March 17, 2022

Federal court revives claim in Havasupai education case

Author: FELICIA FONSECA

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. —
A federal appeals court has revived a claim in a lawsuit that alleged the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education has failed to provide basic education services for Native American students at a school deep in a gorge off the Grand Canyon.
Many of the claims in the lawsuit that parents of children at Havasupai Elementary filed in 2017 have been resolved. The one centered on basic education like fine arts and economics now goes back to the U.S. District Court for further proceedings.
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