he National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) today announced its partnership with its member tribes to assist in raising money for the Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Fund....NIGA is contributing $5,000 to begin the effort and is calling upon all tribes to help meet a $1 million goal for the relief fund. Tribes located in the Gulf States survived with minimal damage, but have been affected by power outages and by the flow of people from the coast to the reservations seeking assistance.
Mississippi Choctaw Principal Chief Phillip Martin said that his tribe had been putting up tribal members and non-Indians from the coast at the tribe's casino hotel, but that they will be moved to other areas when the power returns....
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