Obama's Address, Gathering of Nations, Albuquerque, 2010

Obama's administration is the first to send representatives from the White House to the Gathering of Nations since its inception in 1983. This video shows Obama's address broadcast at the U of NM stadium. Jodi Gillette, Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement & Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs speaks live.

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Film & Animation

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• Gathering
• of
• Nations
• Native
• Americans
• dancing
• Albuquerque
• New
• Mexico

[nmcrowhopper]

Obama is NO friend to the NDN ppl. He waited 76 days to give emergency help to Pine Ridge and helped Haiti and Chili BEFORE helping US Citizens. Hes only given money built more PRISONS on da rez and to create crappy police/guard jobs. He gives us separate but equal health care with the IHS. He wants to continue genocidal uranium mining, dump toxic nuclear waste on our lands and give more of our people cancer. He is NO different than any other Great WHITE Father.

[firstnationsfirst]

Obama, you didnt listen when the people of Pine Ridge were crying out for help for freezing and starving elders. You broke your promise about stopping torture, getting out of Afganistan & NOT mandating health insurance. You continued the Patriot Act and you listen to the pentagon and the nuclear industry before you listen to all the people whos lives they are destroying. YOU ARE NO FRIEND to INDIAN COUNTRY! We will forget about you in 2012.

[negamatim]

alrite ppl!!! we are native americans!!! not indians!!! indians are from india!!! Have some pride in that man...first americans...not indians!!!

[THEONLYBIGEAZY]

@lady15thorpes this I would love to say was still true but in this day and time we have no jobs or prospects of them and its only gettin worse there should be an a native run or some one who is not influenced by the rich people we need a poor man to run the country then we would have a country again

[TevinSageMeetoos]

Thats Cool, Obama @ a pw

[neotokonaut]

HEY! it's been two years it takes more than two years to right decades of wrongs. we need to support him and not turn our back on him just cuz he ain't fixing things fast enough.

[purnative1]

I agree with all but if we dont stand by our self and take care of our own how should we have some one else take care of us. Our casinos send millionis of dollars back states why cant our tribal leaders get together and stand together and support our weak and say in part of the contract that some of the contract money should go to crow creek pine ridge and others in need we as ndn people need to figure out away to play the goverment game better then what its been played n it needs 2 start now

[apachemobster]

hes a back man you cant beleve him only the true ndnz of this land just like the white eyes their just liyers end hatters .

[welalhukwet]

well if things are so bad for the people of pine ridge isn't it the job of the people on their council to do something about it? isn't that why tribal decided to be sovereign nations so we wouldn't have interference from the us government? so how can you expect help from an outside government?

[lady15thorpes]

I am NATIVE ! but i think that sum people are never satisfied with any kind of small help. i think that every native american dont have to be some sort of victim or helpless person but that the kind of person they choose to be. every native american CAN be living a good life. . commods, WIK, EBT, and all that, there are people that dont even get money at all in this world. its up 2 you 2 see what kind of future you hold. “The fire of hope almost went out; we have to rekindle it,” - RED CLOUD

[lady15thorpes]

I am NATIVE ! but i think that sum people are never satisfied with any kind of small help. i think that every native american dont have to be some sort of victim or helpless person but that the kind of person they choose to be. every native american CAN be living a good life. . commods, WIK, EBT, and all that, there are people that dont even get money at all in this world. its up 2 you 2 see what kind of future you hold. “The fire of hope almost went out; we have to rekindle it,” - RED CLOUD

[WarriorOfTheOldWays1]

fuckin nigger lol