Susan Masten
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Susan Masten of Northern California is a leader with the Yurok tribe and the past Yurok Tribal Chairperson. She is a political activist involved with many tribal and women's issues.
Susan Masten, standing, with Secretary Gale Norton (right of Masten) and Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Tex Hall (right of Norton)
National Congress of American Indians
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The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is an American Indian and Alaska Native rights organization. It was founded in 1944 to represent the tribes and resist U.S. federal government pressure for termination of tribal rights and assimilation of their people. These were in contradiction of their treaty rights and status as sovereign entities. The organization continues to be an association of federally recognized and state-recognized Indian tribes.
Representatives of various tribes attending organizational meeting, 1944; all were alumni of the Carlisle Indian School.
J.T. Goombi (Kiowa), former first vice president of the National Congress of American Indians
The advertising firm of DeVito/Verdi created a poster for the NCAI to highlight stereotypical Native American mascots.