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Anderson won't comment on BIA student's death
Friday, March 19, 2004
Bureau of Indian Affairs head Dave Anderson visited the Chemawa Indian School in Oregon on Thursday but deferred questions about the recent death of a 16-year-old student there.
The FBI is investigating Cindy Gilbert Sohappy's death on December 6. She was found dead in a campus holding cell, where she had been placed for being intoxicated.
At the school, Anderson told students about his own struggle with alcohol and drug abuse. "I think the message I have here today to all Indian students is that everyone of us is special, and I know in my own life I wouldn’t be where I am today if I hadn’t been given a second chance in life," he was quoted as saying.
BIA education director Ed Parisian said Chemawa will no longer use the holding cells.
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Chemawa changes protocols after death (The Oregonian 3/19)
Indian Affairs official inspires Chemawa (The Statesman Journal 3/19)
Chemawa Indian School students get pep talk to avoid drugs, alcohol
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