11.  The tribes pledged the money and got two seats at an intimate White House lunch where the tribal chairman presented his case to the president.

12.  They face a no less worthy opponent than the tribal chairman, Leonard Burch.

13.  Threatening messages have been left on the answering machine of Dallas Massey, the tribal chairman, laying blame for the fire at the feet of the Apache.

14.  But now he has been temporarily ousted as tribal chairman amid allegations that the married father of five got his former director of operations pregnant.

15.  It claims that some members, specifically the family of former tribal chairman Skip Hayward, have a thin blood relationship to the historic Narragansetts.

16.  Nonetheless, farming is an essential part of being an Indian, says Hopi tribal chairman Ferrell Secakuku.

17.  None of the money was generated from the casino, tribal chairman Butch Denny said.