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Four-Tribes Meeting Held

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MAYETTA:  A Four-Tribes Meeting was held today at the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri Community Building in Reserve, Kan.  Tribal leaders from the Prairie Band Potawatomi (PBP), Iowa Tribe in Kansas and Nebraska, Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas, and Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri came together to listen to presentations from Dr. Venida Chenault, President of Haskell Indian Nations University, Vivien Olsen, PBP Attorney who spoke on a Tribal Uncompensated Care Waiver Amendment, Peter Vacaire, Tribal Government Relations Specialist with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Stephene Moore with the Department Health and Human Services Region VII, and Kevin Meeks who is with the Oklahoma Area Indian Health Service.

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PBPN Chairman Steve Ortiz posed for a photograph with Stephene Moore and Kevin Meeks after the two guests gave presentations about Indian health related topics