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      <excerpt>...the cultural aspects of Native American life in Mississippi will be long remembered,&quot; Barbour said in a statement. U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said Martin &quot;inspired his people&quot; and &quot;created hope and opportunity for Mississippi Choctaws.&quot; First elec</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...his community out of poverty and troubled times and created hope and opportunity for the Mississippi Choctaws,&quot; U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker said in a statement. &quot;Chief Martin will be missed by many, but his legacy of self-determination will continue to flour</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...his community out of poverty and troubled times and created hope and opportunity for the Mississippi Choctaws,&quot; U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker said in a statement. &quot;Chief Martin will be missed by many, but his legacy of self-determination will continue to flour</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...his community out of poverty and troubled times and created hope and opportunity for the Mississippi Choctaws,&quot; U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker said in a statement. &quot;Chief Martin will be missed by many, but his legacy of self-determination will continue to flour</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...his community out of poverty and troubled times and created hope and opportunity for the Mississippi Choctaws,&quot; U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker said in a statement. &quot;Chief Martin will be missed by many, but his legacy of self-determination will continue to flour</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> US Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said Martin &amp;quot;inspired his people&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;created hope and opportunity for Mississippi Choctaws.&amp;quot; First elected chief in 1979, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...will be long remembered. He was a great Mississippian and will be missed,&quot; Barbour said Friday in a statement. U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said Martin &quot;inspired his people&quot; and &quot;created hope and opportunity for Mississippi Choctaws.&quot; First elected </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Mike Enzi of Wyoming, Orrin Hatch of Utah, James Inhofe of Oklahoma, Pat Roberts of Kansas, David Vitter of Louisiana and Roger Wicker of Mississippi, cosponsored Bennett's bill.  &quot;The definition of marriage affects every person, and should be debated o</excerpt>
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