predecessor successor children birth_place president party office term_start residence spouse article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
neal mccaleb carl j. artman two chicago , illinois george w. bush republican assistant secretary of the interior for indian affairs 2004 edina , minnesota kathy david w. anderson
 2005 david w. anderson restaurateur restaurants , businessman , founder of famous dave 's harvard university
david w. anderson

david w. `` famous dave '' anderson , best known as the founder of the famous dave 's restaurant chain , is the former assistant secretary - indian affairs in the department of the interior , with jurisdiction over the bureau of indian affairs and the office of indian education programs -lrb- now the bureau of indian education -rrb- .
anderson is a choctaw and ojibwe indian , and lives in edina , minnesota .
he was born in chicago , illinois , and grew up there as well as on reservations in wisconsin .
famous dave anderson now travels the country speaking and is the author of several award-winning books .
