Obama invites Native American leaders to White House

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Nov 5, 2009, 14:48 GMT

Washington - US President Barack Obama promised improved relations with Native Americans and an end to neglect during a White House conference on Thursday. Obama acknowledged the role early American settlers played in bringing disease and driving indigenous people from their lands. He said the tribal nations had been ignored up until the current day. 'Few have been more marginalized and ignored by Washington for as long as Native Americans, our first Americans,' Obama said. 'It's a history marked by violence and disease and deprivation. Treaties were violated. Promises were broken. You were told your lands, your religion, your cultures, your languages were not yours to keep,' Obama said. 'And that's a history that we've got to acknowledge if we are to move forward.' Obama promised to help tackle poverty which runs rampant through most of the remaining tribal communities in the United States. The White House conference, which was attended by the leaders of 564 federally recognized tribes, was designed to hear their concerns.

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