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Wednesday, July 30, 2003

A federal judge has ruled that Bureau of Indian Affairs schools that fall under the Tribally Controlled Schools Act must comply with tribal law.

U.S. District Judge Frederick Martone issued the decision July 15, The Gallup Independent reported. He sided with Lula Mae Stago, the former executive director of the Wide Ruins Community School on the Navajo Nation, who sued after being passed over for a job.

Stago was supported by Department of Justice attorneys in the case. The Navajo Nation Department of Justice had sided against Stago.

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Fed judge: Tribe has say over schools (The Gallup Independent 7/29)

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