Sec. Jewell Feels the Pressure of Time When Dealing With Native Issues

Sworn in as the 51st Secretary of the Interior on April 12, 2013, Sally Jewell leads a governmental agency with more than 70,000 employees while stewarding 20 percent of the nation’s lands, including national parks, national wildlife refuges, and other public lands; and upholds trust responsibilities to the 566 federally recognized American Indian tribes and Alaska Natives. Recently, after Secretary Jewell signed a $60 million dollar water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute in Washington, D.C. – she took a moment to speak with ICTMN about her role as the DOI Secretary, her thoughts about the Obama administration and the Center for Native American Youth 2015 Champions for Change...more