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Savannah Maher
The Biden administration will restore the White House Council on Native American Affairs, an interagency initiative that coordinates federal services and policies that impact tribal nations. The council was first launched under former President Obama, but went dark for most of the Trump years.
The announcement comes as the Biden administration promises to usher in a new era of relations between tribes and the federal government, and to give tribal leaders a true voice in federal Indian policy. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland recently told tribal leaders they can expect engagement from every government agency.
For too long, Indian issues were relegated only to the Indian Affairs bureaus, Haaland said last week in New Mexico at a meeting with the All Pueblo Council of Governors. If we are going to make sure that tribal communities thrive, that tribal sovereignty is respected and strengthened, and if we are truly to repair our nation-to-nation rel ....

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