota
                                                          State Attorney
                                                          General Keith
                                                          Ellison
                                                          praised the
                                                          immediate
                                                          termination of
                                                          the assailants
                                                          responsible
                                                          for the murder
                                                          of Mr. Floyd,
                                                          explaining
                                                          that the move
                                                          as necessary
                                                          “to clean the
                                                          wound”. We
                                                          agree with the
                                                          Attorney
                                                          General’s
                                                          characterization
                                                          that the
                                                          perpetrators
                                                          represent a
                                                          dangerous
                                                          bacterium that
                                                          left
                                                          untreated,
                                                          will continue
                                                          to infect the
                                                          society as a
                                                          whole. The
                                                          time is now to
                                                          make wholesale
                                                          and
                                                          discernable
                                                          changes to the
                                                          department
                                                          lest we all
                                                          succumb to the
                                                          death that
                                                          continues to
                                                          seep out of
                                                          local
                                                          precincts onto
                                                          our streets,
                                                          and into our
                                                          homes.  <br
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                                                          The membership
of Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors Group stands in support of the
                                                          recent actions
                                                          and words
                                                          taken by
                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          Mayor Jacob
                                                          Frey, but
                                                          strongly urge
                                                          further,
                                                          demonstrable
                                                          actions to be
                                                          undertaken.  <br
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                                                          Metropolitan
                                                          Urban Indian
                                                          Directors
                                                          Group calls on
                                                          the swift and
                                                          vigorous
                                                          prosecution of
                                                          the four
                                                          offending (and
                                                          now
                                                          terminated)
                                                          officers
                                                          complicit in
                                                          this murder to
                                                          the fullest
                                                          extent of the
                                                          law.  <br
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                                                          Metropolitan
                                                          Urban Indian
                                                          Directors
                                                          Group stands
                                                          with the
                                                          African
                                                          American
                                                          community, and
                                                          all other
                                                          communities
                                                          regularly
                                                          target for
                                                          violence by
                                                          the Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Department.  <br
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                                                          We believe
                                                          that this
                                                          department
                                                          wide sickness
                                                          emanates
                                                          directly from
                                                          leadership —
                                                          specifically
                                                          the President
                                                          of the
                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Federation.
                                                          Mr. Bob Kroll
                                                          has a long
                                                          history of
                                                          bigoted and
                                                          ignorant
                                                          remarks in the
                                                          press, and
                                                          public
                                                          displays of
                                                          allegiances
                                                          with known
                                                          purveyors of
                                                          racism. Mr.
                                                          Kroll has
                                                          repeatedly and
                                                          openly
                                                          propagated
                                                          racist
                                                          ideology
                                                          within the
                                                          public sphere
                                                          while serving
                                                          on the
                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          Police force.
                                                          The vitriol
                                                          emanating from
                                                          the words of
                                                          Mr. Kroll are
                                                          the very same
                                                          ideology
                                                          represented
                                                          within the
                                                          infected minds
                                                          of the
                                                          responding
                                                          officers who
                                                          murdered
                                                          George Floyd,
                                                          and for all
                                                          the others who
                                                          have
                                                          brutalized
                                                          black and
                                                          brown people
                                                          with impunity
                                                          while wearing
                                                          a badge. We
                                                          therefore also
                                                          call on the
                                                          immediate
                                                          termination of
                                                          Bob Kroll from
                                                          the
                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Department. By
                                                          retaining his
                                                          position
                                                          amongst the
                                                          force, Mr.
                                                          Kroll is able
                                                          to retain his
                                                          position as
                                                          the union
                                                          lead. This by
                                                          its very
                                                          nature serves
                                                          as a powerful
                                                          signifier to
                                                          those “problem
                                                          few” within
                                                          the
                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Department
                                                          that they have
                                                          a benefactor
                                                          in a position
                                                          of authority,
                                                          and by virtue
                                                          of his
                                                          position, will
                                                          protect them
                                                          at all costs,
                                                          no matter how
                                                          villainous or
                                                          lethal their
                                                          exploits
                                                          become on the
                                                          streets of
                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          against the
                                                          very citizens
                                                          they have
                                                          pledged to
                                                          protect.  <br
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                                                          Metropolitan
                                                          Urban Indian
                                                          Directors
                                                          Group demands
                                                          these
                                                          recommendations
                                                          will be
                                                          implemented
                                                          without
                                                          delay. Metropolitan
                                                          Urban Indian
                                                          Directors
                                                          Group also
                                                          demands that
                                                          more
                                                          strategies
                                                          will need to
                                                          be developed
                                                          and
                                                          implemented to
                                                          properly
                                                          protect black
                                                          and brown
                                                          people from
                                                          its own police
                                                          force that it
                                                          subsidizes.  <br
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                                                          Great strides
                                                          have been made
                                                          in recent
                                                          years under
                                                          the leadership
                                                          of Minneapolis
                                                          Chief of
                                                          Police Medaria
                                                          "Rondo"
                                                          Arradondo to
                                                          bolster a more
                                                          positive
                                                          relationship
                                                          between the
                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Department and
                                                          the Urban
                                                          American
                                                          Indian
                                                          community.
                                                          Metropolitan
                                                          Urban Indian
                                                          Directors
                                                          Group and our
                                                          community
                                                          appreciate the
                                                          positive,
                                                          long-term
                                                          partnerships
                                                          and
                                                          relationship
                                                          within
                                                          the Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Department,
                                                          especially in
                                                          the 3rd
                                                          Precinct. Metropolitan
                                                          Urban Indian
                                                          Directors
                                                          Group stands
                                                          ready to work
                                                          with Chief
                                                          Arradondo and
                                                          his officers
                                                          to create
                                                          positive,
                                                          sustainable,
                                                          systemic
                                                          change with
                                                          the Minneapolis
                                                          Police
                                                          Department.  <br
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Additionally, Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors Group will continue to
                                                          engage with
                                                          the Native
                                                          community, and
                                                          with all
                                                          stakeholders
                                                          to create a
                                                          collaborative
                                                          and sustained
                                                          efforts to
                                                          combat these
                                                          very serious
                                                          issues now
                                                          gravely
                                                          impacting the
                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          American
                                                          Indian
                                                          population.  <br
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                                                          Let us start
                                                          to heal. Let
                                                          us move
                                                          forward in
                                                          peace and
                                                          harmony. Let
                                                          us see what we
                                                          can create
                                                          together.  <br
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                                                          “<i class="">I
                                                          was standing
                                                          on the highest
                                                          mountain of
                                                          them all, and
                                                          round about
                                                          beneath me was
                                                          the whole hoop
                                                          of the world.</i><br
                                                          class="">
                                                          <i class="">And
                                                          while I stood
                                                          there I saw
                                                          more than I
                                                          can tell and I
                                                          understood
                                                          more than I
                                                          saw; for I was
                                                          seeing in a
                                                          sacred manner
                                                          the shapes of
                                                          all things in
                                                          the spirit,
                                                          and the shape
                                                          of all shapes
                                                          as they must
                                                          live together
                                                          like one
                                                          being.</i><br
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                                                          <i class="">And
                                                          I saw that the
                                                          sacred hoop of
                                                          my people was
                                                          one of many
                                                          hoops that
                                                          made one
                                                          circle, wide
                                                          as daylight
                                                          and as
                                                          starlight, and
                                                          in the center
                                                          grew one
                                                          mighty
                                                          flowering tree
                                                          to shelter all
                                                          children of
                                                          one mother and
                                                          one father.</i><br
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                                                          <i class="">And
                                                          I saw that it
                                                          was holy.”</i><br
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                                                          <i class="">-
                                                          Black Elk,
                                                          Oglala Lakota
                                                          (1863-1950)</i><br
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                                                           <br class="">
                                                          Wopila Tanka,
                                                          and Chii
                                                          Miigwetch <br
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                                                           <br class="">
                                                          Contacts: <br
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                                                          class="">Robert
                                                          Lilligren </span></b>–
                                                          President and
                                                          CEO of Native
                                                          American
                                                          Community
                                                          Development
                                                          Center (NACDI)
                                                          / Chair
                                                          of Metropolitan
                                                          Urban Indian
                                                          Directors
                                                          Group <a
                                                          href="mailto:rlilligren@nacdi.org"
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                                                          <b class=""><span
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                                                          class="">Mary
                                                          LaGarde</span></b> –
                                                          Executive
                                                          Director –
                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          American
                                                          Indian Center
                                                          (MAIC)/ Vice
                                                          Chair
                                                          of Metropolitan
                                                          Urban Indian
                                                          Directors
                                                          Group <a
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                                                          <b class=""><span
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                                                          class="">Dr.
                                                          Joe Hobot</span></b> –
                                                          President and
                                                          CEO – American
                                                          Indian OIC
                                                          (AIOIC)
                                                          /Letter Author<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:joeh@aioic.org"
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                                                          class="">Metropolitan
                                                          Urban Indian
                                                          Directors
                                                          Website:</span></b> <a
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                                                          <i class="">Listing
                                                          of Voting
                                                          Member
                                                          Organizations
                                                          within the
                                                          Metropolitan
                                                          Urban Indian
                                                          Directors
                                                          Group:</i><br
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                                                          1. All Nations
                                                          Indian Church<br
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                                                          Marelene
                                                          Heglemo -
                                                          Pastor<br
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                                                          2. American
                                                          Indian
                                                          Community and
                                                          Development
                                                          Corporation<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          Michael Goze,
                                                          CEO<br
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                                                          3. American
                                                          Indian
                                                          Movement
                                                          Interpretive
                                                          Center<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          Clyde
                                                          Bellecourt –
                                                          President and
                                                          CEO<br
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                                                          4. American
                                                          Indian OIC<br
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                                                          Dr. Joe Hobot
                                                          -
                                                          President & CEO<br
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                                                          5. The Circle
                                                          Newspaper<br
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                                                          Cat Whipple –
                                                          Managing
                                                          Editor<br
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                                                          6. Division of
                                                          Indian Work<br
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                                                          Louise Matson-
                                                          Executive
                                                          Director<br
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                                                          7. Dream of
                                                          Wild Health<br
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                                                          Neely Snyder -
                                                          Executive
                                                          Director<br
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                                                          8. Indian
                                                          Health Board<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          Dr. Patrick
                                                          Rock -
                                                          President & CEO<br
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                                                          9. Indigenous
                                                          Peoples Task
                                                          Force<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          Sharon Day-
                                                          Executive
                                                          Director<br
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                                                          10. Little
                                                          Earth of
                                                          United Tribes
                                                          (LERA)<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          Jessica
                                                          Rousseau-
                                                          Executive
                                                          Director<br
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                                                          11. MIGIZI<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          Kelly Drummer
                                                          –
                                                          President & CEO<br
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                                                          12.
                                                          Minneapolis
                                                          American
                                                          Indian Center<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          Mary LaGarde -
                                                          Executive
                                                          Director<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          13. Minnesota
                                                          Indian Women’s
                                                          Resource
                                                          Center<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          David
                                                          Nicholson –
                                                          Interim
                                                          President & CEO<br
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                                                          14. Mni Sota
                                                          Fund<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          Kit Fordham –
President & CEO<br class="">
                                                          15. Native
                                                          American
                                                          Community
                                                          Clinic<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          Dr. Antony
                                                          Stately - CEO<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          16. Native
                                                          American
                                                          Community
                                                          Development
                                                          Institute<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          Robert
                                                          Lilligren –
                                                          President & CEO<br
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                                                          17. Nawayee
                                                          Center School<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          Joe Rice –
                                                          Executive
                                                          Director<br
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                                                          18. New Native
                                                          Theater<br
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                                                          Rhiana Yazzie
                                                          - Artistic
                                                          Director<br
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                                                          19. Upper
                                                          Midwest
                                                          American
                                                          Indian Center<br
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                                                          Gertrude
                                                          Buckanaga –
                                                          Executive
                                                          Director <br
                                                          class="">
                                                          <i class="">Listing
                                                          of Ex-Officio
                                                          Member
                                                          Organizations
                                                          within the
                                                          Metropolitan
                                                          Urban Indian
                                                          Directors
                                                          Group:</i><br
                                                          class="">
                                                          1. Bois Forte
                                                          Urban Office<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          2. City of
                                                          Minneapolis –
                                                          American
                                                          Indian
                                                          Community
                                                          Specialist<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          3. Fond Du Lac
                                                          Urban Office<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          4. Hennepin
                                                          County Medical
                                                          Center –
                                                          American
                                                          Indian
                                                          Advocate <br
                                                          class="">
                                                          5. Leech Lake
                                                          Twin Cities
                                                          Office<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          6. Mille Lacs
                                                          Band of Ojibwe
                                                          Urban Office<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          7. Minneapolis
                                                          Public Schools
                                                          – Department
                                                          of Indian
                                                          Education<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          8. Minnesota
                                                          American
                                                          Indian Chamber
                                                          of Commerce<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          9. Red Lake
                                                          Twin Cities
                                                          Embassy<br
                                                          class="">
                                                          10. White
                                                          Earth Nation
                                                          Urban Office <br
                                                          class="">
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