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IG. 5.1998 4:56PM NINILCHIK TRADITIONAL COUNCIL NO. 379 P.2 NINILCHIK TRADITIONAL COUNCIL P.O. BOX 39070 NINILCHIK, ALASKA 99639 COUNCIL PH.: (907) 567-3313 FAX: (907) 567-3308 TRADITIONA URGENT FAX TRANSMITTAL!!! REGARDING 'BUILDING ECONOMIC SELF-DETERMINATION IN INDIAN COMMUNITIES' CONFERENCE TO: Intergovernmental Affairs FAX: (202)456-2889 DATE: August 5, 1998 TODAY WE JUST RECEIVED NOTICE ON THE ABOVE CONFERENCE WHICH IS TAKING PLACE TODAY AND TOMORROW. WE ARE EXTREMELY DISTRESSED AT NOT BEING NOTIFIED OF THIS IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. WE ARE OUTRAGED THAT THE COOK INLET REGION, INC. (CIRI), A STATE-CHARTERED CORPORATION AND NOT A TRIBE, IS PARTICIPATING AS REPRESENTING ALASKA NATIVES. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP, WE AS TRIBES ARE SUPPOSED TO ENJOY WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?? AGAIN WE ARE BEING LEFT OUT, DISCOUNTED, AND TOSSED ASIDE. NOTHING LESS THAN A PUBLIC APOLOGY TO ALL THE TRUE TRIBES OF ALASKA, AND A CALL FOR THEIR COMMENTS ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE, CAN BEING TO SOFTEN THE BLOW. any nate we sent are wwwth