NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING ASSOCIATION OPENED 2019 INDIAN GAMING TRADESHOW HONORING WOMEN WARRIORS
The NIGA Executive Board, Tribal Leaders and celebrities gathered to join the 2019 Warrior Women as they were honored. Those honored included: • Melanie Benjamin , Chief Executive of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota • Stephanie Bryan , Tribal Chair and CEO for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians in Alabama • Bernadine Burnette , President of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation in Arizona • Shannon Holsey , President, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians in Wisconsin • Fawn Sharp , President of the Quinault Indian Nation in Washington State • Lynn Valbuena , Chairwoman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians in California • Virginia Hill, Indian Country Advocate (Posthumously) • Glenna Wallace , Chief of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
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