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Appointee to UW regents says focus is minorities

The man appointed to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents says he hopes to be a role model for Native American students. Eau Claire attorney Edmund Manydeeds is an enrolled member of South Dakotaâ??s Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Heâ??s also a 1973 graduate of UW-Superior and the UW-Madison law school. Wisconsin Public Radio reports that one of Manydeedâ??s top priorities is accessibility to higher education.