supported media organization we are committed to this and in november we are celebrating american heritage indian month with special programs on our television channels including kqed and plus and world. many are provided by native american public television which is actually an organization that produces indian producers and countries with partnership with public television and radio, so it's a fantastic organization and they have shared a lot of unique programs with us. two highlights are racing the redses, a rare view into reservation life homeland, native americans in the armed forces. you will get to meet the four local heroes. that's the term we like to use and people in the community that wins a award that is very special and i think it's important to thank the city of san francisco for hosting this event. -- plawz. thank you. this is really quite a beautiful space and honor to be standing at the base of the stair case and this incredible rotunda and i want to thank the dancers and singers and drummers for sharing their heritage with us and just adds to this special event and be sure to tu

gwen is a elder and retired from the american indian district titles four, seven and nine of the indian education act. she has moved beyond the limits of her duties for the families in her district. she spends time volunteers for all community functions that the alliance puts on. the families that she serves remember her fondly and all that she did for them. she offered her talents to powwows, food booths, graduations and dinners and let's watch a video on gwen stirrer. >> i am [inaudible] known as the keepers of the western door. they're on the western side of new york and they're the biggest of the tribes. i'm the one -- i'm the one that creeks that runs through our reservation now. indian community -- there was nothing in the beginning. for 20 years that i work in the school district helping the children understand that their heritage was important, and important to be proud of being indian, and so that gave them reasons to study harder and to be a better student and stay in school. where you come from is important and what your background is and your family, so we have to have india

in the singular, american indian culture. i wanted to play it for you to give you an example of what might be considered traditional style because after this i'd lake to bring up two guests and play two arrangements that were created especially for this festival that bring in both the irish american and the urban indian. so this is a cedar flute song for you. (playing flute) so now that you have a little bit of powwow and a little bit of cedar flute in your ears, i would like to invite two guests up to perform for you, two arrangements which i made especially for today. first, rita lindall, rita and i are both in the same cohort as the music program at uc berkley and we've been saying for 4 years, we need to play music. so we finally made it happen. so, rita lindall, and then masuro koga. mas and i have been playing together for a very long time, so much so that we wore the same shirt without having to talk to each other about it. mas is in high demand both as a teacher and as a session side man, having played with everybody

as president of the congress of american indians is one of more than 5 million american indians and alaskan natives of the 566 federally recognized tribal nations in many states recognize governments of indian country, it's an honor to speak today. native americans are as diverse as america is so an array of cultures, with its own proud history. and all of our stories and traditions, struggles and try and so woven into the fabric of america. every day we're reminded of how far we've come in the creature and we have ahead of us. and though we clocked her crows and overcome great challenges and tragedies, or future holds great promise. today, indian country is strong. [applause] i could not always stand here and tell you that. when i was a young boy, my family like many others for poor, just barely scraping by. we started working, peanuts, corn crops, i saw neighbors working hard to build better lives for the families, parents and grandparents maintaining culture from traditional food, and in giving ceremonies and celebrations of life and death, pass it on the timeless values of our tribe, ev

here at the american indian museum, they say they take offense to the name redskins.y feel it's racist. glee washington fans love their redskins, taking pride in making the playoffs this year. no harm is meant by rooting for the redskins, but some say it is hurtful. for 20 years some american indians have complained that the name "redskins" is racist and filed a law to get it changed. >> the name is derogatory, pejorative, and does not serve a social justice purpose. in fact it harms and demeans native people. >> reporter: at the national museum of the american indian, they holding this symposium on racial stereotypes. >> there are posters, there are comparisons of other derogatory phrases and words used to describe minorities and nonnatives in this country, and particularly around sports. no one would stand for that these days. >> reporter: redskins fans are really invested in the teams. >> a key, a keychain. let me see your gloves. how about that hat? >> we're not finished. >> a money clip. how would you feel about changing the name redskins? >> wow, that would hurt

as president of the national congress of american indians, as one of more than five million american indians and alaska natives of the recognized tribal nations and state recognized governments of the indian country, it's an honor to speak to you today. native americans are as diverse as america itself, an array of cultures, each with its rich heritage and proud history. in all of our vibrant threads, stories and traditions, triumphs, are woven into the fabric of america. every day we're reminded of how far we've come and the journey we have ahead of us and though we've walked dark roads and overcome challenges and tragedies, our future holds great promise. today, indian country is strong! [applause] i could not always stand here and tell you that. when i was a young boy growing up in southern oklahoma, there weren't many opportunities in my chickasaw community. my family, like many others, were poor, just barely scraping by. as soon as we were old enough, we started working, harvesting cotton, peanut, corn crops, piling hay on to trucks, hauling them to the barnes. i saw neighbors wo

. >> ben chavis created the model of the american indian public school right in the middle of a rough neighborhood. [ bleep ] >> these are hard workers here. >> the kids at american indian schools now have some of the highest test scores in california. >> and you can do that on the same amount the state gives every school? >> we get less. we get less than every other school. >> the kids in american indian public charter schools are scoring so far above the average for the state for public school children that there isn't even a word for it. >> they use different techniques from the charters in harlem. here at american indian they pay some kids to tutor other kids. >> we hire our students and we pay them. they are excited they are going to make some money. >> chavis is politically incorrect. >> what are you going to study? >> science. >> a mexican in science? yeah? good for you, honey. you will be a rare bird. >> he has been criticized for imposing strict rules. >> you got in trouble, didn't you, boy? >> they are stricter because they really want to us succeed. >> a teacher made this s

it portrays the american indian as a savage and allows fans to dress up and mock the american indianms. jennifer hollowwell wrote i think it's ridiculous. they have been the redskins for this long, leave them alone. there is nothing racist about it. we want to know what you think of the washington redskins name. is it offensive or part of tradition? share your thoughts with us on the facebook page and search for my fox d.c. >>> two out of three plants for transportation funding in virginia have -- virginia have gone down on the floor of the state senate. the original bill came from the senator and would have replaced the gas tax with a higher sales tax to fund maintenance and highways, local roads, bridges and times. the two bills will have captain a gas tax. both were sponsored by republican senators. the only remaining plant in the house is still working through revisions right now. >>> congress is pushing back against the postal service's plan to cut saturday delivery. virginia congressman appeared on fox 5 morning news today. take a listen. >> and that is 30 years. if we're going

some american indians call it racist. on the streets of washington, fans are divided on whether the team should change its name. >> how would you feel about changing the name redskins? >> wow. that would hurt. i couldn't do that. >> i'm a lifetime red skin fan. >> if they were to change the name -- >> i would still be a red skin name. i prefer them changing their name. >> why? >> because the indians want them to change it. >>> mike weiss suggests changing the team to the warriors to honor service members and veterans. >>> michael bloomberg is helping to fund april major initiative to find a cure for a.l.s. commonly known as lou gehrig's disease. he teamed up with the d.c.-based carlisle group and donated $25 million to create target als. it's the next phase of a research project in new york and johns hopkins university in baltimore. the short term goal is to develop drugs for a.l.s. and then eventually find effective therapies for that disease. >>> if you felt more stressed out lately than usual, you're not alone. accordi

the indian is the embodiment of the "other" to the american. vaho children, watching grade-b westerns and when the cowboy or cavalry comes over the hill, they start clapping like mad. indians were defined uniformly as being in the way of the orderly march of progress and civilization. see this is how thorough the cultural conditioning is. (arthur penn) the indians had been portrayed throughout most of the westerns as these wild-blooded savages, who were given to all kinds of criminal, unchristian acts and dastardly deeds. i don't understand it, grandfather, why would they kill women and children? because they are strange. they do not seem to know where thearth's center is. the fact of the matter is that we were covering up a large part of what would be construed in modern terminology as a kind of genocide, that we were conducting, which was simply taking territory from these people. (gunfire and screams) but "little big man" was not telling the indian myth the way it had been told. we were reversing that. (narrator) by the mid-seventies, filmmak

he is the president of the center for american progresnatin indians. caller: good morning. ve become friends with a number of native americans from different tribes. what occurred to me is that some of these for a big it is that some of these reservations are simply appalling. not all tribes want them. i was thinking that we want to bring some of these companies who are outsourcing everything overseas, it would be a good idea if the government gave a tax break to those companies to relocate on the reservations. they would train the unskilled workers. i know a lot of these people are going on into higher education. they are not all drugs and so many people think. there is simply no work. guest: think for that. that is an excellent point. you are right, not all tribes want to engage in gaming. but all tribes want the ability to develop jobs within their communities. i can tell you that i believe that the best solution -- the best so which -- the best solution would be social problem. there are simply no jobs. regarding the federal government investing in indian country -- that

as president of the national congress of american indians, as one of more than five million american ndians and alaska natives of the recognized tribal nations and state recognized governments of the indian country, it's an honor to speak to you today. native americans are as diverse as america itself, an array of cultures, each with its rich heritage and proud history. in all of our vibrant threads, stories and traditions, triumphs, are woven into the fabric of america. every day we're reminded of how far we've come and the journey we have ahead of us and though we've walked dark roads and overcome challenges and tragedies, our future holds great promise. today, indian country is strong! [applause] i could not always stand here and tell you that. when i was a young boy growing up in southern oklahoma, there weren't many opportunities in my chickasaw community. my family, like many others, were poor, just barely scraping by. as soon as we were old enough, we started working, harvesting cotton, peanut, corn crops, piling hay on to trucks, hauling them to the barns. i saw neighbors work

has moreched at an earlily age that people of his conservative state would elect. >> well, the indian americansresident obama, and in fact, 84% of the indian american vote went for president obama, and so that tells you the ideology and the values and the thinking of the american indian is opposite of jindal. so jindal representing the extreme right wing has done two shifts. the first shift he did was when he entered politics, and converted himself to an extreme version of christianity, and wrote to president bush that this conversion is going to drive his and guide his political career and got some endorsements and became as white as he could except for the skin color. his manners -- >> and you used passing to describe him? >> yes, because the american experience being one of immigrants and new people coming to the country is an experience of groups forming identity as americans and different kinds of americans, and the indian american group is a new one and still in the early stages of defining who we are, and so most of us are quite dismayed at the sellout and the hypocrisy of jindal, becaus

john: the the kids at american indian schools have some of the highest test scores in california. you can do that on same statement that -- amount that state gives other schools. >> we get less. >> the kids in american indian public charter schools score so far above average it was the state for public schoolchildren there isn't a word for it. john: they use different techniques from charters in harlem, they pay some kids to tutor others. >> we hire our students and pay them, they are excited, they are going to make some money. john: chavis is politically incorrect? >> what are you going to study, science? a mexican in seics, good for you, you will be a rare bird. john: he has been criticized for imposing strict rules. >> they want us to succeed. john: a teacher made this student do push ups in the hallway because they didn't follow directions. >> you have to try hard when you are here. >> i hate saturday school. >> my other school we didn't have as much hom homeworker we e 6 subject of home wore, the teachers were a lot nicer but here they are a lot meaner. john: no student has b

. >> the smithsonian's national museum of american indian is discussing that today. they are hosting a day racist stereotypes in american sports. >> i just don't know. >> miss sullivan says she thinks that the team names show respect to native americans. correct there were here first. i think it is an honor to them and a lot of streets and downs have indian names. so we would have to change everything. many feel the opposite. >> i can see where it would be offensive. >> the redskins are money makers. the team is the second most valuable franchise in the nfl valued at more than $1.5 billion. the redskins are one of the highest grossing teams in the league. many say changing the name might be bad for business. it's because of the demands of business and the reality, it probably would be another 50 years before it did change. >> today's panel will feature a wide variety of speakers from the n.c.a.a. proposalto those with an the c connection to the native american community. we will have more on this, this evening. >> in the northeast people are anxiously keeping an eye o

at the national museum of the american indians, they are holding this symposium on racial stereotypes in american sports. as anienedance, do you take offense to the name washington redskins? >> i do. i do. and it's not a good feeling to know that there are people who are -- or a city that is a majority/minority, if you will, that more people have not taken up and joined us in this effort, where wear the shoes on the other foot, we would stand -- >> manny is one of the seven litigants who sued the nfl 20 years ago seeking the name change. >> it's not only the word "redskin" but it's also all the antics around the name and the team. it's the stereo typical depiction by the fans, by the cheerleaders, but the entire organization that does not serve us well as native people. >> reporter: change the name or not, washington football fans love their team. >> we can't change heritage, no matter how much you try to change the name, they're still going to be referred to as the redskins. you can change the names all you want to. >> reporter: do you want to? >> no, i don't want to change the name.

this is the currency from the north american indian. >> are reassuring picture emerges. by printing money, countries are trying to boost their own economies. there is no currency war. any resemblance is purely accidental. comes to winning nobel prizes, the u.k., second only to the united states. this country's reputation for genius has been undermined by the failure to make money for many of these great ideas. are the potential solution, a new patent court was set up this week working for the eu. one longtimee -- campaigner is the creator of the radio. he revealed he may have to sell up his home in london, a place that is his invention headquarters. >> this is in the guinness book of records. have devices inside there. when you put your foot down, every time you do that, a little tweak of electricity comes through. it is injected into your mobile phone battery. i call myself an inventor. this workshop is where it all began. the is a graveyard of thousand domestic appliances. i am known for making the clockwork radio. that is how i wound up. i was watching the program abo

some american indians call it racist. on the streets of washington, fans of the burgundy and gold are divided on whether the team should change it name. >> how would you feel about changing namt redskins? >> wow. that would hurt had. i couldn't do that. >> i'm a lifetime redskins fan. >> if they were to change the name, are you okay with that? >> i would still be a redskins fan. i prefer them changing their name. >> why? >> because of the indians want them to change it. >> washington post columnist mike wise suggests changing the team name to the warriors to honor service members and veterans. >>> neal backside look, wrist shot deflected at the doorstep. it's in. 5-1 pittsburgh. >> oh, boy. things unraveling quickly for the caps. five days -- >> it's okay, eun. five days after falling 6-3 to the penguins, they lose again. this time 5-2. all five goals came within 12 minutes' time during the second period. micro beiro and -- they return home tomorrow to face the panthers. good luck, guys. >> it's tough. i think it was 20-1

surae chinn attended a symposium at the national museum of the american indian with supporters and opponents of the name handing it out. >> this star power and a winning streak, could momentum be shifting over the possible name change? >> i think when people say redskins around washington, you know we hear the bedspread. but when you go to the same place like this pine ridge place in south dakota, a person tells you that that name is equivalent to the end though. did >> it is a very simple fix if people were not so true to their position about it. >> reporter: they say that the burgundy and gold name is true. >> they feel like it is an honoree name. >> reporter: it's a part of the 17-year court battle. in 2009 they declined the appeal. through the decade college football teams have done away with native american references, but with one of the most visible teams follow suit. >> now absolutely not change their name, no way. >> they will still be my team. the washington redskins, the chili bowls, whatever they are. >> we want to keep them the same. it's tradition as you need to keep it like th

the director of the american indian museum told the associated press he thinks the name redskins is thensive. we want to know what you think about the redskins, whether they should keep their name or change it. let us know on the "news4 today" facebook page. >> an ongoing debate. this is a beloved team in this city. a lot of people saying in the nation's capital, a name like that is unacceptable. we'll see what comes out of that meeting. >> indeed. 6:51. >>> let's look outside. the sun reaching into the sky. we'll see what we can expect weatherwise. tom? >> there's a lot of cloudiness. we might have a little peek of sun around dawn, 20 minutes away. right now at 6:51, reagan national airport at 34 degrees. and we have a very light easterly wind right now. and you see first light of dawn showing up on the eastern horizon. and temperatures all around the region are down into just the 20s. that includes all of maryland, all of virginia, and all of west virginia. and the warm spot iseration national where they're at 34 -- is reagan national where they're at 34. the potomac water around the

it's the focus of the symposium at the american indian. they have been debated and dragged through the courts for years. and the washington post sports columnist, he's one of the panelist and he has been a champion in finding a gift that might change for the burgundy and gold. >> i think when people say redskins are around washington, you know, we hear the bedspread here and that the sound, it's the same. when you go to the same place out of south dakota, the person will tell you, you know, that name, it is equivalent to the n word. >> and it's the washington redskins for how many years? a long time. and now absolutely not changing their name, no way. >> reporter: would you be okay if they changed their name? >> i would, yeah, i'd be okay with that. i would get the new number 10 and the jersey here with washington and a new name. >> reporter: and do you hear that dan snyder? a new lawsuit to get the redskins name changed, expected to be heard next month at the u.s. patent and trademark office. in the meantime all this talk of a possible re

giles go gill issue y said quote, it's not race of the but honoring the american indians. they were fierce competitors, honorable warriors and people to be rememberd. jennifer du in, n said, quote, part of tradition, it comes up every few years and is ridiculous. and if native americans are offended, the answer obvious. >>> when a 100-year-old washingtonian passed away last year, few people had no idea what type of impact he would leave behind. he willed $28 million to a local organization to help those in need and another $15 million to the national symphony orchestra and the washington national opera. fox 5s matt ackland has more on the kind-hearted man who never sought any attention. >> reporter: richard herman never wanted the spotlight. he probably wouldn't have cared much for the big press conference held because of his jep rosst. >> and i used the word shy. i think that is accurate. he was the opposite of -- >> his cousin betsy paul said herman lived here at the watergate for man years. much of his for tune was passed down from his father. he rarely splurged on thin

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name will be a hot topic of discussion during at thet today smithsonian's national museum of american indian. scholars, native americans, and thers will gather at authwest d.c. museum for oflong discussion on the use american mascots and nicknames in sports. mavs called for the team to adopt a new name. the son of retiring baltimore lewis isnebacker ray following in his father's footsteps. the two time super bowl champion was with his son ray lewis iii and when did under lewis signed intent to play for miamiiversity of hurricanes, just like his father disappeared. retired washe to spend more time with his son. disgrace cyclist lance armstrong thestopped a new list of most disliked athletes in america. survey comes weeks usingarmstrong admitted drugsmance enhancing during a cycling career. second, noting te'o,ll star manti by golfer tiger woods. stars makes him the list include kobe bryant and metta as well as michael romo.nd tony >> coming up 6:00, your first iran says is from spy drones it.s. 2011.ed in >> smaller portions seem to be a smaller portion for the bottom restaurants >> . almost

today, the national museum of the american indian hosted a symposium on racial stereotypes in sports. some fans say the name is an important part of the team and history. panelists argue that images and words used to describe other minorities would not be acceptable for athletic teams today. >> the name is derogatory. the name is pe jorty tif, and does not serve a social justice purpose. in fact, it harms and demeans native people. >> no one from the organization was invited to participate in today's forum. >>> tonight, an exclusive look at what passengers will be seeing on metro's long-awaited silver line to dulles airport. news 4 cameras got a closeup of what will be known as the spring hill station. it's a four-story platform that offers a sweeping view of tyson's corner. there will be four new stations in tysons alone. crews made sure there's enough space between platforms. that station is set to open one year from now. >>> coming up next, a community in ruins after superstorm sandy. tonight, why so many are struggling to rebuild three months after the storm. >> also, the northeas

white, black, american indian, alaskan, and pacific islanders -- i don't know how they occur but that's what they are currently. california department of justice is still the same that you see. the fbi is the same as that. what we agreed in the last meeting is that in san francisco we would continue to report race and we are required to report according to the code but we also talked about beginning to use the 19 ethnicities that we have available to us in the sheriff's system. the sheriff had a system that provided 19 ethnicities. we plan to go to that system eventually. we're currently not on it. we do an arrest card and give it to the sheriff and the sheriff enters it for us so essentially we are using their system. they produce the reports i'm going to show you. we worked closely with the sheriff to make this happen and we have the dual reporting report the codes and the ethnicities. as of october last we're we did it and we had to come back together because we were getting ones that said "not entered" and we took care of that so we are now getting pretty good statistics and that's

. >> here at american indian they pay kids to tutor other kids. >> we hire our students and pay them. they will make money. >> would you going to study? day mexico and in science? you will be a rare bird. >> he has strict rules. >> they want us to succeed. >> one teacher made a student do pushups. >> you have to try. >> i hate saturday school. >> my other school we have six subjects of homework a and the teachers were a lot nicer. >> but no student has been expelled since the school began? >> no way. i love the fools. take the kid who acts like a fool and use them as an example. >> your critics say it is a school that if the student accept u.s. to some of the floor in the eighth grade class. >> it keeps people in mind and admit it or not. >> we played games been here it is either running for 10 minutes. >> you fire people. >> they should be. >> one teacher after one day? you can tell? >> she was incompetent. >> last year i thought i would be fired a few times. it could happen at the drop of a dime. >> that doesn't happen the union school's. union teachers are happy they cannot be said

issue was front and center yesterday in a symposium at the smithsonian's national museum of the american indianhas more. >> hate hoare and honor. washington's football team prosecuted by a panel of speakers at a day-long forum. >> when we get to that place where we start chastising our friends, relatives and neighbors for using that word, making it unacceptable, that is when things will change. >> reporter: the discussion on racist stereotypes in american sports drawing a diverse crowd. >> it is personal to us. and knowing that is a big del, i feel i feel like we should get the message out her. >> reporter: they equate the team's use of a indian equal to that of a black face to african- americans. >> people yelling and screaming the n word basically and cheering. how can you do that in the nation's capital. >> reporter: it is an urban dray hollins said he never thought about until he attended the forum wearing a team hat jie. not a racist person so who i'm to keep wearing something like this when it means something racist. who am i? washington redskins, i never knew that. >> reporter: over the

us intergenerational phenomena where you've got abuse, you've got sexual abuse, etc., but the american indian and alaska 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 pros

then the annual state of the indian nation speech by the president of the national congress of american indians. on the next "washington journal," douglas brinkley talks about the second terms of u.s. presidents. wendy ginsburg from the congressional research service discusses the benefits of former presidents of the united states, including pensions, offices, and libraries. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> british prime minister david cameron talk with members of the house of commons on wednesday. to go slaughterhouses have been rated since the inquiry began last month he also discusses the european economy and the budget code. this is just over 30 minutes >> mr. speaker? the horse meat scandal has undermined confidence in the safety of the food we eat, but threatens a very successful wheat industry. can the prime minister assured me that this government will follow every lead until each individual person or business responsible for any criminal or fraudulent act has been caught, exposed, prosecuted, and then expelled from ever again having any part in the u.k. food

the american indian charter schools have been criticized over the handling of its finances.the school immediately address their accounting problems, they could face closure boys in seven budget students off the final schools by the fall. a final vote to decide the fate of the schools will be held on march 20th. >> longtime 49er president and part time honored louis spadia has died. he was 92. spadia , who spent more than three decades with the team, became part owner in serve as the team's president from 1967 to 1976. in addition to his work with the 49ers, spadsa founded the bay area sports hall of fame in 1979, and served as the president and ceo until 2003. >> matt cain will be the giants' opening day starter april 1st against the dodgers in los angeles. it will be his first career opening day start. tim lin ecum started the previous four opening dates. last season came was the team's best starter going 16 and 5 with a 2.79 era, pitching the franchise best for the game started the all-star game. kane also took the mound in each of the giants three playoff clinching win. 2

i also insisted that the funding become permanent, so year-after- year american indians don't have to come, hat-in-hand, asking for these job-creating funds. unfortunately, in the first few weeks of this legislature, that funding has already been cut in half. i ask that this body -- if you're serious about job creation for all montanans -- restore full funding for indian country economic development and make that funding permanent. [applause] investing in our students and educational institutions requires more than bricks and mortar that are in our j.o.b.s. bill. for generations, the quality of our education system has been recognized as the key to economic growth and job creation. but our public schools are even more than that -- they are, truly, the great equalizer. regardless of where we are born or how wealthy our parents are, our public schools open the doors of opportunity to all montanans. they even helped a kid who couldn't -- and still can't -- stand still become the governor of the greatest state in the country. as the father of a fifth and second grader, and a kindergartene

. >>> a symposium on racist m ascots is being held today at the national museum of the american indian are e xpected to attend the event. a panel of 345 will focus on the push to change the redskins name and logo. it's been a hot topic and many of you have sounded off that you don't want a change. if the team had to change it, what do you think they should be called? >> coming up next in this morning's news, we have a special guest. >> a surprise guest? >> surprise guest. we'll be right back  ♪ [ male announcer ] the distances aren't getting shorter. ♪ the trucks are going farther. the 2013 ram 1500 with best-in-class fuel economy. engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. the new ram 1500. motor trend's 2013 truck of the year. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. of green giant vegetables it

the american indian charter schools have been criticized over the handling of their finances.tely address their accounting problems, that the face closure. a final vote to decide the fate of the schools will be held on march the 20th. >> long time 49ers president and part owner list slouis spadia has died. he was 92. spadia, who spent more than three decades with the team, became a part owner and served as the team's president from 1967 to 1976. in addition to his work with the 49ers, he also founded the bay area sports hall of fame in 1979, and served as its president and ceo until 2003. >> in national nils, the coast guard says, that an engine room of fire on board the carnival triumph was caused by a leak at a fuel return on line. the fire left the crew shipped paralyzed on february the 10th in the gulf of mexico, until tugboat's told it to alabama. the cruise ship was adrift for several days without power, unsanitary conditions and little food. before it to be towed back to shore. investigators have been checking over the ship since it arrived thursday in mobile, alabama.

[paula:] what always is very life inspiring is thinking of the american indian. the indian's concept of the world, concept of religion facing this hoard of people, who absolutely had no idea what they were encountering and misinterpreted it. [dr. simons:] the clash of cultures - you know, i might as well just throw these notes away. this is too interesting. you don't need any notes in this class. oh. the clash of cultures and the sadness of the native american situation - and interesting parallels though, and, you know, you can get into trouble for these kinds of things but oh well, i'll get in trouble. but you know you see a similarity in the situation in israel where for whatever reason justifiable by religious reasons the israelis come in and they're in the palestinian area and they, you know, the palestinians are moved out and this creates huge kinds of tension. so there's parallels when we religions are misunderstood and we have these difficulties. [female voice:] from centuries back - centuries. [dr. simons:] yes, sure. [female voice:] i think of the power

this is at the washington the theater of the smithsonian's american indian museum beginning at 6:30 thissing the accomplishments of olympic gold medalist gabby douglas is opening today. the smithsonian's national museum of american history will feature items including one of her gymnastics leotards her mother's tickets to the olympic games, and some personal photographs. the virginia beach native is the first african-american woman to win gold in the individual all- around competition. it's exciting that we can see some of her personal items. greg the without a doubt. >> its 34 degrees. the news continues at 5:30. >> trade ahead, we will check on the winter weather which is headed our way and already moving into some parts. >> an alert for local parents and students. the search [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents are awesome. but when i cook up some beef ketchup, relish and cheese cover it with creschnt dough and pow! cheeseburger crescent casserole. double awesome. pillsbury crescents. let the making begin. [ female announcer ] why settle for plain bread? here's a better idea. pill

according to a survey of the center for disease control, four out of every ten american indian or alaska native women, four out of ten, have been victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking in their lifetime. that is unacceptable in america. a country that prides itself on commitment to human rights. this bipartisan bill is supported by victims, experts and advocates. it's supported by service providers, faith leaders and health care professionals, prosecutors, judges, law enforcement officials, and it ought to be supported by both chambers of congress. the last two vawa reauthorization bills have carefully expanded the scope of the law and improved it. this reauthorization's no exception. it implies lessons learned from those working in the field and renews our commitment to reducing domestic and sexual violence. we ought to listen to the people on the front lines of protecting those vulnerable populations. we should be able to pass a strong reauthorization that addresses the needs of all women. i thank senator leahy and many others in this chamber for their leadership. i want to ta

american indian, asian, asian, black, african-american, and -- >> she picked african-american but youhave the option of identifying as strictly biracial. >> becca khalil is also filling out college applications. >> when i'm applying to college, i don't want to have to sit and have this long discussion with myself about what bubble i should fill in for my ethnicity. i want to put african-american. i think i'm african-american. >> what box do you check? >> i check white. >> you check white? >> yep. so that i can avoid any troubles with getting into college. i am applying for theater. >> she fears checking black could mess up her chances of acceptance. >> you look at black or african-american, you have this image in your head. and then when you meet me, because i have to addition for the schools and you meet me and now they don't have any black girls, you know. >> 20 years from now what will you be? >> i want to say 20 years from now i will be like i am black, and people will be like, that's what's up. >> i am a firm believer in the ability to self-identify. if becca says she's black, i

american indian museum will spotlight the debate.that begins though, we turn to washington post columnist who is writing about this today. he says it's time to say good-bye to the name redskins. and thanks for joining us. controversial topic. you yourself it's taken a little while to come to this conclusion. tell me about that. >> i've been a fan as i say in the column i've been a fan since i was in high school which is quite a while ago. and i've gone back and forth on it. and i never really cared much about coming to some kind of conclusion until i'd became a column gist for the newspaper three and a half years ago and realized i was going to have to take a stand at some point. i knew it was going to come up. and i sort of delayed doing that partly because my colleague writes about this all the time and i felt like it was his turf so to speak. but because i wasn't really sure where i thought. and i did a lot of research several years ago trying to figure out what i thought. and my position sort of evolved. but now i've concluded th

my granddaughter is an american indian out of wisconsin. she is in college and she could use some help paying her bills for college. is there a number you can give me or she can speak to someone about scholarships available? host: jefferson keel? guest: the office of the national congress for american indians, 202-466-7767. some will be able to get the information she needs. you can contact the tribe directly and find out what your eligibility is in terms of citizenship and whether or not that tribe -- every tribe has its own laws and regulations and how they operate those scholarship opportunities. host: ncai.org is the website to look for information. works with native americans, is that right? caller: yes. i am a citizen working in the nine states representing companies. one of our clients is a manufacturer of renewable -- the utility and it has been a successful experience. we brought something to the occasion some companies may not be thinking about. our proactive approach, we tithe with the community college. some universities are cre

native americans. >> indians were part of our native -- native americans were part of our heritage.lso they didn't den gnaw grate women and gays in their own countries. well maybe they did. i don't know. i never read history books. >> there are not a lot of gay native americans. bill, most people would be happier if you wore a burka all the time. please answer that insult with a blighterring answer. >> i will give your insult a fact bomb. i will detonate it right now. this is part of a cor rick will you please called c scope. and it comes with a review panel made up of parents, teachers and school administrators. so if they don't like this, all they have to do is institute the panel and get rid of it from the curriculum. it is actually very simple and easier than lying to the media. but lying to the media is more fun. >> wining to the media gets solutions. i have found that out. here is the deal. if are you going to take on the trappings of an ideology orie lig general in the name of tolerance in which the ideology sphreses in tolerance why don't you incorporate all parts? you are i

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