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Washington's Newest Embassy Is Native American
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Washington, DC is home to over 170 foreign embassies; on November 3 the newest one to open is the Embassy of Tribal Nations, to serve as a center for visiting Native American tribal leaders while they conduct business in the capital. On Thursday, President Obama will host what is being billed as the First Annual Tribal Nations Conference at the Department of the Interior, to which 564 tribes are invited to send representatives. The President and senior Administration officials will address the gathering, where issues to be discussed include economic development and natural resources; public safety and housing; and education, health and labor.

Better Centuries Late than Never? Washington's Newest Embassy Is Native American

"For the first time since settlement, tribal nations will have a permanent home in Washington, D.C. where they can more effectively assert their sovereign status and facilitate a much stronger nation-to-nation relationship with the federal government," said National Congress of American Indians President Jefferson Keel.



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by masbury on 11-3-2009 6:28 PM
Bravo!