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Defense contract may boost South Dakota tribe

It’s the sort of operation one could easily overlook in a big city: 15 to 30 people making and testing circuit boards for a Defense Department contractor. But for the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation, home to some of the poorest people in America and a staggering unemployment rate, the planned facility could be the seed that blooms into economic development and new opportunities for the young.

The project to create the Advanced Electronics Rosebud Integration Center received $1.8 million in the defense spending bill President Bush signed Dec. 30. The Rosebud reservation is being helped by a partnership with an Alabama company and federal rules that favor disadvantaged businesses.

By JENNY MICHAEL
Associated Press Writer

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