White House Tribal Nations Conference kicks off in Washington DC

The seventh White House Tribal Nations Conference begins in Washington, DC today, and each of Alaska’s 229 tribes was invited to send a representative. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell told reporters the Obama Administration has improved how government works with tribes.
“And a big part of this conference is to discuss how we make these gains permanent,” Jewell said.
Among the successes Jewell named is better collaboration with tribes to address the high suicide rate, settl