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Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, wearing a Redskins cap,holesale Soccer Jerseys, was seated next to Redskins owner Dan Snyder as the team played the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday in Glendale.
The president's spokesman, Deswood Tome, says Shelly was there to discuss an NFL franchising agreement involving Navajo artists. |
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