MESCALERO, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez and Native American
leaders are meeting in southern New Mexico for an annual tribal-
state summit. Education, water rights and natural resources, and
tribal infrastructure and economic development are among the
topics for Friday's meeting at a resort hotel and casino
operated by the Mescalero Apache Tribe. A banquet was held
Thursday evening for the governor and leaders of New Mexico's 22
tribes and pueblos. A 2009 state law requires the governor to
meet with tribal leaders each year in a summit to address issues
of mutual concern. American Indians account for about 9 percent
of New Mexico's population, according to the Census Bureau.
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