{"id":16083,"date":"2021-09-22T10:36:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T14:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=16083"},"modified":"2021-11-14T17:32:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T22:32:52","slug":"president-biden-revives-white-house-tribal-nations-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/09\/22\/president-biden-revives-white-house-tribal-nations-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"President Biden revives White House Tribal Nations Summit"},"content":{"rendered":" \"Joe<\/a>
President Joe Biden. Photo by Adam Schultz \/ White House<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
President Biden revives White House Tribal Nations Summit<\/div>\r\n
Wednesday, September 22, 2021<\/div>\r\n
By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. — As promised by the Biden administration, the White House Tribal Nations Summit is returning after a four-year absence.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nTribal leaders are being invited to attend the summit, which is set to take place during the week of November 8. Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>, which has impacted American Indians and Alaska Natives at disproportionate rates<\/a>, the event will be held virtually for the first time.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cPresident Biden and the Administration look forward to hosting a robust and meaningful dialogue with Tribal leaders on key issues, policy initiatives, and goals for Indian Country,\u201d the White House said in an email to tribal leaders<\/a> on Wednesday morning.\r\n<\/P>\r\n\u201cThis year we have changed the name from a conference to a summit to reflect the federal government\u2019s Nation-to-Nation relationship with Tribal Nations,\u201d the White House added. \u201cThe Biden-Harris Administration is deeply committed to honoring our trust and treaty responsibilities to federally recognized Tribes and the Summit provides an opportunity for Tribal leaders to engage directly with officials from the highest levels of the Administration.\u201d\r\n

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Deb Haaland, a citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna, serves as Secretary of the Interior in the Joe Biden administration, A former member of Congress, Haaland is the first Native person to lead the Department of the Interior, the federal agency with the most trust and treaty responsibilities in Indian Country. Photo: Jacob W. Frank \/ National Park Service<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nDuring the 2020 campaign, President Joe Biden promised to revive the summit\u0010. It had taken place during all eight years of the Barack Obama administration, when Biden served as vice president.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cAs President, Biden will build on the efforts of the Obama-Biden Administration, which were instrumental\u200b in rebuilding trust, good faith, and respect for the tribal-federal relationship,\u201d the Plan for Tribal Nations<\/a> stated. \u201cBiden will ensure tribes have a seat at the table at the highest levels of the federal government and a voice throughout the government.\u201d\r\n

<\/p>\r\nDuring Donald Trump’s only term in office, the summit disappeared, as did the White House Council on Native American Affairs. The former Republican president resurrected the council<\/a> in his final year of office<\/a>, only for it to quickly fall by the wayside<\/a> prior to the 2020 election.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cThe Trump Administration \u200btook three years to reinstate\u200b the White House Council on Native American Affairs, and still \u200bhas not held\u200b a White House Tribal Nations Conference,\u201d Biden pointed out during the campaign.\r\n

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