This week, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the launch of the first-ever Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (SATC). Chair Amber Torres, of the Walker River Paiute Tribe in Nevada, was selected as the primary member of the Western Region.
Here's a summary of Native American-related news around the U.S. this week:
Interior Secretary Haaland begins first Tribal Advisory Committee
Native American tribes have long complained that they are not included in federal policymaking that impacts them. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb.
MISSION — Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Chair Kat Brigham now also serves on the first-ever Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee for the U.S. Department of the Interior.