Consultation gets tribes billions less in Biden budget request for FY2023

White House sells a reduced Native budget with a couple of golden nuggets, calling them 'historic.'

Libby Washburn (Chickasaw), Special Assistant on Native Affairs to the President, Domestic Policy Council at the White House, during a virtual call held March 29, 2022 on President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget request for Indian Country. (screenshot)

WASHINGTON — The White House’s decision to conduct increased consultation with tribal leaders over…