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Melody McCoy with Raffle Winner Chairman Brainard. Photo by Lisa Yellow Eagle		TEDNA's raffle at the National Congress of American Indians' 60th Annual Session in Albuquerque, New Mexico raised over $350. Winners haled from Alaska to Idaho, North Dakota, and Oklahoma. Ron Brainard, Chairman of the Coos, Lower Umpqau and Siuslaw Indians in Oregon won the grand prize: a framed, limited edition Sam English print done in 1989 for the 20th Anniversary of the American Indian Graduate Center. "This is the first time in my life I've won something," said Chairman Brainard. "My wife is thrilled." Other prizes included beadwork, basketry, and T-shirts, all designed and crafted by tribal artists and generously donated to TEDNA. In addition to Chairman Brainard, other raffle winners were as follows.
Johnny Buck won a framed NCAI 50th Anniversary poster		William Allison won a NARF Kevin Red Star poster
Allan Baldwin won a Preston Designs T-shirt		Margo Gray picks up a beaded pen won by Carl Canizzano
Cassie Katchia won a Salish Kootenai mock horse bridle		Marilyn Lujan won a NARF Eddie Running Wolf poster
Ginger Martin won a Salish Kootenai beaded rose		Liz won a Cheyenne Arapaho beaded key chain
Dennis Sun Rhodes won a copy of The Rights of Indians and Tribes, by University of Denver Law School Professor Stevan Pevar		Vivian of United Tribes Technical College won a Tohono O'odham basket
Other raffle winners included Mickey Curtis of Albuquerque.