Obama To Make First Visit To Native American Reservation As President
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will pay his first visit as president to Indian Country when he travels to a Native American reservation in North Dakota next week.
In an opinion piece published Thursday by an online tribal newspaper, Obama announced that he and first lady Michelle Obama plan to visit Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Cannon Ball. Obama said he wants to hear firsthand about the challenges Native Americans face and plans to announce new initiatives during the visit to grow Indian economies. “The history of the United States and tribal nations is filled with broken promises,” Obama said. “But I believe that during my administration, we’ve turned a corner together.”
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