Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe fires ICWA director after drug charge

Wednesday, January 5, 2011  

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts fired the director of its Indian Child Welfare Act program after she was arrested on a drug possession charge.

Ronda Jones-Hughes, 35, pleaded no contest to possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana in Florida. The incident occurred last January, four months before being hired by the tribe.

"We should have a no-tolerance policy in place for something like that, especially for someone working with children," elder Paul Mills told The Cape Cod Times.

The charge against Jones-Hughes, who is a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, was first reported by Reel Wamps.

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