Name that Indian Statute

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Hey, what does NAHASDA stand for? At today's Interior appropriations hearing, Rep. John W. Olver (D-Massachusetts) wanted to know. But he asked the wrong person.

"Native ... American ... Housing .... something ... .... ... Development Act," said assistant secretary Carl Artman, a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin.

What? Could it be that the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs doesn't know the "SD" stands for Self-Determination, especially after all those years of working in Washington? He must be too busy cutting HIP to remember all those Indian acronyms.

Well, we guess it's a good thing he doesn't work at HUD. He might not have lasted there very long.

 

 

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