President Barack Obama with first lady Michelle Obama, Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Nation Chairman Dave Archambault II, in Cannon Ball, N.D., Friday, June 13, 2014, during a Cannon Ball flag day celebration, at the Cannon Ball powwow grounds. It’s the president’s first trip to Indian Country as president and only the third such visit by a sitting president in almost 80 years.

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President Barack Obama with first lady Michelle Obama, Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Nation Chairman Dave Archambault II, in Cannon Ball, N.D., Friday, June 13, 2014, during a Cannon Ball flag day celebration, at the Cannon Ball powwow grounds. It’s the president’s first trip to Indian Country as president and only the third such visit by a sitting president in almost 80 years.