Yurok Tribe appoints new chairman in wake of resignation

The following is a press release from the Yurok Tribe:

This afternoon, Thomas P. O’Rourke Sr. was sworn in as Chairman of the Yurok Tribe.

“This is a sad day, but we are going to get through this and we are going to make sure that it never happens again,” Chairman O’Rourke said. “We are still a very young government and this is not something we will forget, but we are not going to dwell on it as we move forward.”

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