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MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2002

Citing a family illness, Stacey Sanchez has resigned as chair of the New Mexico Commission on Indian Affairs.

Malcolm Bowekaty of Zuni Pueblo will sit as chair until a replacement is found. Under state law, the Mescalero Apache Nation gets to chose Sanchez's successor because she represented the tribe.

The commission's director, Terry Aguilar, was fired last month.

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Indian Affairs chairwoman Sanchez resigns (The Santa Fe New Mexican 3/16)

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