Maoris 'step out onto' Chippewa Cree land

ROCKY BOY'S INDIAN RESERVATION - Thousands of miles typically separate the Chippewa Cree from the Maori, an indigenous tribe from New Zealand. But for the first time in both tribes' histories, the two groups are coming together to share their cultures with one another, face to face on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation.

Several Maori tribal members arrived in Montana on Friday for a weeklong summit on the health and well-being of the Chippewa Cree and Maori. The meeting of the tribes is called "Dancing on the Rim of the World - Weaving the Threads of Indigenous Destinies."

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