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Embassy of Tribal Nations

Embassy of Tribal Nations Opening

November 4, 2009

By Victor Merina

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More than 500 federally recognized Native American tribes have been invited to send representatives to Washington by President Barack Obama for Thursday's Tribal Nations Conference. The event has led to several related events, such as the dedication of the Embassy of Tribal Nations. The assembly has grown too large to meet at the White House, as originally planned, and will meet at the Department of the Interior.

Victor Merina is reznet's senior correspondent and special projects editor. A former Los Angeles Times investigative reporter and finalist for the Pulitizer Prize, he also is a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism. Merina is a visiting faculty member at The Poynter Institute, where he leads seminars on cross-cultural reporting and writing about race.

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