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Chickasaw Nation citizen lands Native advisor role at White House
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House has a new Native advisor in the second year of Joe Biden’s presidency.
Daron Carreiro, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, began serving as the Senior Policy Advisor for Native Affairs on the White House Domestic Policy Council in April. He recently updated one of his social media profiles to reflect his new role in the Biden administration.
Carreiro comes to the White House after nearly a decade at the Department of Justice. He served as a trial attorney in DOJ’s Indian Resources Section, where he worked on a number of high-profile cases, including several that resulted in significant victories for tribes across the nation.
One of the most recent cases led to victory for the Yakama Nation in a long-running dispute in Washington state. With the United States acting as trustee for the tribe, the federal courts confirmed that the Yakama Reservation includes sacred areas that were promised to the Yakama people by the Treaty of 1855.
“The Yakama Nation will never compromise when our Treaty is at stake,” Chairman Delano Saluskin said last week, after the U.S. Supreme Court finally put an end to litigation that Carreiro supported as a federal government attorney.
Carreiro’s legal expertise can also be seen in other cases seeking to affirm and strengthen tribal sovereignty throughout Indian Country. Through his work at DOJ’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, he has litigated in support of tribal water rights, tribal taxation and tribal jurisdiction, according to court filings. He also has defended federal agency actions that have been carried out in accordance of the trust and treaty responsibility of the U.S. “He’s awesome,” an Indian law and policy expert told Indianz.Com on Wednesday. “Quiet, nice and super smart.” The White House has not publicly announced Carreiro’s role, which comes 15 months into Biden’s presidency. A request for comment about the position was placed late in the afternoon, Eastern Time, on Wednesday. About a year ago, on March 5, 2021, the White House announced Elizabeth “Libby” Washburn as the Special Assistant to the President for Native Affairs. She had joined the new administration not long after Biden took office earlier in the year, Indianz.Com reported at the time.“The Supreme Court’s decision once again validates the continuing strength of our Treaty rights under the United States Constitution”: The Yakama Nation is welcoming the end to a long-running dispute over the tribe's treaty lands in #Washington state. #SupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/nc4XF2GN7P
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