President Joe Biden has taken a number of executive actions early on in his administration that made many tribal communities feel their needs will be represented. For example, Biden nominated Deb Haaland to be the first Native American Interior Department secretary. He also signed a memorandum reaffirming tribal sovereignty through tribal consultation.
Cheryle Kennedy, chairwoman for the Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde and Jaime Pinkham, the executive director of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, discuss what their hopes are for their working relationship with the Biden administration and moving forward on issues from native health to climate change.
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