The Assiniboine and Gros Ventre tribes on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana are donating 5,000 pounds of bison meat to victims of Hurricane Katrina now that they have found a shipper.

Dependable Auto Shippers Inc., a Texas company, will pay $1,600 to have the meat shipped in refrigerated trucks. The food is destined for Terrell, where hundreds of evacuees are being housed.

National tribal organizations are raising money to help the tribes affected by Katrina. Donations for the National Congress of American Indians fund can be sent to the National Congress of American Indians 1301 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036.

Donations for the National Indian Gaming Association fund may be sent to the Spirit of Sovereignty Foundation, attn: Hurricane Katrina Fund, 224 Second St. SE, Washington, D.C. 20003.

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Tribe offers buffalo meat for evacuees (AP 9/19)

Relevant Links:
National Indian Gaming Association - http://www.indiangaming.org
National Congress of American Indians - http://www.ncai.org

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