SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- An American Indian tribe in Utah won't reinstate a leader ousted from office for accepting gifts from the Washington Redskins.
The Cedar City-based Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah said Tuesday its leadership council has denied an appeal from Gari Lafferty, who lost her position last month after council members said her actions wrongly linked the tribe to the NFL team's divisive name.
Lafferty sought an appeal after the council voted unanimously to remove her due to misconduct and ethical violations for taking an autographed football and a trip to Washington, D.