Wow. Ryne McClaren has an exhaustively detailed report of his visit with Senator Daschle today in Custer, SD. Ryne asked Daschle about Zell Miller, DNC chair Terry McAuliffe (apparently in Daschle's world Terry McAuliffe is a critic! Who knew?), and the rumors regarding returning a portion of the Black Hills to the Sioux Nation. Kudos to Ryne, who did a fantastic job on this report. I don't think any reporters in the state have asked Daschle the questions Ryne asked him.
DVT notes Ryne's report of Daschle's coyness about the topic for discussion at the September 25 meeting between Daschle and South Dakota's tribal chairmen. "We're going to be discussing opening a dialogue," Daschle said.
Of course, the reason Daschle is having this meeting is because that was the agreed upon exchange for getting prominent Native American journalist Tim Giago out of the Senate race. The Washington Post reported at the time, in a story headlined "Daschle Gains Support of Rival" that:
While Giago would not go into detail about the issues he and Daschle discussed, he has said that he wanted Daschle to open dialogue on returning the sacred Black Hills to the tribes of the Sioux Nation, and to help remedy the lack of economic opportunities on the state's reservations, the poorest in the country. Giago had expressed distress that Daschle did not seem open to discussing the Black Hills.
Native Americans in South Dakota also think that the discussion will center on the status of the Black Hills.
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