As we continue our important work to honor and strengthen our nation to nation relationship, the White House Tribal Nations Conference stands out for me as a special and meaningful day in 2012.
WHITEHOUSE: Looking back at the 2012 White House Tribal Nations Conference | The White House
In his address to the second White House Tribal Nations Conference, in December 2010, President Obama assured tribes that his administration was committed to streamlining the approval process for renewable energy projects on Indian land.
FORBES: Obama Administration Aims To Clear Roadblocks To Tribal Renewable Energy
Other want more autonomy, and perhaps even a tribal council that functions as an upper house of parliament.
U.S. and Pakistani government officials have said they are confident that Mehsud was killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike on his father-in-law's house in the South Waziristan tribal region earlier this month.
Last week, on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the administration, I met with tribal leaders as a participant in the 2011 Tribal Nations Conference hosted by the White House.
Yesterday, the White House Rural Council hosted a Native American Food and Agriculture Roundtable Discussion, bringing together tribal leaders and experts on Native American agricultural economic development with Administration officials from the White House Domestic Policy Council, National Economic Council, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Council on Environmental Quality, and federal agency partners including the Departments of Agriculture, Interior, Commerce, Treasury, and the Small Business Administration.
Mr Kechichian stresses the House of Saud's roots in a conservative, Islamic, tribal society but he does not disguise its difficulties.
Although there have been occasions, notably in the 19th century, where past administrations met directly with one or a few tribal leaders at a time on federal actions or policies impacting them, it was rare for the White House and cabinet officials to hear directly, on a regular basis, from persons living on Indian reservations and serving in tribal communities.
On Tuesday, on a narrow vote of 17-15, House Republicans passed this measure out of the House Judiciary Committee, with one Republican voting with Democrats to oppose this because of the exclusion of these tribal protections.
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