Ceremonial agreement signed

From left FCC Commissioner Susan Ness, FCC Chairman William Kennard and FCC Commissioner Michael Powell look on as Mikel Thomsen, president and chief operating officer of Western Wireless Corp., and Garry Janis, tribal council member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, sign the Tate Woglaka (“Talking Wind”) service agreement. The ceremonial agreement was signed in the U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee room and represented an agreement formally signed on Aug. 21.