Just some of that underreported "change" everyone seems to be bitching about.
As President-elect Barack Obama appoints a new team of cabinet members and fills other key federal work posts, he's named six American Indians to his transition team, half of them assigned to assist in Interior Department policy, budget and personnel changes.
"We're lucky to have such stellar representatives with people with whom Indian Country has really good relationships," said Jacqueline Johnson-Pata, executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, a nonprofit organization that represents more than 250 tribes.
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