First Ever Tribal Nations Summit

White House to Hold First Ever Tribal Nations Summit and MyTribeTV will stream President’s meeting with Tribes – November 5, 2009, as requested.

* November 5: White House to Hold First Ever Tribal Nations Summit

The first Tribal Nations Conference will be held in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, November 5, the White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov/) announced today. Tribal leaders heard about the summit during the morning session of the National Congress of American Indians (http://www.ncai.org/) conference in Palm Springs, California. Invitations are being sent to all 564 federally recognized tribes. Each tribe can send one representative.

* MyTribeTV will stream President’s meeting with Tribes – November 5, 2009

MyTribeTV (http://www.mytribetv.com/), an Indian-owned business in Seattle, Washington, will provide online coverage of the first-ever White House Tribal Nations Conference on November 5.

The event will be streamed at tribalsummit.mytribetv.com. MyTribeTV is the exclusive provider for the event.
The White House said each of the 564 federally recognized tribes can send one representative to the conference. President Barack Obama has promised to meet yearly with tribal leaders.