08-06-2006. The tribal leaders present at the Rapid City meeting were Alex White Plume, President, Oglala Sioux Tribe; Michael Johnson, Chairman, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe; Rodney Bordeaux, President , Rosebud Sioux Tribe; Avis Little Eagle, Vice Chairwoman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Gay Kingman, Representative, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. Among the federal representatives also at the meeting were Pat Ragsdale, Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Carl Artman, Associate Solicitor for Indian Affairs and current Presidential designee for Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs; Tom Dowd, Director of the Indian Affairs Office of Indian Education Programs and Phil Hogen, Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission. [DOI photo by Tami Heilemann]