13th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
In office July 9, 2018 – January 20, 2021
President
Donald Trump
Preceded by
Kevin K. Washburn
Succeeded by
Bryan Newland
Personal details
Born
Tara Katuk MacLean
(1973-07-28) July 28, 1973 (age 50)
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Michael Sweeney
Children
2
Relatives
Eileen MacLean (mother)
Education
Cornell University (BS)
Tara MacLean Sweeney (born July 28, 1973, Iñupiaq )[1] is an American businesswoman and former political appointee who served as assistant secretary of the interior for Native American affairs from July 2018 to January 2021.[2] Sweeney is an Alaska Native and previously served in the cabinet of Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski.[3] In 2022, she unsuccessfully ran to represent Alaska in the United States House of Representatives. The election was won by Democrat Mary Peltola.
^"Tara Katuk Mac Lean Sweeney, Native Village of Barrow Traditional Inupiat Government and Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope".
^"Former Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs Tara Katuk Mac Lean Sweeney | Indian Affairs". www.bia.gov. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
^"History Made: Alaskan Leader Tara Mac Lean Sweeney Becomes First Female Alaska Native for Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs". www.doi.gov. August 16, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
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