The foundation also donated two vans to the tribe, which ex-chairwoman Gari Lafferty has said are used to transport children and elders. Lafferty has disputed the tribe's allegations.
It wasn't immediately known how many tribes have received donations from the foundation, but Redskins spokesman Maury Lane said the majority of tribes are happy to accept such help and typically put the money toward improving things like transportation, education and football camps.
"The Original American foundation has been working with more than 50 federally recognized tribes, spending millions of dollars on more than 250 projects on tribal lands," Lane said. "Our mission remains to improve the quality of life on these lands without interfering with tribal governance."
The Cheyenne Sioux's fair and rodeo board had passed a motion to allow Tribal Chairman Harold Frazier to seek money from the foundation but hadn't brought the check to council until this week, LeBeau said, adding that Frazier has met personally with Snyder and the charitable arm.
The tribal council of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe voted Wednesday to return the check, which was issued last month by the Washington Redskins' Original Americans Foundation to the tribe's rodeo association.
"It just feels like they want to buy us off and keep us quiet," he said, noting that he knew of only a few people in the approximately 16,000-member tribe supported accepting the check.
"This is definitely an anomaly,
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"This is just a (distraction) from working on the bigger solutions that will help our communities with the issues that are really affecting us, he said."
Earlier this year, the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah ousted a tribal chairwoman who was involved with the Original Americans Foundation for misconduct and ethical violations after accepting gifts of an autographed football and a trip to Washington, D.C., to attend a game in 2014.
Included in the motion voted on this week is language that bans Frazier from "unsanctioned communication" with the team or any group or person associated with it. Messages left at Frazier's office were not immediately returned.
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