The chairman of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians of California said he will not resign as originally planned.
Robert Salgado said he would step down during a tribal meeting on Saturday, The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported. "The easiest thing to do is to quit and I'm not a quitter," he told the paper.
Salgado was elected in March but the tribe will hold another election over charges the first one was not conducted properly.
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(The Riverside Press-Enterprise 7/13)
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