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Woman defeats Russell Means in Pine Ridge race
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Nov 15, 2004 03:41pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Omaha World Herald |
| News Date | Thursday, November 4, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Cecelia Fire Thunder was elected president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, the first woman chosen to lead the tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwest South Dakota.
Unofficial results Wednesday showed her with 2,222 votes to 1,711 for American Indian activist Russell Means.
Alex White Plume had an 859-vote margin over Eileen Janis for tribal vice president.
Means got 917 votes in the tribe's Oct. 5 primary, more than twice the support given to tribal President John Yellow Bird Steele. Fire Thunder was second with 607 votes. They emerged from a field of 13 candidates.
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