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• Obama on Friday announced the appointment of Jodi Gillette to advise him on Native American issues on the White House Domestic Policy Council. Gillette previously worked on Indian issues at the Interior Department.
• Obama says Gillette has been a key member of his administration's efforts in Indian Country. He says she'll continue to ensure that Native American issues will have a seat at the table.
• Gillette is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, in North Dakota and South Dakota. She holds degrees from Dartmouth College and the University of Minnesota.

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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- An Oregon man caught with nearly 400 pounds of marijuana in South Dakota has been sentenced to six years in prison.
• The drug charge against 49-year-old Darrell Hughes of Portland, Ore., stemmed from a traffic stop on Inter

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