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William P. Ragsdale, a Cherokee Indian, has been appointed Superintendent of the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Fort Duchesne, Utah, the Bureau of Indian Affairs announced today.
Ragsdale replaces William Streitz who was transferred to the Phoenix Area Office as Indian Trust Protection Officer.
A graduate of Central State College, Edmond, Oklahoma, Ragsdale has been Acting Superintendent at the agency and has been a participant in a Superintendent Intern program at the area office.
A former United States Marine, Ragsdale was a tribal government services specialist at Flagstaff, Arizona and Muskogee, Oklahoma. He has also been a teacher at the Concho Indian School in Oklahoma. He is 31.
