Tara Sweeney | |
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| Katuk | |
.jpg) Sweeney in 2018 | |
| 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 July 28, 1973 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Michael Sweeney |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Eileen MacLean (mother) |
| Education | Cornell University (BS) |
Tara MacLean Sweeney (born July 28, 1973)[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.