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Tetuwan Oyate Treaty Gathering

The Restoration of the Tetuwan Oyate Treaty Gathering will be taking place in Eagle Butte on September 25,1999 beginning at 10am-6pm at the Cultural Center next to Super 8.

Discussion will include the 1999 session of the working group on the world's indigenous populations and the TSNTC Gathering of Many Nations held last June in Lower Brule and the support of the world court case. The upcoming United Nations' meetings in October 1999 on the Draft Declaration on the rights of the world's indigenous peoples. Many other issues have developed as part of the discussion and comments from the people will be needed.

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Minority Affairs Committee Re-instituted

The South Dakota Newspaper Association has re-instituted the association's dormant Minority Affairs Committee. The Committee's purpose is a vitally important one and that is to devise programs and processes that will increase the number of Native Americans working for newspapers in South Dakota.

This re-institution of the Minority Affairs Committee has recruited Harold Iron Shield as a member. Iron Shield's long involved Journalism career will bring some insight to the committee to assist in Native American recognition in the Journalistic area and to those who are working injournalism.

Iron Shield is currently the Director of the Northern Plains Media Consortium and also Co-ordinates the Dakotah News Service. The only regional news service providing news to 7 radio stations and 17 tribal newspapers in the region.

The organization is 15 years old this year and will celebrate in April,2000 in grand forks, north dakota.

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Human Rights Meeting

A Human Rights Meeting will be held on November 6, 1999 beginning at 9am in Fargo, North Dakota. The meeting will bring together human rights advocates from a tri-state area for presentations and speakers.

A special session on Human Rights Education will also be a part of the meeting to assist those who are not knowledgeable about their basic rights.

A public forum that evening will be held on the issue of Racial Profiling: Is it happening in this area. The Forum speaker will be announced at a later date.

The meeting agenda will be made available to the public as soon as speakers are confirmed.