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# Obama goes native
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/obama-goes-native/
- Published: 2008-05-20T10:05:59.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:40:31.000Z
- Author: openUSA Openusa
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:41

Barack Obama became the first American presidential candidate to visit the reservation of the [Crow nation](http://www.crowtribe.com/?ref=opendemocracy.net). He was adopted there with the Crow name of ["One Who Helps People Throughout the Land."](http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/05/19/obama%5Fadopted%5Finto%5Fcrow%5Fnation.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) Indigenous communities sequestered in reservations across the US are some of the most impoverished in the country. Obama expressed regret about the "tragic history" of native Americans, and promised to not only honour longstanding "treaty obligations", but also suggested that his programs for economy, healthcare and education would directly improve conditions for all indigenous people.