Barak Obama's Youtube message to First Americans includes this committment:
"I will make native language preservation a priority" in the context of
a "nation-to-nation" relationship between the US government and the tribal
communities and governments of America. A tribal nations advisor will sit
on the cabinet; there will be an annual White House summit of tribal
nations leaders.
--I believe this is unprecedented.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWocEgu3bPk