Indian reservation

Obama takes historic trip to Indian reservation

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama also plan to attend the reservation’s annual Cannon Ball Flag Day celebration, which honors Native American veterans. For some at Standing Rock, the President’s trip is a long-awaited source of excitement and recognition. The last time Obama visited Indian Country, as a candidate in 2008, he was greeted […]

Indian reservation

As Obama makes rare presidential visit to Indian reservation, past US betrayals loom

President Obama made his first visit as president to an Indian reservation, where he touted his administration’s progress with Native Americans. (WhiteHouse.gov) CANNONBALL, ND — This isolated town nestled in the rolling prairie of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Nation is so small its only formal sign is a rock spray-painted with “C. Ball.” But […]