“I had the privilege of meeting with a contingent of indigenous tribal leaders last month in Oklahoma City. We discussed important and difficult topics, and I greatly appreciated this opportunity to share my plans to elevate the relationship between tribal nations and the United States, especially with regard to consultation and consent around infrastructure projects."
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA — The leading independent candidate for president made a stop in Oklahoma City on Monday, June 24.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was in town for the National Sheriff's Association's Conference at the Oklahoma City Convention Center, where he spoke before a few hundred members of law enforcement. Kennedy also met with several tribal leaders, including Chairman Jacob Keyes (Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma), Chairman Forrest Tahdooahnippah (Comanche Nation), Vice Chairman Jacob Tsotigh (Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma), LaRenda Morgan (Cheyenne and Arapaho Nation Delegate), and the Chief of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma, Joe Bunch.
“Federal Indian policy is clearly not working,” Kennedy said. “I want to offer a Native New Deal with the direct leadership of tribal nations guiding investment in Indian countries. This hasn’t been done since 1934’s Indian Reorganization Act. It’s time.”
Kennedy tweeted on the X social media platform: “I had the privilege of meeting with a contingent of indigenous tribal leaders last month in Oklahoma City. We discussed important and difficult topics, and I greatly appreciated this opportunity to share my plans to elevate the relationship between tribal nations and the United States, especially with regard to consultation and consent around infrastructure projects.”
Kennedy, 70, is part of one of the most famous political families in the U.S. He is the nephew of President John F. Kennedy, and his father was a U.S. senator and attorney general before running for the Democratic nomination for president. Both of those Kennedys were assassinated.
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