. >> once again, thank you for coming up to the seventh annual american indian heritage celebration at city hall. this event is hosted by native american aids project, a french ship house association of native americans, neighborhood office of services, san francisco native american health center, east bay native american health center, it indian health center of santa clarita valley, and kqed. at this time, i would like to introduce the president of kqed, john boland. [applause] >> thank you. kqed is pleased to join with the wonderful organization that are all just listed in sponsoring tonight's celebration of american indian heritage month. as you know, kqed celebrates throughout the year all of the heritage months that we mark, here in the united states, but since i am the great grandson of thomas patton, a member of the law bay tribe in new jersey and pennsylvania, which is where i grew up, american heritage in the amount is particularly special to me and i am happy to be with you tonight. as part of kqed's celebration during the month of november, we sponsor the american indian fi

tribal settings and active and dedicated to passing these cultural riches and traditions on to our american indian youth. he has taught american in his music at san francisco state and three-year recipient of the council artist in residence grant. as a dancer and educator he has pered

achieve a higher educational degree by promoting recruit and and retention of native american students throughout indian country. as earl is a veteran of the indicted states marine corps and a graduate of the seattle police academy, he assists native american veterans in the pursuit up careers in law enforcement. he is also known through indian country as a noted and see for powwows and special events, such as the kqed unsung hero award. i would like to quote the words of his wife, in recognition of his unsung hero award. "earl is a legend in his own time. he is well known throughout indian country and gives back everything he can to the community. through all of his own challenges and life experiences, he has maintained strong ties to his kiowa tribal affairs. he maintains strong principals and manages to always have a positive attitude towards life indirectly, and directly influencing others to be the best they can be. as a role model in the community, girl knows everyone from grandmas and grandpas to newborn babies. he is full of life and likes to joke around, give opinions, provide constructive crit

ladies and gentlemen, the president of the national congress of american indians jefferson keel. lause] >> thank you. thank you for that warm introduction. i want to thank the native service members and veterans who have joined us today. many know the story of the indian country. the challenges we have faced and the ones we face today. very few americans know the story of the 100 of thousands of tribal members that have served in the united states military as far back as the revolutionary war. and the veteran myself i want to thank the colonel hunting horse and 24,000 active-duty american indian service members serving today to protect the sovereignty of the united states and the tribal nations of north america. thank you. [applause] my fellow traveler leaders, tribal citizens and american citizens, members of the national congress of american indians, members of the administration, members of the 100th of congress, those listening and watching today, and honored to speak to you all, but especially to address representatives of the more than 5 million native people and the 566 tri

. >>> and governor o'malley plans to formally recognize two american indian groups indigenous to the state. executive order follows a process established to american indian groups accordings to census maryland has 58,000 identified as having american indian heritage. >>> and a new bus route connecting two busy counties will open today. harford and cecil county executives will today launch a route during an event at the david r craig park in havre de grace. it takes effect this morning starting at 11. time for a check of the forecast one more time. let's say hello, to justin. >>> all right. good morning. 6:54. take an umbrella or rain jacket with you. not expecting anything heavy today. more of a nuisance or ambience event. a sense of winter has come back. 39 ocean city and they started at 30. there's the 40s and rain to the south in virginia. a little bit of snow in the high country near snowshoe. and west virginia. we are right on the northern fringe of the system. computer models have been trying to nudge up towards the north and i think it will slice through central maryland. nort

census bureau released the figures. 70% of american indians lived off her away from tribal lands. what can be done to make sure our indians who are living in urban against rural setting can get benefit to so much of the money that goes directly to tribes? >> that is an interesting question. and thank you for that. we do realize that the urban indian population, the populations of indian people in the urban areas are growing. many of our people have left in the two urban areas because of the lack of job opportunities, lack of programs and access to those opportunities in and around our local communities. the travel governments themselves are looking at opportunities to assist those tribal members. it is very difficult particularly in those areas where the dollars are limited and because federal dollars are appropriated or utilize by those that are benefited within the local community. and so, i know that in ca i and some other partner organizations have looked at how we can help those people and those urban areas. particularly in health care rainout, we have ever been health care ce

prevention programs where he works closely with students to develop their appreciation and respect for american indian dance, music, culture, history and sign language. he is the founding member of the ensemble four winds american history dance that has been performing over four years. dancing is a form of prayer. he has researched and worked with tribal elders to preserve and present sacred traditional ceremonial the ants within tribal settings and active and dedicated to passing these cultural riches and traditions on to our american indian youth. he has taught american in his music at san francisco state and three-year recipient of the council artist in residence grant. as a dancer and educator he has performed throughout the western united states, including the san francisco ethnic dance festival , the olympic games, and in powwows across the nation. as a playwright and film maker, his works have been presented on stage at such venues us the center for the arts and this brought the theater. -- and the brava theater. i am also proud to say as president of the board of friendship house, eddie has be

the president of the national congress of indian americans, president jefferson keel. [applause] >> thank you for the warm introduction. i want to thank the native service members and veterans who have joined us today. many know the stories of indian country, the challenges we have faced, and the ones we face today. few americans know the story of the hundreds of thousands of tribal members who have served in the united states military as far back as the revolutionary war. as a veteran, i want to thank the colonel and the 24,000 active duty american indian service members serving to protect the united states in the tribal members of north america. [applause] my fellow tribal leaders, tribal citizens, american citizens, members of the national congress of american indians, members of the administration, members of the 112 congress, those listening or watching today, i am honored to speak to you and especially to address representatives of the more than 5 million native people and 566 tribal nations of indian country. [applause] the state of indian nations is strong. our

indian community to solve some of their issues. then he had this to say at the end of his remarks. >> we have a very, very different perspective on american history. i want to end with a couple of stories to drive that home. my great aunt was a famous indian folklore artist and story teller. she not only told stories of our people, chickasaws, but she picked up anecdotes and tried to draw a moral out of them that an indian would draw out of them. i remember one. i will not be able to quote it verbatim. it is based on a real incident. a southern cheyenne war chief in the 1860s dealing with the american government. in trying to comprehend and encapsulate in words the enormity of the challenge and the change that he was seeing in the course of his lifetime. in the course of those treaty negotiations, he addressed the representative of the united states government and he was an american, but not american citizen, obviously. he said once this was all the land of the red man, but then came the white man and the black man and the yellow man. and i thought about this. and i thought about nature. and nature, aren't there white horses and black hor

. >>> american indian groups native to maryland are now being formally recognized for the first time. today governor martin o'malley signed an executive order formally recognizing the two tribes. maryland has 58,000 residents who identify themselves as having american indian heritage. >>> lot excitement today about a little bit of snow. >> just a little bit. >> beautiful while it was falling. >> that's what everybody's saying. it really was beautiful. because temperatures. >> reporter: so warm prior, we didn't have any problems on the road waist. a lot of people taking pictures, a lot of people having some fun in that snow. this was the biggest snowfall of the season for many of us. that's not saying a whole lot, though, is it? inch and a half in some locations. that was about it. .6 inches at the airport. yes, that is the most that we have seen at the airport. many areas during that october snowstorm did see a lot more, well to the north and west of washington. you can see that storm system is out of here. and it continues to move on out. but look at all the snow that fell across the

my name is jacqueline to refine the exit director of the national congress of american indians and i would like to welcome you here to our state of indian nations event. ncai is the largest, oldest organization in washington, d.c. representing the tribal governments across the country. i'd like to welcome our distinguished guests to washington dc. we have many listening to us across the country to watch the state of 2012 state of indian nations address and across the country we have students tribal citizens and leaders and have gathered in the schools and the centers to watch the events together. among many of the events across the country we are pleased that the history class in santa fe mexico is joining us. we have the university of oklahoma of law and the center for american youth and washington, d.c. and the travel office and the indian tribe of wisconsin. leaders of tomorrow and today and there are other events across the country and we are glad am happy they are joining us. we have an incredible turn out today and we would like to acknowledge some of the guests in the audience

census bureau released figures, 78% of american indians live off or away from tribal land. sure our indians who are living in urban settings and rural settings can benefit, because so much of the money goes directly to tribes. >> that's an interesting question, and thank you for that. we do realize that the urban indian population, populations of indian people in the urban areas are growing. it's growing. many of our people have left, and moving to urban areas because of a lack of job opportunities, lack of programs and lack of access to those opportunities in and around our local communities. but the tribal governments themselves are looking at opportunities to assist those tribal members. it's very difficult at times, particularly in those areas where the dollars are limited, and because federal dollars are appropriated and are utilized by those that are benefited within that local community. and so, i know that ncai and some of our partner organizations have looked at how we can help those people in those urban areas, particularly in the healthcare arena. we have some ur

this law is designed to keep the american indians together. >> when we had to do the transfer if it wasng her as a father to send her off with people that she did not know. what she must think of us? >>reporter: this was an open adoption the biological mother was in full agreement but when veronica was 4 months old. the biological father filed suit to get her back. they say that he claimed sh-- he was tricked. he gained full custody the 1978 law designed indian families and children together. cnn's legal analyst avery says that this was misused. >> it is wonderful that seeks to protect the integrity of families of native americans. but if it cannot be used as a bludgeon to destroy the integrity of and 16 family. of an existing family. >> the law is clear. >> some of these protections by the child and walter act there is a placement preference. placed in a private adoption their first profiprecedence is a family member. >> what is a terrible is to feel this is as if she is going to strangers. >>reporter: this transfer happened on new year's eve the only spoke of ramadan's. >> she said he

. >> american indian right here, a native american. >> different counties and different cities but this one. >> it's a show of unity. everybody it's. we don't have to eat, but that's how you show love. >> it's anyone's table. we're just playing a game here. >> but i mean, there's just certain races that you can play games with right here. and for white people, it's, what is it, ami, american indians. that's pretty much about it, ain't it? there's three separate types of mexicans and we can sit with terranos and pisces. don't ask me why. but we can't play with the black folks. i would get beat up. you'd get in a fight over it. that's just the way it is. there's more racism here than there is in, you know, in civilization for sure. if you don't come in prejudiced, you might leave prejudiced. >> anything we take for granted on the outside is worth money. books go for a premium in here. food is worth money. soups are 20 cents apiece in prison money. >> inmates will use virtually anything for bartering. many items can be purchased in the canteen. >> these are the treasured ice creams. they l

look at the american indians. they are so cool. there such a part of american history. you have william tecumseh sherman, named after indian chief tecumseh. they were warriors and brave and honorable and subtly very liberal victim group and all alcoholic living on reservations. some of them did not by the victim status and they're doing beautifully well. the idea that you can't be -- name a sports team with an indian monitor. that is turning them into sad pathetic victims. but there are helicopters. the charity, the apache. it is an honorable thing because indians are great warriors. they are known to be great warrior the way southerners are known to be great warriors. everything related to the military is named after an american indian or confederate general. >> host: 15 minutes left in this month's "in-depth" with ann coulter. brad, you are on the air. >> caller: i am a big fan although i don't buy too many of your books. i have a hard time spending money on stuff already know. i would like to ask why you call socialists liberals. what is liberal about a socialist? wha

census bureau will release a 2010 census brief on the american indian and alaskan native population.n expert panel will address the current social and economic impact of the latest population data on those groups. >>> and singer alicia keys turns 31. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the latest developments an those stories and others on msnbc.com. tonight, be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. vice president joe biden and republican candidate newt gingrich give their reactions to president obama's state of the union address. and actress glenn close discusses her latest movie role. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

even though i am part american indian, my rain dance was not happening with little water. i could not make it stop raining and they refused to grant me the reasonable accommodation. when i went to the planning commission on the at&t powers that i spoke of, and i let the commission know that my reasonable accommodation request was denied, cristina fell off her chair. i said, i am taking that up in another arena. thank you for. one of the comments we have in san francisco is we do not have an ada compliant reasonable accommodation policy other than the city's attorney's office. it has been gathering dust -- a gathering dust for four years. i am a product of that. i believe in due process and that is all i am asking for. vice president hwang: in your appeal letter, you read the signs appeared around december 19, 2011. on the jurisdiction request date, what date was that? december 30? as of the 19th of december, that was when you first had notice of the construction of was taking place? >> i am so glad you asked that question. i was looking out my only back window, which would

us intergenerational phenomena where you've got abuse, you've got sexual abuse, etc., but the american indianlaska native communities point to historical trauma as something that needs to be addressed. and, without addressing it, then you wind up essentially blaming the whole community for some of the consequences but, in fact, the community wants to deal with violence against women, incest, these transgenerational traumatic experiences that almost guarantee the next generation is going to have similar experiences. and it goes from one to the other to the other. i want to get back, also getting back to, you've got children, miss cain. are they in a way, have they received treatment with you in terms of working out some of the issues that you've experienced? i have five kids. four of my kids were taken away from me because of the way that i dealt with my trauma, the substance abuse, the convictions, and all the things that were just symptoms of my trauma, the homelessness of 19 years. so, for four of my kids, as i was giving birth to them -and they were born as a result of rapes and prostituti

we have done work in south dakota, we have done work in new mexico for voters who are speaking american indian languages. the census bureau as you know released their new determinations of language minority coverage of section 203 of the voting rights act. when i met with the election directors and with you a year ago, one of the very strong messages you delivered was to try and get those determinations out as early as possible so that jurisdictions can have the time to prepare and we heard you and i hope we have given you the requisite time that you need to get the job done. i know it's an important job, i know there are transitions, i was a local elected official. i remember in my county, the year i ran for office was the first year they were subject to the bilingual ballot provision and there was undeniably a lot of transition involved in that effort. so we heard you and we worked very close with the census bureau to make sure this was done in a timely fashion. roughly 42%, almost 43% increase in nonenglish speak voters. we are doing additional outreach to all of the newly covered jurisdict

i've been an american indian, several times, fought at the alamo.ned at the stake as a female witch. i have been barbaric, a severe warrior, a pirate, one of my life times on atlantis, connecting with people, crystals to stars, healing aspect. >> gary busey is a prophet. >> what? what? what just happened? >> gary, the password is c-r-a-z-y, which is what you are. it will be good tv with my boy, gary. whoo. >> toward the end of that. put it down. put it down. >> put it down. ♪ when life gets busy... there are days where you want to give your immune system some support. try airborne. each serving contains 14 vitamins, minerals and herbs including zinc, echinacea, ginger, and a blast of vitamin c. it's the easy, great-tasting way to help support your immune system. try airborne. in fast-acting effervescent formula, and new super-convenient chewable tablets! >>> this morning on "world news now," your voice your vote. >> at one point, three candidates were in a virtual tie. this morning -- get this -- it now," your voice, your vote. >> at one point, thre

economy that is built on american manufacturing, american indian, still for american workers, rupert room the renewal of american values. amber is a blueprint begins with american manufacturing on the day that i took office the auto industry was on the front of classical and some even said we should let it died unit of oxford, and with the millions of jobs at stake i refuse to let that haven't moved to--some say we should even let it die, but with the millions of jobs at stake i refuse to let that happen. we had the industry to retool and restructured, today general motors is back on top as the world's no. 1 automaker. [applause] >> and chrysler is growing faster in the u.s. than any major car company and ford is investing billions in u.s. factories. together the entire entity added nearly 160,000 jobs. we'd bet on american workers, we bet on american ingenuity and tonight, the american auto industry is bacteria [applause] --the american auto industry is back. [applause] >> what happened in detroit can happen in other places. we cannot bring every job back that left our shore, but ri

the act that you cited was brought in because up to 35% of american indian children were taken off theen you couple that with the 1989 supreme court decision where the supreme court rules on point on this. it said that if in a voluntary adoption the jurisdiction, the ruling lies with the native american tribe, and that's the cherokee indian nation, they were able to rule the biological father started proceedings only four months after signing that document to have veronica back. megyn: you can never adopt a native american child without having to worry at some point -- at any point down the line you will have to give him or herb back? >> the senator who wrote this law says it has been misused in this particular case. back in '78 children were taken out of their homes by private and public agencies. that's not what we have here. we don't have that here because we have that waiver. frankly, the judge here should have said what's in the best interests of this child. the best interests of this child is not to have a taught more had virtually no contact with this child for two years to take

you know, the cherokees like all other indian nations deal with the federal government. >> the american indiandidn't become a u.s. citizen until about 1920. >> yeah, it was in '20s. there are u.s. citizens who also are members of an independent nation. >> well, speaking of sovereign nation issues, did they try to get their own pass ports or travel under the citizenship of their tribe or -- [inaudible] >> i think it's a u.s. passport, pure and simple. yeah, it's a dual citizenship thing. what trumps it is travel, you're talking about a u.s. passport. >> yeah. but wouldn't they get a cherokee passport -- >> not if they want to travel internationally, that wouldn't work. i don't think you could go to the tsa or whatever and say i'm a member of the cherokee nation. you have to have a u.s. passport. and they would have one if they wanted it. >> yeah, but -- [inaudible] cherokee nation's a sovereign tribe or a sovereign nation, or is -- >> if they do recognize it, it is not any kind of legal entity. no indian nation is making independent deals with the government of germany, let's say, that supersed

it's 4:53. >> jay leno is sparking controversy with indian-americans. last night on "the tonight show" leno made a joke about presidential candidate mitt romney's summer home and showed a picture of the golden temple, a sacred building in india. an indian station said if u.s. headquarters in san jose was flooded with phone calls. >> the golden temple which is described in the video, you see the video, it's the most historical shrine just like for muslim and roman church for christians. so, describing it as a summer house of presidential candidate that has like in a funny way, so -- yes, it is. of course. >> "the tonight show" is produced out of burbank, california. and we should note the station is owned by nbc. >> it is 4:54 now. time to check what's happening on the roads. mike inouye, here to reveal all of the details. >> look at this. lots going on. i shouldn't make light of it because folks, at home we had rain overnight, so that may be contributing to the number of accidents that we're seeing early this morning. we don't usually see this much activ

the reduction in death rates were seen in every ethnic group except alaska natives and american indians whose rates remain stable. it is always horrifying and heartbreaking, but it happens hundreds of tons a year when small children are killed or injured when a car backups' hitting them. often it happens at home. an advocacy group is calling for mandatory bacchant cameras for new cars. some people do not believe that is the best solution. -- mandatory back up cameras for new cars. >> often a parent accidently backs over them. this e.r. doctor treats them every year. >> we see kids who were just knocked out. we screen them and send them home. we see kids who have had their torso or had run over and died from those injuries. >> kidsandcars.org asked hospital portent -- reports of injuries from 2005 until june 2007. 46 kids were killed and 100 injured. to help prevent accidents, the group wants the rear view cameras to be required in all new american made cars. some say it will cost too much. the highway traffic association have been considering a mandate since september 2010. >> she would

. >>> for the if i ever time, the state of maryland is recognizing two american indian tribes indigenous to this area. the governor signed the order yesterday. the groups had to establish continuous presence in the state for more than 220 years. the 2010 census report shows more than 23,000 native americans living in maryland.  >>> some wonder in hiking the gas tax isn't a good idea for the commonwealth. that story is coming up. >>> and could last night's show in new york city shed some light on the front-runners for this year's oscars? >>> well, let's see who is having a birthday today. >>> if it's your birthday. happy birthday. we'll be right back. >>> we had some pretty little sprinkles out there yesterday, but it's getting cold outside. >> and some snow, in some cases, an inch, even two. even summer maryland had some snow on the ground. your bus stop forecast. when it's humid, you feel it. so it is chilly and foggy and damp this morning. temperatures running from the upper 20s to the upper 30s. watch out for those slick spots, especially west of town. paige county, virginia on a tw

many of these are african-americans, american indians, his pan pipanics, how convince people?rom the genetic aspect which is family history, that you can't really change and ethnicity, the one thing you can change is your diet and your weight control. some people say i'm going to die happy eating my whatever it is i love to eat. what i do say to them is death is not the only option. you can live a long time. >> you can live miserably. >> exactly. >> she was diagnosed three years ago. al roker asked her why did she wait and she said she wanted to bring something forward. she's teamed up with this drug maker. b.b. king has promoted something and patti labelle. if this is made more complicated by diet, doesn't this make your job difficult when people say i can get a drug for this. >> i hope people take away the fact you still have to work on weight loss and change your lifestyle and don't think, i can still throw three sticks of butter in it and if i take my pill, i'll be okay. it's not as simple as that. >> her sons were with us on the today show. they made a low fat lasagna. it

are opening, and i am especially encouraged by the progress made on the funding aspects of the american indian cultural center. and i look forward to the day when that opens and helps us a history of our proud heritage. outside of tourism, don't look now, but the aviation sector and biomedical center are thriving. higher-paying jobs are coming by the thousands. and in the last eight years, over 80,000 new jobs have been created in our metro economy. [applause] our position relative to the world economy is much similar to last year. we should not and we cannot ignore the fact that many of the world's financial markets are weak. and as good as our local economy is, our economy would be doing even better if the national economy and the world economies are doing better. so, here's my take on our local economy. knowing what we know, and knowing that you can't ever be sure of what calamity might be just around the corner, we have every reason to be optimistic. we are attracting talent, banks are gaining confidence in the ability to support new projects, or population growth and our per-capita income

. >> i think the american indians didn't become u.s. citizens until about 1920. >> yeah, it was in the 20th century. yeah. there are u.s. citizens who also are members of an independent nation. >> speaking of the sovereign nation issue, did they try to get passports or -- [inaudible] the citizenship of their tribe or what'd they do for the boundaries of the united states? >> i think it's a u.s. passport. >> they're like dual citizens. >> yeah, a dual citizenship. in terms of travel, you know that -- >> yeah, but can they get a cherokee passport if they don't want to -- >> not if you want to travel internationally. you couldn't go to the tsa and say i'm a member of the cherokee nation. you have to have a u.s. passport, and they would have one -- >> yeah, but do any foreign nations recognize the cherokee nation as a sovereign tribe or a sovereign nation, or is it just conceived within the boundaries of -- >> if they do recognize it -- [inaudible] no indian nation is making independent deals with the government of germany, let's say. >> ri

indian cultural context. but what you eventually got on the side of the english and the americans and scots and irish and all e rest was a good enough ability to deal with the indians. and i would say that's sort of where we are. it's not as if we naturally have rapport with the locals, but with a lot of effort and in a variety of ways, we can kind of do well enough. a third thought is it seems to me that the book is, talks about a number of different dimensions of the american way of war, some of which are, essentially, irregular in nature. you mentioned roger's action, the battle on snowshoes, which was a skirmish, it was a bloody little fight which takes place on snowshoes. and is a disaster for roger and his men, but also talks about some things which are really sort of industrial warfare as when benedict arnold built this amazing fleet at the southern end of lake champlain out of virtually nothing in 1776, and then this is repeated later on in 181 when the united states navy builds a more substantial flotilla on lake champlain and completely defeats a slightly superior royal navy flotilla on lake champla

i've been an american indian, several times, fought at the alamo.the stake as a female witch. i have been barbaric, a severe warrior, a pirate, one of my life times on atlantis, connecting with people, crystals to stars, healing aspect. >> gary busey is a prophet. >> what? what? what just happened? >> gary, the password is c-r-a-z-y, which is what you are. it will be good tv with my boy, gary. whoo. >> toward the end of that. put it down. put it down. >> put it down. whatever it is. ooh, man, gary >>> this morning on "world news now" -- caucus tossup. the political drama in iowa this morning now that the voters have had their say. >> mitt romney won by eight votes, an unpredictable turn in this alreadyalready. unpredictable political season. it is wednesday, january 4th. >>> and good morning, everyone, i'm paula faris. >> i'm rob nelson. this morning it was almost a tie in the state of iowa, believe it or not. mitt romney won by eight votes. barely beating rick santorum. as for the republicans here is where they stand after such a hard-fought contes

[applause] >> host: i remember talking to bill clinton and he told me he was 1/20th american indian. wouldn't it be wonderful if bill clinton could come upon that indian somewhere in the jungle who sounds like him and carries on the way he does? to come up on your great great uncle in the brazilian jungle is part of this american story. it seems to me we are wedded to this history. and the shock is we have forgotten so much of it and so much of it has been withheld in our family. >> guest: it is interesting. when i think about what we are told no wonder history seems boring. >> host: let me open this up to questions from the audience because i have had too much of you for too long. >> guest: you can take that several ways. >> my name is mario. why is history taught in our schools? >> guest: do you know how textbooks are produced in this country? the way it is explained to me. i'm not a textbook writer but the way it is explained to me is textbook companies want to produce a textbook that we sold and read through the united states because they are expensive to produce and to recoup co

indian country as well. all those religious values and domestic tools remaining native americans. presbyterian in indian country setting up additions where indian boys were talking with artisans and indian girls learned to show to introduce christianity. the telltale marks of a civilized people. indian policy viewed with cobol indians inclined in their savage ways their game was becoming extinct and their people demoralized and depopulated. their only hope was the assistance for their land. becoming respectable farmers and u.s. citizens. is more positive approach to indian population hoped the charities that it was best to feel like they're last hope. and the other tribes -- becoming civilized was the only alternative to destruction. against this ideological civilization backdrop that two of the most promising young men in the cherokee nation grew to maturity as an acculturated cherokee and they are the protagonists in my book. cousins john and the lions could not better symbolizes what the program is all about. his father a lifeline, what destroyed much of the region, and along wi

call centers owned by indian companies are opening offices here and hiring americans. nbc's lisa myers has the story. >> reporter: a bustling call center owned by an indian company. aegis handled 100,000 calls a day. >> seven to ten business days. >> reporter: this facility is not in mumbai or bangalore. it's here in dallas, texas. more than 90% of the workers are americans. in the last few years the indian global outsourcing giant aegis has expanded its operations in the u.s. five fold. it now has nine call centers and more than 5,000 workers. these are the newest trainees in dallas. >> how many of you were unemployed when you got this job? most of you. >> reporter: for kathy gray who had exhausted all of their savings, this job was a lifesaver. >> i felt kind of desperate, was i going to be able to find work that was going to pay me enough to keep my head above water. >> reporter: company officials say what's happening here is important. after more than a decade of american jobs being outsourced overseas, at least a few of those jobs are coming home, returning to the

story of the interest of those back in this day that printed this of sharing the gospel with the american indians that are written on there? have you been able to figure out what that is? >> no, but that would be part of what our scholar initiatives will be able to do. we'll have leading experts decipher that. >> item number three. >> this is two leaves of the referred to as rescriptus because it has been written on on. this is jesus' household language, the largest portion of scripture that we have in jesus' household language. we're currently having it scanned the at oxford and they are through the different light technologies able to pull it out and better study what is being said. we'll have cambridge analyzing the scans so that we can be able to tell and analyze how close is will this text to what we have today. and it would be the closest thing to sitting around the table with jesus and hearing what he had to say. >> incredible. and whether you're a believer or not, it's fascinating -- this contributes to the discussion about the faith and what exists and what you've did you evered. and you

are opening, and i am especially encouraged by the progress made on the funding aspects of the american indian cultural center. and i look forward to the day when that opens and helps us a history of our proud heritage. outside of tourism, don't look now, but the aviation sector and biomedical center are thriving. higher-paying jobs are coming by the thousands. and in the last eight years, over 80,000 new jobs have been created in our metro economy. [applause] our position relative to the world economy is much similar to last year. we should not and we cannot ignore the fact that many of the world's financial markets are weak. and as good as our local economy is, our economy would be doing even better if the national economy and the world economies are doing better. so, here's my take on our local economy. knowing what we know, and knowing that you can't ever be sure of what calamity might be just around the corner, we have every reason to be optimistic. we are attracting talent, banks are gaining confidence in the ability to support new projects, or population growth and our per-capita income

american indian party among young people is obscene.st: we want to add to that chart, indiana university school of public and environmental affairs has a white paper that we commission that is out literally today, so we're happy to be on c-span talking about the new data and the most recent imports about party in america and what the great recession has done to the american people. there are couple points i want to highlight about this new report. we now know the younger you are in this country, the more likely you are to be in poverty. that is unacceptable. the younger you are, the more likely you are to be in poverty. number two, we know we have the largest ever, the most significant number of americans who have been long-term unemployed than at any point in this nation's history. we did not collect the data since 1948. perhaps most damning about this report is the fact that even as the economy starts to experience some sort of an uptick -- there has been debate lately about what the december jobs numbers mean, or is this a trend to s

host: i would like to see a full blooded american indian to be president. "bostont's go to the globe" paper from mitt romney's home state. host: on twitter -- romney is no different than obama. the democrats' line from memphis, tennessee. caller: i hear a lot of people calling and that support ron paul. i voted for obama and i'm going to keep voting for obama. republicans don't care anything about poor people. they are racist and want to end of government programs that help poor people. that aid to the christian way. >host: we're going to talk later with it have a smiley and cornell west. acclaim no one is talking about poverty. caller: i have been watching politics since i was 16. obama put the health care plan out there so he can assure poor people. if you are against poor people having no health care, that's not being a good american. it's sad. scott in's go to michigan, detroit, the republican line. caller: mitt romney to me is a great person and he stands up for everything i believe in. his father was governor of michigan and i believe in everything he