Thursday, September 22, 2016

White House seeks improved tribal relations as pipeline fight lingers

By Valerie Volcovici

WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The leaders of hundreds of

Native American tribes will meet with President Barack Obama at

his eighth and final Tribal Nations Conference at the White

House next week, while thousands of activists are encamped on

the North Dakota prairie protesting a $3.7 billion oil pipeline.

The conference, designed to improve the relationship between

Washington and the tribes, offers the last chance for this

administration to hear from tribal leader

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