Attribute to independent foreign politician - a Native American (6)
I believe the answer is:
impute
'attribute' is the definition.
('impute' can be a synonym of 'attribute')
'independent foreign politician a native american' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'independent' could be 'i' and 'i' is found within the answer.
'politician' could be 'mp' and 'mp' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ute' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for impute that I've seen before include "Ascribe (crime etc) to someone" , "Attribute or credit to" , "Attribute (misdeed) to someone" , "'Attribute, assign (6)'" , "Ascribe (something unpleasant)" .)