hat tip-The Only Adult In the Room:

First, do yourself a favor and watch president Obama’s speech at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, including the awesome introduction, and the reaction to his announcement of the US decision to back the U.N. Indigenous Rights Declaration.

Good Afternoon.

As you go through the rest of your day, don’t forget JJP.

Drop those links. Engage in debate. Give us trivia and gossip too.

And continue to have a peaceful day.


A Native American member of the Navajo Code Talkers listens as US President Barack Obama speaks during the White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC, December 16, 2010.
—SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images


President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with guest after speaking at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, at the Interior Department in Washington.
—-AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais


WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 16: U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the opening session of the White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Department of Interior December 16, 2010 in Washington, DC. Each of the 564 federally recognized native American tribes was invited to send one representative to the conference to interact directly with Obama and members of his administration.
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Navajo Code Talkers listen as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Department of the Interior in Washington December 16, 2010.
—-REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque


Fawn Sharp, president of the Quinault Indian Nation, left, listens to President Barack Obama speak at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, at the Interior Department in Washington.
—-AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais


Navajo Code Talkers stand after they presented the colors before President Barack Obama spoke at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, at the Interior Department in Washington.
—-AP Photo/Charles Dharapak

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