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Culture Dean Mercier was a one-of-a-kind Tribal leader 07.29.2011 Dean Rhodes People , History , Walking On Tribal member Joann Mercier remembers her uncle, Dean Mercier, as charming, and otherwise. "Anyone who knew Dean Mercier, 'Running Bear,' knew with no doubt in their mind, exactly where they stood with him (good or bad … they knew). "Maybe the most memorable event that sticks in my mind is when Aunt Velma (Hudson Mercier, Dean's mother) passed away." Within a day or two, Sharon Palanuk …
/articles/2011/07/29/dean-mercier-was-a-one-of-a-kind-tribal-leader/other Tribes do stuff, and where other kids came from and their background." Moreland says she has learned a lot: How Indians from different reservations see the world differently, and how urban Indians take a slower approach to the world than reservation kids. And the education today, of course, has changed drastically from those early days. "There are many different cultures here," Moreland wrote. "Area codes get well known around here, too. Haha. Probably the most area codes I'll ever learn …
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