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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style";color:navy'>Dean S.
Seneca, MPH, MCURP</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style";color:navy'>Assistant
Director, Office of Tribal Affairs</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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Toxic Substances and Disease Registry</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Clifton</st1:City> Road, NE, <st1:State w:st="on">MS</st1:State></st1:place>
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<h1 style='margin-top:0in'><b><font size=5 color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>Who Wants to Hear Our
Story? </span></font><o:p></o:p></b></h1>

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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Communications and Contemporary Native Americans - A
Media Symposium</span></font></b></strong><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><br>
<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">March 2-3, 2006 in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
 w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place></font></b></strong></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt'>DETAILS: <a
href="http://www.fcnl.org/nativeam/media_symp.htm">http://www.fcnl.org/nativeam/media_symp.htm</a></span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

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    <p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
    style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>We have criminally
    little to do with Indian Country&#8230; Our coverage is wildly inadequate</span></font></i></em><font
    color="#00529b" face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>.<br>
    -- Steve Coll, <em><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>WWashington
    Post</span></font></i></em></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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    <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
    style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>The absence of <st1:country-region
    w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> media
    coverage about Native American communities means that Indian Country today
    is a mystery to most people. While there are rampant stereotypes, realities
    and cultural strengths remain hidden. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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    <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
    style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>Come participate
    in a conversation about Indian Country with the goal of engaging more
    people with issu! es affecting indigenous peoples in the <st1:country-region
    w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
    </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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    style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00185E'>Event Details</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></h2>
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    <p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
    style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>Who: </span></font></b></strong><font
    color="#00529b" face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>Native
    American leaders, members of Congress, journalists, academics, religious
    organizations, and other opinion leaders. All are welcome to participate.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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    style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00185E;font-style:italic'><img
    border=0 width=256 height=166 id="_x0000_i1027"
    src="cid:image001.gif@01C62189.40112760" alt="A group of native drummers."><br>
    </span></font></i><span class=home1><i><font size=2 color="#00185e"
    face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00185E;
    font-style:italic'>Photo: Native Youth Magazine.com</span></font></i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
  style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>Where: </span></font></b></strong><a
  href="http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/DCAHT/main.wnt"><font color="#00185e"
  face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#00185E'>Wyndham Washington
  Hotel</span></font></a><font color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
  style='font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>, 1400 M <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
   w:st="on">St. NW</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City> <st1:State
   w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
  style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>When: </span></font></b></strong><font
  color="#00529b" face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>Thursday
  March 2-Friday March 3, 2006 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
  style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>Cost</span></font></b></strong><font
  color="#00529b" face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>:
  The $50 symposium fee pays for two breakfasts, lunch on Thursday, a reception
  on Thursday night, and all symposium materials. Participants will need to
  make their own housing arrangements. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
  style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>Housing: </span></font></b></strong><font
  color="#00529b" face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>A
  limited number of rooms are available at the Wyndham Washington Hotel. You
  will need to make your own room reservation by calling the hotel at
  202-429-1700 and asking for a room in the Friends Committee on National
  Legislation bloc. The cost will be $185 per nigh! t for either a single or a
  double room. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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  style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>Request more
  information: </span></font></b></strong><font color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
  style='font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>Sign up here to </span></font><a
  href="http://www.fcnl.org/nativeam/symposium.php"><font color="#00185e"
  face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#00185E'>receive more
  information on the symposium</span></font></a><font color="#00529b"
  face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
  style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>Register: </span></font></b></strong><a
  href="https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXREPHIL/EventDetail.asp?cguid=C9C43E3E-4EED-4331-A16A-40B090AC2F60&amp;eid=6180"><font
  color="#00185e" face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#00185E'>Register
  online</span></font></a><font color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
  style='font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'> now or </span></font><a
  href="http://www.fcnl.org/nativeam/symp_reg_print.htm"><font color="#00185e"
  face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#00185E'>print out a
  registration form</span></font></a><font color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
  style='font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'> to mail in. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>In the increasingly
organized anti-Indian climate, a focus on media attitudes and content is
crucial. We are glad to join FCNL in seeking both clear strategy and
substantial engagement of media by Native Nations and a better and deeper
education for mainstream journalists on the nature of tribal rights.</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>~Jose Barreiro, senior
advisor, American Indian Policy and Media Initiative</span></font>! <o:p></o:p></p>

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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B;font-weight:bold'>&nbsp;</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>

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  <p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='FONT-FAMI: Arial'><i><font size=3
  color="#00529b" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
  color:#00529B'>&quot;There is the strongest case to be made that a more
  empowered and more concentrated effort is necessary by a circle of American
  Indian opinion-makers, national organizations and tribal nations to organize
  serious and far-reaching campaigns that generate in the American public - and
  particularly for professionals in American media - a more comprehensive
  understanding of how to report on Indian country.&quot; </span></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
  style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>-- Editors Report, <em><i><font
  face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Indian Country Today, Jan. 9, 2006</span></font></i></em></span></font><i><span
  style='font-style:italic'><br>
  </span></i><i></II><font color="#00529b" face=Arial><span style='font-family:
  Arial;color:#00529B;font-style:italic'>Read more about what </span></font></i><em><i><font
  face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><a
  href="http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096412256"><font
  color="#00185e"><span style='color:#00185E'>Indian Country Today</span></font></a></span></font></i></em><i><font
  color="#00529b" face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#00529B;
  font-style:italic'> says about FCNL's Native American Media Symposium.</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'><D!  iv>&nbsp;</span></font>
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00185E'>C<strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>osponsors</span></font></b></strong></span></font><o:p></o:p></b></h2>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color="#00529b" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B;font-weight:bold'>Friends
Committee on National Legislation (conference coordinator)<br>
American Indian Policy and Media Initiative<br>
Americans for Indian <st1:place w:st="on">Opportunity</st1:place><br>
American Friends Service Committee<br>
Call to Renewal<br>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B;
font-weight:bold'>First Nations Development Institute</span></font></b></span><b><font
color="#00529b" face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#00529B;
font-weight:bold'>&nbsp; <br>
Honor Our Neighbors&#8217; Origins and Rights (HONOR)<br>
Institute for Tribal Government<br>
The Interfaith <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alliance</st1:place></st1:City>
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National American Indian Housing Council<br>
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style1>National Congress of American Indians</span></span></font></b><b><font
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font-weight:bold'> <br>
National Council of Churches<br>
National Indian Child Welfare Association<br>
National Indian Council on Aging<br>
National Indian Health Board<br>
National Native American Families Together<br>
National Urban Indian Family Coalition<br>
Native American Journalists Association<br>
Native American Rights Fund </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>

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  style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#00529B'>This symposium will
  feature the lived experience of Native Americans today. Because race has
  played a pivotal position in American history, I am interested in how we
  cohere as a people. One way is by sharing our individual and collective
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