LeBeau Appointed Assistant Area Director in Minneapolis

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For Immediate Release: October 8, 1976

Casimir L. LeBeau, an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, has been named Assistant Area Director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs Minneapolis Area, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Morris Thompson announced today.

LeBeau has been the Tribal Operations Officer in the Minneapolis Area since 1967. The office serves Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan.

A Coast Guard veteran, LeBeau began his career with BIA in 1946 at the Cheyenne River agency. He spent ten years, beginning in 1957, as Field Representative for the Minnesota agency before transferring to the Area Office.