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Former tribal employee pleads to theft

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2001

A former employee of the White Earth Ojibwe Tribe of Minnesota has pleaded guilty to embezzling $70,200.

Roderick Bernard HighElk, 57, admitted to the theft. He could receive up to five years in prison and fines and is expected to be sentenced within the next several weeks.

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Former tribal official pleads guilty to embezzlement (AP 8/14)