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Kimberly Purdy Wins Sovereignty Symposium Writing Competition

In May 2008, graduating 3L Kimberly Purdy learned that she had won first place in the Sovereignty Symposium XXI Chief Justice John B. Doolin Writing Competition. Ms. Purdy received $500 for placing first in the competition, submitting a paper she wrote for Professor Mary Wood.

The competition was sponsored by the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission, the Sovereignty Symposium, Inc., and the Oklahoma Arts Council. The Sovereignty Symposium will be held June 4 and 5, 2008, in Oklahoma City.

Ms. Purdy's article will be published in the Symposium's 2008 compendium. The article is titled "Race, Blood and Politics: The Convoluted Relationship of Indians, Tribes, and Affirmative Action in Public Universities."