Obama addresses Native American leaders 44 washingtonpost.com:
"President Obama told what he called the largest gathering of Native American tribal leaders Thursday that 'you will not be forgotten by this White House,' pledging to work with them to address the community's chronic problems with health care, economic development, land management and education.
Obama fulfilled a campaign pledge by bringing the leaders of the 564 federally recognized Native American tribes to Washington during his first year in office.
He began his remarks with an accounting of the historically troubled relationship between the federal government and Indian Nations, telling them 'few have been marginalized for as long by Washington as Native Americans.'"
"President Obama told what he called the largest gathering of Native American tribal leaders Thursday that 'you will not be forgotten by this White House,' pledging to work with them to address the community's chronic problems with health care, economic development, land management and education.
Obama fulfilled a campaign pledge by bringing the leaders of the 564 federally recognized Native American tribes to Washington during his first year in office.
He began his remarks with an accounting of the historically troubled relationship between the federal government and Indian Nations, telling them 'few have been marginalized for as long by Washington as Native Americans.'"