US: GOP platform includes Native-specific language and goals

[Francis Hult]

Indian Country

 

GOP platform includes Native-specific language and goals

 

Delegates and leaders of the Republican National Convention have approved a national party platform for the next four years that includes several Indian-focused provisions. 

Under a section in the 67-page document titled, ''Supporting Native American Communities,'' the platform states that the ''federal government has a special responsibility to the people in Indian country and a unique trust relationship with them, which has been insufficiently honored. 

''The social and economic problems that plague Indian country have grown worse over the last several decades, and we must reverse that trend. Ineffective government programs deprive Indians of the services they need, and longterm failures threaten to undermine tribal sovereignty itself.''

 

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