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Pattea elected Fort McDowell tribal president

Unseats long-time leader Bernadine Burnette

For the first time in nearly two decades the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation will have a new president.

In tribal elections held earlier this month, Sandra Pattea was elected to the office of president by an 11-vote margin over incumbent Bernadine Burnette.

Pattea is the daughter of long-time Yavapai Nation president and community icon, the late Clinton Pattea.

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