However, tribes must do even more, he said, so CNIGA would form a task
force composed of problem gambling experts, tribal leaders, industry partners
and policy makers to study the issue and to develop recommendations that will
promote responsible gaming throughout the tribal government gaming industry
and in non-tribal gaming.
Miranda was recently reelected to a second two-year term as head of the
66-tribe organization, the state's largest and most influential tribal
organization.

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The programs were announced Wednesday by Chairman Anthony Miranda in his
State of the Tribal Nations address to nearly 900 attendees at the Western
Indian Gaming Conference sponsored by CNIGA.

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The festival will start at 3:00 p. and continue through 6:00 p.

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The model presented
included work with the Canadian First Nations to explore natural gas
and oil development and ownership by the tribes, trading First Nations
Canadian natural gas into the U.

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Citing statistics in a study just released by the Center for California
Native Nations at the University of California Riverside, Miranda said,
despite the relative progress tribal gaming has brought to some of the state's
Indians, the average income of tribal people on reservations in California in
2000 was still 53% of the national average income . So he plans to call an economic
summit of all tribes to devise a comprehensive approach to the problem . Its parent company is United
Native Depository Corporation.

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FIDC met
with all nine tribal leaders and signed a letter of intent with a
First Nation to move forward on this model.

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In 1990 it was 42 % of the
national average. The meeting also extended into discussions on
trading First Nation's softwood lumber. The First Nations attending
the Summit represent First Nation natural gas valued between $100
million to $1 billion.

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(Northern Cheyenne), and will feature a variety of Native musicians, dancers
and storytellers from California and around the country, including Yaaw Tei Yi
(Tlingit) and Tlingit storyteller Gary Waid from Juneau, Alaska; the Acoma
Inter-Cultural Dancers from the Pueblo of Acoma in New Mexico; Sicangu Oyate
from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota; and cultural interpreters and
dancers from the Makah, Warm Springs, Quinault and Haida Tribes of the
Northwest Coast., New efforts to aid the
thousands of California Indians who still live in abject poverty and a new
task force aimed at providing better services to address problem gamblers were
announced here by the chairman of the California Nations Indian Gaming
Association (CNIGA ).
Even within gaming tribes, in 1990 36% of the families were living in
poverty, though that number improved to 26% by 2000, two years after
California voters gave approval to state-tribal gaming compacts.

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"We have made progress, but we have a long way to travel before we catch
up to the rest of America," Miranda said. "Self-management and
control of their tribal oil and gas resources is a primary goal of the
First Nations tribes and we hope to partner with them to find
solutions .
Investment financing, tribal energy creation and pharmaceutical
development for Native American communities are its primary tools to
create positive change in Indian Country.

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Miranda pledged to have CNIGA lead an effort in Indian country in 2006 to
"tear down the barriers that historically have blocked sustainable economic
development on reservations.

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The event will launch the National
Indian Gaming Association's annual meeting and trade show at the San Diego
Convention Center, which will run thru April 13th.
The poverty rate among non-gaming tribes in California in 2000 was 30%,
three times the overall poverty rate statewide in California and in the United
States .
Tribes also fund non-profit counseling services and 24-hour toll free help
lines for the California Council on Problem Gambling.S.

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Event co-sponsors are JPMorgan Chase, Potlatch Fund and the Pechanga Band
of Luiseno Indians. NIGA operates as a clearinghouse and
educational, legislative and public policy resource for tribes, policymakers
and the public on Indian gaming issues and tribal community development.

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He pointed out that California tribal nations are proud of their
commitment to promoting responsible gaming and that tribes are still the only
segment of the gaming industry to provide money for operation of the state's
Office of Problem Gambling, which remained unfunded until tribes provide
financial resources. (OTCBB:IGDC) today announced that
its holding company , First Indigenous Depository Company (FIDC) was
the sole presenter at a First Nations Natural Gas Energy Summit for
the natural gas and oil producing First Nations in the province of
Saskatchewan , Canada.

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The Summit sponsored by Cree Energy, Ltd .

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Admission is free and the general public is invited to attend..

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SAN DIEGO, A dramatic display of Native American
musicians, dancers and performers from around the country will be showcased in
a colorful festival of Indian music, dance and food this Sunday, April 10th,
at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel.
"We need to work together to find ways for all tribes to have a fair
chance at realizing the dream of self-sufficiency," Miranda added
Recommendations from the summit would be presented to national
organizations such as the National Indian Gaming Association and the National
Congress of American Indians because issues of economic development are not
limited to California tribes. The findings and recommendations would serve as a
foundation for future responsible gaming initiatives as tribal government
gaming matures.

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Noting that tribal government gaming is a form of entertainment that most
people enjoy responsibly, Miranda acknowledged that for a "very small number
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"We were pleased with the response," said Deni Leonard, Chairman
and CEO, First Indigenous Depository Company."

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Additional meetings, within the next 30 days, are scheduled in the
United States and Canada to complete discussions on natural gas
development plans for the First Nation attendees .

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Not all tribes wish to have gaming or are located in an area sufficiently
populated to make gaming feasible, he said. marketplace and exploring various
electrical energy generation strategies for the over 30-plus First
Nations attendees.

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Tribes From Around the Country to Perform at Free Festival of Native Music Dance Food; Festival Kicks Off National Indian Gaming Conference in San Diego

A variety of Native foods, including buffalo, salmon, crab and wild rice
will be served free on a first-come, first-served basis.