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Chickasaw woman gets USDA post, one in a string of Indigenous nominees

WASHINGTON – For the first time in history, an Indigenous woman is overseeing U.S. agriculture law – but Janie Simms Hipp is just the latest in a number of Native Americans nominated to top posts in the Biden administration. Hipp, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, was confirmed July 30 by the Senate as general […]

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