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Brian Cladoosby is a recognized leader both here and in the other Washington. The longtime Swinomish Tribal Community Senate chairman, under whose tenure the local reservation has realized unparalleled economic growth along with major advances in social services and health care facilities, has during that time often shared a speaking dais with governors, state and federal lawmakers, cabinet officers, and even a U.S. President.

Yet more remains on his to-do list, he told the Weekly News last week.

“Swinomish has a great future,” Cladoosby said, “and I would be blessed to continue to b...