Payment on list of White House nominees

U-S President Barack Obama’s selection of nominees for key administration posts has some local content.  Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians Board Chair Aaron Payment is among the group of seven recently announced.  Payment is appointed to membership on the National Advisory Council on Indian Education.  Council members serve as special government employees to provide advice and recommendations to the U-S Secretary of Education.  The National Congress of Indian Affairs made the nomination as Payment serves on the NCAI Human Resources Committee and Education Subcommittee.  Payment’s nomination to the National Advisory Council on Indian Education comes after his involvement with sessions involving the U-S Department of Education and the U-S Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Education on reforming the bureau.  The Council consists of 15 American Indians appointed by the President from lists of nominees from Indian tribes and organizations. It meets once a year in Washington, along with a few other times through conference calls and hearing around the United States.  In addition to serving on National Congress of American Indians Human Resources Committee and Education Subcommittee, Payment has served on numerous other groups including the Levin Centre Advisory Board at Wayne State University and the Human Services Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Board.