native american health center of san francisco was started in 1972 to provide health services very much needed for natives who are relocated to the bay area. we are still located in the mission district. we provide medical services, dental services, h.i.v. services and behavior health services. we're open to all city and county residents of san francisco as well as our native population. we are a safety net clinic and we do support the city and county in terms of providing health services for the city residents of san francisco. at this time i'd like to turn it over to darren for the introduction of one of our staff members, kathy chapman. >> my pleasure to introduce our third nominee, kathy chapman, honoring -- honoree, parred me. she participated in the longest walk of 1978. she was a part of a group of young people who made a commitment to go back to their communities and to try to make a better way of life for her people. in 1981 she was recruited to become a certified labor coach in highland hospital for the native american health center in oakland. kathy worked full time for the n

native american native project drums. thank you, thank you, you may be seated. thank you for standing one more time. how about a round of applause for our drums? san francisco friendship house sobriety drum and american native aids project singers. thank you. at this time as we go into recognizing our heroes, our local heroes, there are some individuals that are very deserving of being nominated and selected for this very high award and honor among our indian people and if gavin newsom, the mayor, is here, we certainly want to acknowledge him. so please let me know if -- when he does arivene. we will give him special due recognition and thank him and the city of san francisco. let's do that now. a nice big round of applause. for mayor gavin newsom. city council. and all of the programs and departments of this beautiful city government. thank you. this time i'm going to call qwona to the stand with me. we're going to recognize someone that is well deserving and long overdue for recognition. it's my pleasure to introduce our first honoree, lehman brightman. i've kn

the native american health center had to move. we moved to cap street and have been there for the last 10 years. in 2006 the friendship house moved out of 80 julian into their new facility, 56 julian avenue. last year we acquired -- reacquired that property and planned to build a new clinic there in the mission district adjacent to the friendship house. we're truly proud of being a native american clinic but we're also proud of being a community clinic. over 50% of our patient population are naun native. they are board certified licensed doctors, physicians. we are truly a community clinic and we're very proud to be a part of san francisco. san francisco has one of the largest urban indian populations throughout this country. this is the only urban indian program in the nation that has the 80-bed facility and is building a new clinic. san francisco is looked at by other urban programs throughout this country. you know, it's more than just a building. and a structure. it's changing our community from a mentality of a renter's menta

the first homeland event, our native american american indian warriors.speaking foreign language] >> all right, there you have it. how about a big round of applause, our men traditional dancers. thank you very much, gentlemen. next we're going to bring out another society of men and boys, another healing society of the grass dancers. and they are from the northern plains, the northern regions and the northern south dakota, montana, all the way up into canada and we're going to call up on the native american aids project for the grass dance song. michael is the lead singer. when you're ready, michael.

american experience. it is a provocative multimedia project that establishes native history as an essential part of american history. this five-part series presents a multifaceted look at native perseverance and ingenuity over the course of three centuries. "we shall remain" is unprecedented in the collaboration between native and nonnative filmmakers as well as the involvement of native advisors and scholars at all levels of the project. it is truly a ground-breaking production with unbelievable production elements and i encourage you all to watch this series. so we have a table here today to find out more about kque's american indian programming. and now it is my great pleasure to talk for a moment about our fifth and final nominee, our honoree, i should say, mary dean robertson. [applause] >> she is a chair key nation citizen. she is a superior court deputy clerk in san francisco, but i understand it's a job that she took originally in order to help support her passion for radio. so we have a connection already. she has been a programmer on the native american show on kpoo for 37 years. [applause] >> and

we're truly proud of being a native american clinic but we're also proud of being a community clinic. over 50% of our patient population are naun native. they are board certified licensed doctors, physicians. we are truly a community clinic and we're very proud to be a part of san francisco. san francisco has one of the largest urban indian populations throughout this country. this is the only urban indian program in the nation that has the 80-bed facility and is building a new clinic. san francisco is looked at by other urban programs throughout this country. you know, it's more than just a building. and a structure. it's changing our community from a mentality of a renter's mentality to an owner's mentality. when you have that change in community then you can do remarkable things to improve their health and their lives. that's the challenge that we've given to ourselves. many generations. and it comes from blackouts -- spiritual men when they said, what you do today, this evening, will have an impact seven generations down the road. so we're here today, all of us, because of what ha

i'm the executive director of native american health center on cap street. following up on the comments, i'd like to give you a background on what we do for the community and city of san francisco. approximately 27% of our parents -- patients are native which means a majority of our parents are not native -- patients are not native. we have a safety net clinic. we serve over 85% of our clients are below the federal poverty level and most of them are uninsured. they do not have dental insurance, medical insurance. we have one of the only few native american h.i.v. departments in the country. we also do testing it daily on a drop-in basis. we're one of the few organizations in the city that does that. we also have a pediatric dental program in our clinic where. we're a training site as well as the other dental school here in town. we are the only pediatric dentist in hunters point. we actually go out there once a week to provide dental care for the children out there. there is no pediatric dental carat hunters point. -- care at hunters point. we also have a me

the interesting thing with native american tribes is previously people would automatically assume that one tribe was the same as the next. my particular tribe, the cherokee, are completely different than our cousins out in oklahoma, the cherokee nation of oklahoma. within our reservation in north carolina, we have seven individual communities and each of those communities is completely different. we're a collective people, but we're all individualized in our communities. and how do they differ in terms of service delivery, for example, when you have to address their addiction issues? it comes down to developing that level of trust. some of our communities, it seems to be the communities that are closest to the center of the reservation are more apt to seek services as opposed to some of our more isolated communities, especially up in the mountain regions. very good. john, in your line of work you deal mostly with lgbt communities and i know you have experience with the disability sector as well. can you talk to us about particular idiosyncrasies within these that need to be addressed a

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we do find that programs that are run by american indians, alaska natives, for american indians, alaska natives or programs that target hispanics, run by hispanics, tend to produce better outcomes than programs that are not sensitive to those issues. so we use sort of a bias force paradigm. there are programs that are not run by the specific population group, but have modules that are targeted to the unique needs of that group. so they do not as well as the programs that are run by the specific population group, but they do better than programs that are general. so when we look at the outcomes of, say, a woman in a male program or a general program that doesn't have any gender specific programming, she doesn't do as well as the program that is targeted to, for women, run for women or a program that has gender-specific issues. the same thing for american indian, alaska natives, hispanics, african americans, and the same thing would be applicable to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender. the key issue is of cultural competence and that is the thing that if indeed you know you've got a d

it is something i think a lot about, especially transition history, native americans, how they have this combination of dress, from the clothing from trade companies, mixed with traditional dress. i love how reflective it is of who they are, and also the merging history's coming together. what would we look like if we carry our history with us? all of the merging of cultures, reflected in our address? i am thinking of my own history with early europeans coming in and intermixing with native cultures. the one thing i would like people to take away from after seeing my work is a sense of wonder and who we are as americans. that we are really these beautiful mixes of people and we should really be looking backwards at who we are. i think we are all kind of historians in our own life, and there are great presidents behind us -- president behind us that could give us insight into who we are. >> oliver road trip on her website. check at often. new experiences will be added after every stop.

native american lands were took from them. you know, to just took from them, then the blacks crying, crying. and look to me like the [inaudible] host: i didn't catch the last comment there. but i do want to point out the last thing, this is tied in with the cobell settlement. guest: let me just touch on the other settlement. the cobell settlement and the land trust and oil that was taken off this land and put into trust accounts where the indians never received it. there's the case which is two different things. you see it in the press as indian farmers. the case with them is not the indian farmers case. that is an hispanic case garcia, there's a women's case called the love case. i support resolution of all of those cases. no question about it. i'm for fairness and quality for everybody. but if you're -- if you fought for something for 26 years, and you see that it hasn't transpired yet, it's frustrating to listen to some of the callers and not knowing that they don't know all of the facts in the case. and they don't know a w

the native americans -- one of my favorite quotes. i've used it many, many times. the native americans would say, "no tree has branches so foolish as to fight among themselves." "no tree has branches so foolish as to fight among themselves." we are all branches on a tree called humanity. when you read the "tao," when you read this idea about changing these thoughts and changing your life, you're going to see endless verses that speak to the absurdity of the idea of you having an enemy, the idea that you and anyone else on this planet is an enemy. in the "tao," it says, "'i' and 'enemy' cannot exist in the same sentence." and he said even those who go to war, the ones who will triumph in war are those who go to war... without an enemy. and they will treat every victory in war not as something to celebrate... but as a funeral, as an indication that we haven't reached the highest place within ourselves to see that even those people that we judge to be our enemy are really connected to us. and it says in the "tao" that a bad man -- a bad man is a good man's job, and a

they depict native, latino, asian american, and african- american heritage and culture. >> that artist was talking about the history coming alive. that is what we want for the students here. i also think they might share that with past alumni and the community, so they could no the treasure that we have here in the schools. many people have the same experience i did when i first walked into this building three years ago, being the new principal. the grandeur of these murals is fantastic. many of the students who have come here have come here and are very proud of these murals. they're so happy that they're still here and are being preserved. >> to learn more about the civic art collection, visit >> welcome to "culture wire." on this episode, we visit with one of the arts commissions very special teams. >> the asia-pacific island cultural center receives help from the census but our commission. john mean today to talk about in off festival is the executive director. welcome. i understand this is the 13th annual festival. can you tell me the name? >> the name is a celebratory name. we al

in the modern interpretation, created his irish and native american roots to create a unique sound. [music] >> speaking spanish... >> from some of the sounds they used to play we almost lost all of them we still have some that he remembers. for instance. >> this means attention, be alert. something's going to happen. wake up, wake up. >> some of the drumming part has been rescued by compose the cultural association. drumming... [music] [applause] [music] >> our most popular streaming video is another expression of japanese culture. a form of comic story telling produced without background scenary, make up or stellar performers. main stage taped a performance. >> important. new dudes are too soft and soggy. no good. should be nice and firm. slurp.... h hum... disgusting again. to soft a noodles. it's good for my -- it's hard to pick up a noodles without breaking them. ha, ha, do you use a fish cake? yes, really? really? i have been looking for it. [laughter]. but i cannot find any. i got one. oh , no wonder i could not find it it is so thin. i can see through to over there. [laughter

this resolution calls for the increased participation of native american groups during the implementation of the candlestick point redevelopment project, which will unfold over the next 20-30 years. it builds on the strong commitment that the city has obligated itself and the project sponsor to. there are new general plan policies that speak to this issue. given the historical presence of the ohlone population in southeast san francisco, it is important that this project sparked a renewed interest in eight of american history and culture in our city as a whole. there will be a center that will bring about some recognition and some history of the ohlone people and other people in the area. president chiu: any additional conversations? this resolution is adopted. we have a couple of 3:30 special accommodations today. if i could first recognize supervisor alioto-pier-pierre -- alioto-pier. supervisor alioto-pier: thank you very much, president chiu. i would like to bring forward members of a school. you are all in the back. if you like to come up front. a lot going on. all the little people.

they are direct descendants of the native americans who met the pilgrims when they arrived.r paul is a direct descendent of those who arrived on the mayflower. to restore honor, we have got to start looking at the beginning and the patterns, when people came together of different faiths in the spirit of god. the first thing they did was pray together. pastor? >> lord, god, sovereign almighty, ruler of the nation's, king of kings and lord of lords, the holy one, the righteous one, you are the king of the earth. all nations belong to you. and you are the one, dressed in the first 106 -- 1606 charter addressing these shores. it was you address, that the gospel of jesus christ to be the focus of every settlement. it was you our forefathers note to, erecting the wooden cross on the sandy shores of virginia. it forces you that was addressed in the mayflower compact, whose first words were, "in the name of god, amen." it was to the pilgrims knelt to and blessed the god of heaven. -- it was viewed the pilgrims knelt to and blessed the god of heaven. it was you deaf governor winthrop

in the modern interpretation, created his irish and native american roots to create a unique sound. [music] >> speaking spanish... >> from some of the sounds they used to play we almost lost all of them we still have some that he remembers. for instance. >> this means attention, be alert. something's going to happen. wake up, wake up. >> some of the drumming part has been rescued by compose the cultural association. drumming... [music]

who is with us today, and randy, from an industrial company, who is not with us, but he is a native-american-owned business, and another who is very active in the asian american business community. .that person is on our team, as well as rick from a disabled veteran enterprise, an engineering company, so together, we really do form the rainbow correlation bringing our best to

the native american bones we will not going to be building. >> it belongs to the tribe in the san francisco bay area. we pay respect to them. >> that's awesome. give us specifics on the festivities this year. tell us what other things are happening. >> big time is a california style dance and celebration that will happen for four hours. we will have aztec dancing as well and trying to get road runner singer, bird singing. an interesting type of celebration. hopefully they can come. we will have the pow-wow from 6:00 to 10:00. >> amazing and it's happening at the evergreen valley college on september 18th and goes until 10:00 p.m. give us your final thoughts as we roll the credits. >> it will be a great time and free parking and everybody is welcome to come out. it just going to be a great time. family fun. >> come and salute the first americans at the american indian heritage celebration at the evergreen valley college. thank you for what you are doing to the community. next up, big brothers, big sisters and the latino community. stay with us. # >>> with me is thelatinos committee of the bi

who is with us today, and randy, from an industrial company, who is not with us, but he is a native-american-owned business, and another who is very active in the asian american business community. .that person is on our team, as well as rick from a disabled veteran enterprise, an engineering company, so together, we really do form the rainbow correlation bringing our best to doyle drive. regina has been a tremendous supporter of us of all of our activities, and she has been with us from day one since we started one year ago, making sure san francisco businesses are fully engaged in getting business from the doyle drive reconstruction. she has helped us in activities, such as getting the word out through the database to the upcoming lbe to sbe certification workshops, and office of small business has been critical to the success, so, dirk, i am going to ask you to share with the commissioners an overview of our four-step process to make sure that as many businesses as possible get to work on doyle driave. -- drive. >> thank you, gwen. our four-step process is very unique. it is basically a straigh