doi:10.7916/svzp-0k46Oral history interview with Kimberly K. Teehee, 2021Teehee, Kimberlyoral historiesmixed materialPresidents--United StatesTribal government--United StatesCherokee NationTeehee, KimberlyObama, BarackDomestic Policy Council (U.S.)United StatesUnited Nations. General AssemblyWhite House Tribal Nations ConferenceAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesTribal Law and Order Act of 2010Indian Health Care Improvement ActViolence Against Women Act of 1994Kimberly Teehee discusses her contribution to the Native American policy of the Obama administration, in which she served as the senior policy advisor for Native American affairs in the White House Domestic Policy Council (DPC) from 2009 to 2012. Teehee, who is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, outlines the major issues facing Indian country during the years of the Obama presidency, and provides details about key legislative and policy initiatives with which she was closely involved, including the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's financing of infrastructure projects on tribal lands, the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 that empowered tribal courts in criminal proceedings, the White House Tribal Nations Conferences, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, which was made permanent in the Affordable Care Act, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Also discussed are the Cobell v. Salazar litigation, the native provisions in the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, interagency coordination between the White House and the Departments of State, Education, and the Interior on native issues, and Teehee's personal upbringing and path to national politics