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MAY 18, 2001

Claudia Vigil-Muniz was elected last fall as the first female leader of the Jicarilla Apache Nation in northern New Mexico.

The job is a natural one for Vigil-Muniz, who worked in the tribe's education department and has a background in government administration. But she also says she was never told what jobs a woman could and could not do.

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Just Call her Madame President (The Albuquerque Journal 5/18)