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Spirit Lake Dakotah Nation elects Roger Yankton as chairman
Posted: Friday, May 6, 2011
Roger Yankton Sr. has won election as chairman of the Spirit Lake Dakotah
Nation of North Dakota.
Yankton 64, previously served on the tribal council. He has worked for the tribe for more than 30 years.
Yankton defeated Leander Russ McDonald, 48, the dean at Cankdeska Cikana
Community College, for the post.
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