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Tuesday, October 28, 2003

Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. criticized the Navajo Nation council for reprimanding attorney general Louis Denetsosie.

The council was trying to oust Denetsosie but voted 40-37 to reprimand him instead. Delegates cited his failure to preserve a tribal agreement to control a school on the reservation that reverted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Shirley said the council didn't give Denetsosie a chance to defend himself. He pointed out that the vote came on Friday, the same day a federal appeals court reinstated the tribe's $600 million breach of trust case.

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Navajo Council reprimands Attorney General (The Farmington Daily Times 10/28)

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