American Indians with potential employment discrimination claims against the city of Gallup, New Mexico, were directed to a phone sex line instead of the Department of Justice.

The city sent a letter to potential claimants, urging them to call a toll-free number. But instead of getting the DOJ, they got a chat line advertising calls for 99 cents a minute, $2.99 for a live conversation.

Somehow, a digit in the phone number was misplaced. The city blames the mixup on DOJ.

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Hot topic of conversation (The Gallup Independent 7/13)

Civil Rights Commission Report:
The Farmington Report: Civil Rights for Native Americans 30 Years Later (November 2005)

Relevant Links:
Navajo Nation - http://www.navajo.org

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