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Bismarck, N.D. (AP) President Barack Obama has appointed a member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe to serve in his administration.

Jody Gillette was selected on Friday to be the deputy associate director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, where she will help oversee tribal, local and state relationships with the federal government.

Gillette is the director of the Native American Training Institute. She also served as Obama's North Dakota vote director during the 2008 presidential campaign.

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