Great news!!!!!
From Indianz:
President Barack Obama has appointed six people to the National Advisory Council on Indian Education.
The council advises the Department of Education about Indian education issues. It has 16 members.
The new appointees are:
• Thomas R. Acevedo, a member of the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
• Derek J. Bailey, the chairman of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan
• Robin A. Butterfield, a member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
• Robert B. Cook, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
• Deborah Jackson-Dennison, a member of the Navajo Nation
• Alyce Spotted Bear, a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation of North Dakota
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President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts (White House 5/13)
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