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Mni Sose Intertribal Water Rights Coalition, Inc.
P.O. Box 2890
Rapid City, SD 57709-2890
Phone: (605) 343-6054
Fax: (605) 343-4722

Missouri River Basin Tribes join together for the first time to secure Indian water rights to the Missouri River.

Mni Sose Executive Committee: Tony Provost, President Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and Iowa Don "Bucky" Pilcher, Vice President Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska Rhonda Azure, Treasurer Turtle Mt. Band of Chippewa Indians Boyd Gourneau, Secretary Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

Mni Sose Tribal Delegates (Left to Right): Back Row: Sam Allen, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Stephen Jackson, Jr., Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate John Thomas, Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas H. Texx Lone Bear, Ft. Berthold Three Affiliated Tribes Tony Provost, Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and Iowa Boyd Gourneau, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Alex Taylor, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Front Row: William Weddell, Yankton Sioux Tribe Felix Kitto, Santee Sioux Nation Kim Clausen, Oglala Sioux Tribe Rhonda Azure, Turtle Mt. Band of Chippewa Indians Darwin Snyder, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Gary Collins, Northern Arapaho Tribe

In order to accomplish this, Mni Sose promotes:

• Tribal inclusion into the Army Corps of engineers' Master Manual Review Process.
• Equitable participation in the benefits of the Missouri River Basin Pick-Sloan program.
• Equitable distribution of hydropower benefits derived from the utilization of tribal water resources.
• The establishment of a Secretarial advocate who will protect a quantity of water in the Missouri River main stem, its tributaries, and its aquifers for future use by the Tribes of the Missouri River Basin.
• The lifting of the Secretary of the Interior's moratorium on the approval of certain tribal water codes.
• The development of a national Indian water policy, in close consultation with Tribes.

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