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    A crowd gathers to watch traditional card games — played with sticks — during the 21st annual Sovereign Day celebration in the Hoopa Valley.
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    Hoopa Valley Tribal Chairman Leonard Masten Jr. and his wife, Susan Masten, on Sovereign Day 2009. Susan Masten is a former chairman of the Yurok Tribe.
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    Hoopa Valley residents Sophia Mitchell and Fawn Colegrove at the Sovereign Day celebration. They hope the new chairman can improve the job and housing situation in the valley.
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    Hoopa Tribal member Brooke Grant was crowned Miss Indian World on April 25. She signed a lot of autographs at this year’s Sovereign Day gathering, and talked to other girls about her experience.
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    Traditional card players — who gamble with sticks in a guessing game — sing and beat their drums to summon spirits to trip up and confuse the opponent.
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    Mildred Nixon, a Hoopa Tribal member, makes pies like nobody’s business. She says the new chairman listens to the elders.
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    Laura Peters and her niece Rainbow Mabry at the Sovereign Day celebration. Peters says there isn’t enough opportunity for young people in Hoopa.