Philip N. Hogen, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, earned his undergraduate degree at Augustana College in Sioux Falls in 1967 and a law degree from the University of South Dakota in 1970. Since then, he has served as the Jackson County, South Dakota, States Attorney and as the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota. In private law practice, he has focused on Indian and gaming law and public affairs. Hogen was also the Interior Department’s first Director for the Office of American Indian Trust; and Vice Chairman of the NIGC commission. In October 2001 he began serving as the Interior Department’s Associate Solicitor for Indian Affairs. A year later he was chosen by President Bush to become Chairman of NIGC. Hogen has been a consistent contributor to the Republican Party and, in particular, to the campaigns of South Dakota’s Republican Senator John Thune.

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