SAULT SAINT MARIE, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Sault Tribe board member Kimberly Hampton has been appointed to the new Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council.

Hampton will serve as vice chair of the 15-member council.

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The council will advise the Department of Homeland Security on tribal impacts of emergency management, law enforcement, cybersecurity, domestic terrorism and border security.

The Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council will meet for the first time in early 2023.