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Here is a summary of Native American-related news around the U.S. this week: Mohegan chief announced as new US treasurer For the first time in

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Native American is being appointed U.S. treasurer, a historic first.The White House on Tuesday announced President Joe Bidens int

Joe Biden to meet first Native American financier

The naming of the first Native American U.S. treasurer follows complaints about how pandemic relief funds were distributed among tribes.

The White House announced President Biden's intent to appoint Marilynn Malerba as his administration establishes an Office of Tribal and Native Affairs at the Treasury Department.

Malerba, the lifetime chief of the Mohegan Indian Tribe, would be the first Native woman to have her signature on U.S. currency. She'd also lead the Treasury's new Office of Tribal and Native Affairs.

The first Native American is set to be nominated for U.S. treasurer, which oversees the U.S. Mint.

By David Lawder ROSEBUD, South Dakota (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday the department's new Office of Tribal and Nativ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who is visiting the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, also announced the creation of a new Treasury Office of Tribal and Native Affairs, which will report to the treasurer and administer tribal relations.

The U.S. treasury secretary announced the appointment of a Native American woman to a top post and the creation of a new office Tuesday while visiting a South Dakota reservation.