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Obama makes pledge to American Indians

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama signs memorandum at White House Tribal Nations Conference in Washington
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U.S. President Barack Obama signs memorandum at White House Tribal ...
US President Barack Obama told an unprecedented gathering of tribal leaders Thursday that he was committed to giving Native American Indians an equal shot at the "American dream". Addressing leaders of all 564 tribes recognized by the US government, Obama said few groups had "been more...
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  • News Source: Washington Post | about 1 month ago
    He began his remarks with an accounting of the historically troubled relationship between the federal government and Indian nations, telling the leaders, "Few have been marginalized for as long by Washington as Native Americans." "You have every...
  • News Source: USA Today | about 1 month ago
    President Obama pledged Thursday to redeem broken promises made to American Indians, saying he's empathetic because of his own history as an "outsider." "Few have been more marginalized and ignored by Washington for as long as Native Americans, our...
  • News Source: Sify News | about 1 month ago
    US President Barack Obama told an unprecedented gathering of tribal leaders Thursday that he was committed to giving Native American Indians an equal shot at the "American dream". Addressing leaders of all 564 tribes recognized by the US government,...
  • News Source: CNN | about 1 month ago
    President Obama said Thursday that the federal government was guilty of mistreating Native Americans in the past and promised to forge a new relationship between the federal government and tribal leaders. "You deserve to have a voice," Obama told...
  • News Source: United Press International | about 1 month ago
    President Obama told representatives of 564 federally recognized tribes he is on their side because he knows what it's like to be marginalized. Obama opened a daylong summit at the Interior Department, trying to address tribal leaders' skepticism...
  • News Source: The Guardian | about 1 month ago
    President Barack Obama today promised to put an end to the US government's 200-year history of neglect and broken promises towards the country's Indian tribes...So you will not be forgotten as long as I'm in this White House."
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  • Blog Source: www.zoomring.com
    Obama pledge to Native Americans. Obama at the White House, 4 Nov. US President Barack Obama is to receive hundreds of representatives from American Indian tribes at a White House conference on native issues. The White House Tribal ...
  • Blog Source: turtletalk.wordpress.com
    President Obama meets with hundreds of Native American leaders when he hosts the White House Tribal Nations Conference Thursday. The event is for federally-recognized tribes. With that recognition, tribes are eligible for economic ...
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    President Obama Hosts Summit with Native American Leaders. Posted on November 5, 2009 by Sean. Today the President will be giving the opening and closing remarks at the White House Tribal Nations Conference. The conference will include ...
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    VOAVideo: President Obama to Meet with Native American Tribal Leaders. President Barack Obama has invited leaders of the more than 500 Native American tribes in the United States to a White House Tribal Nations Conference on November 5. ...
  • Blog Source: whytewolf.us
    Q Good morning, Mr. President, President Obama. I am the Vice President of Navajo Nation. I got one small question to you. I watched the message you gave us a while ago. It's very good, I like it. And your commitment -- you have fulfilled your
  • Blog Source: falmouth-air.blogspot.com
    Roughly a quarter of all Native Americans live in poverty. More than 14 percent of all reservation homes don't have electricity; and 12 percent don't have access to a safe water supply. In some reservations as many as 20 people live together just to
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