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Family awarded $1.8 million in
death of boarding school student
(AP) - The family o f Cindy
Sohappy-Gilbert, who died o f
alcohol poisoning in a boarding
school jail cell, has accepted $1.8
million to settle its case against
the U.S. government, according
to the lawyer representing the
family.
Cindy Sohappy-Gilbert died
Dec. 6, 2003, at the Chemawa
Indian School near Salem.
The 16-year-old from Warm
Springs had a blood alcohol level
o f 0.37 percent when her body
was found in a holding cell for
intoxicated students that was
supposed to be checked every
15 minutes.
The death resulted in a Sen
ate investigation and claims that
Bureau o f Indian Affairs offi
cials ignored the risks to children
Cindy Sohappy-Gilbert
at Indian boarding schools for
years. On the second anniver
sary o f the death, the family
filed a $24 million lawsuit.
A report by the Interior D e
partment released in July found
that a “historical pattern o f in
action and disregard for human
health and safety” contributed
to the girl’s death.
Nedra Darling, a spokes
woman for the Bureau o f In
dian Affairs, which is part o f the
Interior Department, said she
could not com m ent on the
settlement because the litigation
still was considered pending.
She said the report prompted
the Bureau o f Indian Affairs to
provide additional training for
staff at all schools.
“We found it very helpful
that it stressed the importance
o f BIA employees following the
appropriate policies and proce
dures,” Darling said.
Foster Glass, the lawyer who
represented Sohappy-Gilbert’s
family, told The O regonian
newspaper that the settlement
was reasonable because litigation
could have dragged on for years.
Sohappy-Gilbert was placed
in a detention cell after staff
found her drunk. A staff mem
ber checked on her at 8:40 p.m.,
but not again until after 11 p.m.
By then she had died.
The Interior report said BIA
officials failed to act on long
standing safety concerns at
Chemawa, and the school’s staff
had not received training for
detaining students or monitor
ing intoxicated students.
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