Educator Spotlight: N. Bruce Duthu (Indian Country)

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“Once I was in the classroom, to be very honest, I knew that I was not going to go back to being a lawyer,” Duthu told Indian Country. “Working with students and being both in a counseling capacity but also as an educator—being able to teach a course—was very, very addictive in a very good way. I just knew that this was going to be something that I was going to enjoy doing for a long time.”

Read the full story, published 10/15/12 in Indian Country.

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