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Obama in Indian country
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Obama in Indian country

  • Jun 13, 2014
  • Jun 13, 2014 Updated Jun 13, 2014

President Obama on Friday became only the third U.S. sitting president in eight decades to set foot in Indian Country, encountering both the wonder of Native American culture and the struggle of tribal life on a breeze-whipped afternoon in the prairie. Amid snapping flags and colorful, befeathered dancers, Obama declared that there was more the U.S. could do to help Native Americans.

Dance

Dance

Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Nation, dance during a Cannon Ball flag day celebration, at the Cannon Ball powwow grounds at Cannonball, N.D. 

Manuel Balce Ceneta

Calls

Calls

President Obama calls over two young boys during a Native American dance on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.

Charles Rex Arbogast

Watching dancers

Watching dancers

President Obama watches Native American male dancers on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.

Charles Rex Arbogast

Performance

Performance

Native American dancers from more than 20 reservations in North and South Dakota perform before the arrival of President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.

Charles Rex Arbogast

Waving the flag

Waving the flag

Native American dancers from more than 20 reservations in North and South Dakota perform before the arrival of President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.

Charles Rex Arbogast

Talking with the chairman

Talking with the chairman

President Obama, center, with first lady Michelle Obama, right, talks to Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Nation Chairman Dave Archambault II, left, during a Cannon Ball flag day celebration.

Manuel Balce Ceneta

Colorful dance

Colorful dance

Native American dancers from more than 20 reservations in North and South Dakota perform before the arrival of President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.

Charles Rex Arbogast

Star quilt

Star quilt

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama display a star quilt given to them by David Archambault II, left, Chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe during their visit to the Standing Roick Reservation.

Charles Rex Arbogast

Fan

Fan

A Native American woman performs a traditional dance at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in Cannon Ball, N.D.

Jerry Burnes

Young dancer

Young dancer

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet a young dancer after an honoring song inside the Cannon Ball, N.D., community pow wow arbor.

Tom Stromme

Hug

Hug

President Barack Obama, right, hugs Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Nation Chairman Dave Archambault II, during a Cannon Ball flag day celebration, at the Cannon Ball powwow grounds in Cannon Ball, N.D.

Manuel Balce Ceneta

Selfie

Selfie

A Native American dancer takes a selfie with President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in Cannon Ball, N.D.

Jerry Burnes

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