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Monday, May 23, 2005

"Walking together" meant walking away from project

Transportation Secretary Doug MacDonald, here speaking with tribal chairwoman Frances Charles, says the collapse of the project shows the continuing lack of an effective relationship between tribes and non-Indians. He took the need for reconciliation to heart, even taking his mother to a sacred burning ceremony as a first step in negotiations with the Lower Elwha.