Ben Shelly, vice president of the Navajo Nation was among the 400 tribal leaders in attendance at the White House Tribal Nations Conference.
"What Obama told us about partnership, collaboration, consultation and sovereignty ... was music to my ears."
The issues mentioned by Ben Shelly -- self-determination, control over resources, revenue and economic development for self-sufficiency -- are important for all Indian and Alaska Native nations and are included in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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