<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Kerry-Edwards' New Direction in Native American Policy and Critique of Bush's Understanding of Tribal Sovereignty</dc:title><dc:date>2004-08-13</dc:date><dc:creator>unknown</dc:creator><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:identifier>http://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_PP_065_3_1_12_0003</dc:identifier><dc:description>The document discusses John Kerry's Native American policy, which focuses on respecting and honoring tribal sovereignty, creating jobs and economic development, improving access to quality healthcare, and organizing a meeting with tribal leaders to work towards trust reform. Kerry's plan contrasts with President Bush's lack of understanding of tribal sovereignty.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>