Carl Joseph Artman, III (born March 15, 1965) served as the United States Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs with jurisdiction over the Office of Indian Affairs,

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and the

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from 2007 to 2008, and he served as the Associate Solicitor for Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior from 2005 to 2007.

Early life and education

He received a

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from Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri, an M.B.A. from the

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School of Business, J.D. from

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, and an L.L.M. from University of Denver College of Law.

Career

Artman was nominated to the position on August 2, 2006 and confirmed by the

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on March 5, 2007. Artman resigned from the position on May 23, 2008. He is a citizen of the

Oneida Nation The Oneida Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Oneida people in Wisconsin. The tribe's reservation spans parts of two counties west of the Green Bay metropolitan area. The reservation was established by treaty in 1838, and was allotted to ...

based in Wisconsin. Artman is professor at Arizona State University College of Law and Director of its Tribal Economic Development Program. As of Artman also serves as an Advisory Board Member for the Native American Venture Fund, an

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fund to create economic sustainability for

Federally Recognized Tribes This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes are legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States.

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Department of Interior Bio
1965 births Oneida Nation of Wisconsin people Living people United States Assistant Secretaries of the Interior United States Bureau of Indian Affairs personnel Washington University School of Law alumni Wisconsin School of Business alumni Columbia College (Missouri) alumni Sturm College of Law alumni {{US-gov-bio-stub