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34 NARF Legal Rev. 1 (2009-2010)

handle is hein.journals/narf34 and id is 1 raw text is: The New Obama Administration and Indian Country NARF's reputation as a leading force in the development of Indian law and its record in achieving justice on behalf of Native American people by providing excellent and highly ethical legal representation to Indigenous peoples has not gone unnoticed in national and international forums. The newly elected Obama Administration called on the Native American Rights Fund to help them prepare to implement their policies for our tribal nations. NARF Executive Director John Echohawk, and former NARF attorneys Bob Anderson and Keith Harper were called upon by President Obama to serve on his Transition Team. President Obama has already appointed Jodi Archambault Gillette, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and daughter of for- mer NARF Board member Dave Archambault, as one the three Deputy Associate Directors of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. This is the first time a Native has been appointed to this position. In April, President Obama announced the nomination of Larry EchoHawk (brother of NARF Executive Director John Echohawk) as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs and the full Senate President Obama and Shahela Pourier/Eyre - photo by LoriPourier WINTER/SPRING 2009 VOLUME 34, M0.1