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Cleaning out some of the old news from the overflowing bpost inbox.

A Defense Department effort to involve American Indian companies in the rebuilding of Iraq will bring jobs and contracts to around 10 high-tech Indian-owned companies, Indian Country Today has learned.

Company Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, S & K Technologies
Award $5 million
Agency Defense Department
Date of RFP
Pre-planning April 21, 2003
Date of Award August 2003
Nature of work To fund some 39 slots for Information Technology support, reconstruction and transportation specialists, humanitarian workers and other functions.
Reference
Native Americans get Iraq contracts
by Jim Adams
MSNBC
August 31, 2003