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Sandoval names Hualapai Tribe member to his Cabinet

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

November 16, 2011 - 8:07 am

CARSON CITY -- Nevada Indian tribes now have a seat at the governor's Cabinet table.

Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday announced his appointment of Ted Quasula as a member of his Cabinet.

Quasula is chairman of the Nevada Indian Commission and a member of the Hualapai Tribe of northern Arizona. He lives in Henderson.

Quasula spent 26 years in law enforcement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He holds degrees in police science and administration from Northern Arizona University, and also attended the Kennedy School of Government Program at Harvard and the FBI National Academy.

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