By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press Writer WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The "secretary of state" of a group that claims to be an American Indian tribe was sentenced Friday to one year and one day in prison for encouraging illegal immigrants to live in the U.S. Debra Flynn, also known as Little Mouse, at times choked back tears as U.S. District Judge Wesley Brown gave her the lenient sentence prosecutors had sought in exchange for her cooperation in the prosecution of the Kaweah Indian Nation and its grand chief, Malcolm Webber. Flynn testified during Webber's trial that leaders of the Kaweah Indian Nation considered creating a reservation that could protect illegal immigrants from deportation. She described a July 2006 tribal council meeting at which the purchase of 1,000 acres as a reservation was discussed. "I ask God to forgive me...
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