New White House hire promises to listen to tribes
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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Politics
Jodi Archambault Gillette, a member of the
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, made her first public appearance as a White House aide on Monday.
Gillette started her job as an associate director at the
Office
of Intergovernmental Affairs last week. She promised to be responsive to tribal needs in her new position.
"The OGA is the front door at the White House," Gillette told the
United South and Eastern Tribes. "My primary role is to listen and to hear what you say."
Gillette served as the Native Vote director in North Dakota for the campaign of
President Barack Obama. Her efforts were praised by
Keith
Harper, a member of the
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma who served on Obama's transition team.
"She's from Indian Country [and] has great extraordinary ties to her community," Harper told tribal leaders.
Gillette urged tribes to re-submit any documents they may have sent to the transition team to the White House.
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