Tribal leader: Obama ‘first American Indian president’

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President Obama got a new title at the White House Tribal Nations Conference on Wednesday. Brian Cladoosby of the Swinomish Nation introduced Obama as not only the first black U.S. president but also the first American Indian in the White House.

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