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...winning programs——seven of which received “High Honors” and a $10,000 grant——were selected from applicants representing 41 tribes and seven inter-tribal organizations, according to Honoring Nations Executive Director Amy L. Besaw. “[These programs] show good governance over multiple areas,” Besaw said. Honoring Nations, which was created in 1998, is the only awards program that recognizes best practices across Indian tribal governments, according to Besaw. The awards’ emphasis on self-sufficiency...
...Shawano, Wis., a correspondent of the Milwaukee Journal related an interview with one Alexander Besaw, 98, of Kenhena Indian Reservation...
...Look," said Mr. Besaw, "here's something I'm going to show you. That's the stone hammer that the Indians were going to kill Captain John Smith with the time that Pocahontas rushed in and saved him. The old chief I got it from told me that. I was five years old and so drunk I could hardly stand up the day I took it out of his tent, after he'd been killed in a fight...