Friday, November 6, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Obama to host Tribal Nations conference
By GottaLaff
President Barack Obama will host a Tribal Nations Conference discussing issues of importance to Native Americans on November 5, the White House announced Monday.Representatives from each the country's 564 federally recognized tribes will be invited to participate, according to the administration.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Native American tribal issues to be a priority for President Obama
By GottaLaff
In case you missed Michelle Obama's speech today, here's one of the good parts:
President Barack Obama intends to add a senior policy adviser for Native American affairs to his White House staff shortly, first lady Michelle Obama revealed Monday.The first lady made the announcement while speaking to employees at the Interior Department — the latest stop in her ongoing meet-and-greet tour of federal departments and agencies.
"Barack has pledged to honor the unique government-to-government relationship between tribes and the federal government," she said. The new senior staffer "will be tasked to work with tribes (on) issues such as sovereignty, health care (and) education — all central to the well-being of Native American families and the prosperity of tribes all across this country."
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Obama names six Indians to transition team
Just some of that underreported "change" everyone seems to be bitching about.
As President-elect Barack Obama appoints a new team of cabinet members and fills other key federal work posts, he's named six American Indians to his transition team, half of them assigned to assist in Interior Department policy, budget and personnel changes.
"We're lucky to have such stellar representatives with people with whom Indian Country has really good relationships," said Jacqueline Johnson-Pata, executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, a nonprofit organization that represents more than 250 tribes.
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