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I think they watched me over the years and said, ‘Oh my goodness, I don’t know why Mom keeps beating her head against some of these stone walls.’ But every now and then there’s a crack.
Arlinda Locklear Carolinian
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Interview with Duke University School of Law, published November 30, 2021
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- Arlinda Locklear '76 discusses her long career in federal Indian law
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- 2021
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