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Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe to seek return of historic land base.
On November 18, 1994, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe received a resolution of support for the return of the land and facilities currently housing the Flandreau Indian School from the National Congress of American Indians. Duane Ross, Councilman from FSST and official delegate to the National Congress, presented the resolution earlier in the week while attending the annual congress in Denver, Colorado.After clearing several subcommittee and full committee hearings chaired by John Echohawk, President of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), resolution passed without dissent.
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe took official action by Council resolution to seek the return of land and...