tribes to meet with the president and members of the white house council on native american affairs. we heard remarks from vice president biden and secretary sylvia burwell and sally jewell. this is about an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the special assistant to the president for native american affairs. [applause] good morning, everyone. welcome to the white house tribal nations conference. today is a very special day for all of us as we reflect on the sixth conference. it is just as important today as it was in 2009 in building the administration's policy agenda and setting the direction for the next year. year after year we have them together to renew, and is