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How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

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A year later, the Nations Report Card found Native students in traditional public schools performed much better than those in BIE schools. About 92 percent of Native students attend traditional public schools and 8 percent attend BIE schools.) That same year, the late Arizona Sen. public schools. The schools mascot is the eagle.

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How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

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