( Chris Detrick  |  The Salt Lake Tribune)  
Howard Rainer speaks during the 7th annual Native American summit at the Sheraton in Salt Lake City Tuesday August 14, 2012.  Rainer is a Taos Pueblo-Creek Indian from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. (Chris Detrick  |  The Salt Lake Tribune)  
Howard Rainer speaks during the 7th annual Native American summit at the Sheraton in Salt Lake City on Tuesday -- with an estimated 650 in attendance.  Rainer is a Taos Pueblo-Creek Indian from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. (Chris Detrick  |  The Salt Lake Tribune)  
Attendees listen to presenters at the 7th annual Native American summit Tuesday at the Sheraton Hotel in Salt Lake City. More than 650 were in attendance of the two-day summit that began Tuesday.
(Chris Detrick  |  The Salt Lake Tribune)  
Attendees listen as Howard Rainer speaks during the 7th annual Native American summit that began Tuesday at the Sheraton Hotel in Salt Lake City. Highlighting the event is a planned signing Wednesday of a water-rights agreement between the state and the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation. ( Chris Detrick  |  The Salt Lake Tribune)  
Howard Rainer speaks during the 7th annual Native American summit at the Sheraton in Salt Lake City Tuesday August 14, 2012.  Rainer is a Taos Pueblo-Creek Indian from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. ( Chris Detrick  |  The Salt Lake Tribune)  
Attendees listen as Howard Rainer speaks during the 7th annual Native American summit at the Sheraton in Salt Lake City Tuesday August 14, 2012.  Rainer is a Taos Pueblo-Creek Indian from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. (Chris Detrick  |  The Salt Lake Tribune)  
Attendees listen as Howard Rainer speaks during the 7th annual Native American summit at the Sheraton in Salt Lake City Tuesday August 14, 2012.  Rainer is a Taos Pueblo-Creek Indian from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. ( Chris Detrick  |  The Salt Lake Tribune)  
Attendees listen as Howard Rainer speaks during the 7th annual Native American summit at the Sheraton in Salt Lake City Tuesday August 14, 2012.  Rainer is a Taos Pueblo-Creek Indian from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.