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Mark Mitchell, All Pueblo Council of Governors

Mark Mitchell, All Pueblo Council of Governors

Mark Mitchell is the chairman of the All Pueblo Council of Governors, the group that represents the governors of 20 Pueblo Nations. He is also the former governor of Tesuque Pueblo.

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A young girl in traditional Pueblo clothing, black dress, red shawl belt, turquoise jewelry on her neck and hand. She is at the Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

A Tribal Education Trust Fund guarantees a fundamental right

By: - January 13, 2023

As former governor of Tesuque Pueblo and current chairman of the All Pueblo Council of Governors (APCG), I am forever grateful to the late Judge Sarah Singleton for ruling in Yazzie/Martinez v. State of New Mexico that Native American students have a constitutional right to a culturally and linguistically relevant education.  APCG’s tribal leaders, who […]