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we re doing with tribes in the future to give them the support they need to govern their reservations in the way they want and support native youth so they have a brighter future than they might have had in the past. secretary, when you see some of the statistics they re just tragic on the students for example, only 10% are up to grade level their studies. look at the numbers native american students meet benchmark only 10% of the time. 11% unemployed among native americans. why is this so deep set? one in four native americans living in poverty. why? if you read the report that the white house produced on native youth you will understand why. we ve had literally hundreds of years of big brotherhood trying to tell native americans what is best for them. and the reality is there s nobody that knows what is best
for the young people of the try babble nation than the tribes themselves. their families communities, and leadership. when we look at the past where we have pulled children out of schools, where they have been forced into boarding school they have been assimilated. they have been beaten for using their language and culture. we have destroyed much of the hope and the pride and the future for a lot of native youth. this time to turn it around. we re turning it around through the justice system. we re turning it around through education. we re turning it around in a new chapter of government-to-government relationships between my colleagues on the cabinet, this administration and tribal leaders. that s what this conference is about. i want to turn to another big question for triable nations, the keystone pipeline that could cross through some areas of south dakota, some of the tribes are calling it a declaration of war. how do you reconcile the needs of the tribes with well the energy n