71.   Indian leaders said that without that legal protection, their tribes could face bankruptcy because of lawsuits and might be unable to operate as governments.

72.   Indian leaders said they did not hear about it until a few days before it was approved on Tuesday as part of a package of tax reforms.

73.   Indian leaders said they will lobby President Clinton to veto the measure unless Congress restores the money.

74.   Indian leaders told Congress on Wednesday that reforming the troubled Bureau of Indian Affairs could be disastrous for their communities if it involved significant budget cuts.

75.   Indian leaders, having created a dangerous situation with their brinkmanship, might well relish a concession that would allow them to declare victory and retreat.

76.   Indian leaders, the diplomats said, had been reminded of the message Musharraf has been spreading in Pakistan for many months.

77.   It celebrates a series of victories in Chicago that Indian leaders point to as evidence of their political maturation.

78.   Later, at the Umatilla Indian reservation in La Grande, Indian tribal leaders provided a gracious feast but precious few listeners.

79.   Many Indian tribal leaders regard Medicine Mountain as the significant spiritual landscape and the Medicine Wheel as a component of that landscape.

80.   Ms. Stewart said she had a much better relationship than her predecessors with Indian leaders, making compromise possible.