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

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

william, within the native, american indian community, i am sure there are going to be so many differences, differences among the tribes and even within the tribe. can you address some of those? most definitely. 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 l

a live wheat field has been set up across from the american indian museum.his is to promote food literacy. anyone can stop by for a free baking demonstration and you can't get bread fresh from the oven. the display will stay up until 7:00 tonight and from 8:00-5:00 tomorrow. >>> a d.c. makeover is approaching the halfway mark. work on mcpherson square park continues. the national park service says the project should be complete by the end of the year. >> let had, steve rudin will be back. >> a couple of more days of summer-like heat and it will get to where it should be? >>> exactly, temperatures will be end up lorton 90 to us today and mid-90's tomorrow. cool on sunday and sunshine and upper 70's. >> thank you. we thank you were being here with us. we will see you back here in the morning beginning at 4: 30 a.m. we will see you back here in the morning beginning at 4: 30 a.m.

the national museum of the american indian has a new copy called vantage point. features native american art from 25 artists. their paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture and video projection. the show runs through next august. >>> are you looking to spruce up your home? the capital home show takes place this weekend. in addition to remodeling and renovation advice there will be chef demo and a fashion show. get advice on healthy eating. the show runs through sunday at the dulles expo center. >>> stink bugs are everywhere. especially if communities to our north. thousands of them can be seen all over frederick county. we showed you this yesterday. and now we are learning they are not just harmless pests but hurting local crops. maryland congressman is asking congress for $3 million to find a way to combat the problem. lindsey mastis went to germantown to find out how bad it is there. >> it's like a horror movie [ screaming ] >> reporter: the community farm in germantown is infested. >> tomatoes, egg plans, peppers, okra. >> reporter: the founder says the sti

i do want to put a plug in for the of the lawsuits that are out there, the native american indian lawsuitsthat are moving through congress -- the other lawsuits that are out there. there is a woman's case. i would like to see closure for all of those cases, and i do think that i want merit for all of those cases, but what happened to the black farmers in this country is nothing less than a national disgrace, and it has been under the radar screen, so to speak, of national media, so i am hoping that the recent events and what we're trying to do to ways awareness -- raise awareness -- it has just taken too long. tavis: as i mentioned earlier in this program, i talked to john a that justicee 1960's, delayed is justice denied. john boyd, thank you. >> and thank you for continuing to raise the plight of black farmers. tavis: my pleasure. coming up, the best-selling author andrew ross sorkin. stay with us. andrew ross sorkin is a columnist with "the new york times," whose book is out in paperback. it is called "too big to fail," about saving the financial system and themselves on wall street. go

those that passed came from one school, american public indian high school, which is a charter schooluld be embarrassed. >> so ben, if you have the power to change one variable in the education equation, what would it be? what do you think is the most urgent change that needs to be made? >> really, it's two, math and reading. every child in the public school needs an an hour and a half of mathematics and language arts every day. it's that simple. >> now, ben, there are some people for whom math does not come easily. you hear that right brain/left brain. if you have students in your school that are frustrated because they don't get it, isn't that possible that there are some kids that are going to be stronger in other areas than math? and they need to focus on that? >> well, they're stronger because they work. if you're overweight you can say, well, i'm overweight, i was born overweight, but you can work on being overweight. if a child comes into our school is overweight, we assign them a tutor because he's overweight. if someone comes in and has trouble with math, oh, you're sleth bra

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homes belonging to indian american families have been burglarized, 37 homes in all. the thieves are looking for gold. the mastermind is a woman from new york. >> reporter: that was her then, and this is her now. >> wow, finally, i believe like there's a justice system. >> reporter: 34-year-old melinda soto pleaded guilty to 37 burglaries, and stealing more than half a million dollars, mainly in family gold from indian americans in northern virginia. two other men, including her husband, have been charged. but that was hardly the case when i visited laha a year ago. $100,000 worth of diamonds, gold and other valuables snatched away. her community scared, paranoid and skeptical of everyone who came into their neighborhood. >> now, at least they can go to their house, sleep in their house. the house is a place where you live, and it was a hunting place. >> reporter: according to court documents, she found them by going to the white pages and having a scanner, tuned to police frequencies, she broke into dozens of homes. she listened to police scanners to make sure they w

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there is a cool in oakland, california, it's called the american indian public charter school.7,000 per year per student. every single student graduates and goes on to college. they have the highest sat scores in the nation. and that's with $7,000 a year per student. the entire discussion cannot revolve around money, but it has to revolve around teacher excellence. how to reward teachers that are able to help students in the neighborhood. if you live in a poor neighborhood, it doesn't mean you are incapable of learning. you need good teachers. we need to promote teacher excellence, and merit pay, and do something about how teachers are tenured in this country, and allow teachers to be rewarded for the good work they do, and it's not money, it's the political grid unions have the system. >> the president is in iowa with that backyard discussion, but i know this discussion will continue regarding education and reform. thank you, michelle. always good to have you on. that does it for me this hour. contessa, what do you have? >> president obama campaigning like it's 2008, trying to

the united states has enough to support a bet on employment situation before the indians come back while many americans may view immigrants as taking jobs the reality is that indian and chinese. immigrants created fifteen percent of the jobs in places of power like silicon valley but now that entrepreneurial spirit is being brought back to the place they started from the economy is definitely booming would look for more opportunities far more it is that they can work and the younger generation has a lot more things going on for them. this is good for them this is good for the country a country that gave them the wings to leave but ultimately the roots that drew them back preassure either our t. bangalore india. the united nations general assembly has seen another war of words between the u.s. and iran with president mahmoud ahmadinejad saying he believes america was behind the nine eleven terror attacks of the claims led to a walkout by u.s. and western nations and drew the wrath of barack obama artes and us to see it sure can has more from new york while the u.s. mainstream media has largely been focu

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as president, he is in charge of indian american combat operations here. -- he is in charge of ending the american combat operations here. >> i am going to make a speech to the nation tonight. it is not going to be a victory lap. it is not want to be self congratulatory. there is still a lot of work we have got to do. to make sure iraq is an effective partner with us. >> this is not yet a country of peace, and it may not be for a long time. after seven years of violence, it is a country that feels itself to be free once again. the acting prime minister, nouri al maliki, announced today that iraq was once more sovereign and independent. the point of the american involvement here, supposedly, was to liberate the iraqi people and perhaps to start a domino effect against other middle eastern dictatorships. all that really happened as a result of the invasion in the short run was saddam hussein was overthrown and the whole country was laid waste. the invasion took power away from the minority sunni moslems and gave it to the shi'a majority. >> it was essentially a disaster. the worst disas

. >> we are here at the national museum of american indian where they are opening a brand new exhibitnd. i'm with the curator, rebecca. thank you for having me. tell me about this weekend. >> the exhibition is tidalled vantage points. it's new works by contemporary artists. we have a series of programs going on. a couple interactive workshops going on. >> kind of like this one. what is this about? the sticks. >> so truman low will be working with kids to put together a piece put together with sticks. >> very cool. i guess you have to come out to see what they make and they're also having a sewing circle. tell me about this. >> this is an open to the community sewing circle. any age can participate. no sewing experience is necessary. >> where did you get these jeans at? >> they are from farmer pharmacist, he was a rather stubby short man,. >> i'm sure he'd be happy to be described that way. >> let's start with the symbol. >> i have the symbol. >> kind of go ahead, don't let me poke you. i'm going to try not to poke myself. >> and that's not that good. all right. >> i'll just let you do

using the indian americans coming up in the party. and there are enormous numbers.epublican party is going to be extremely different. i really welcome a lot of the changes that will come in with the end of the lion in winter. and then end up as a party. what i do not welcome -- >> i like the way you're handling my analogy. you are using it extremely well. >> are the useful idiots? but they have let the republican party allowed to be elected in the two-party. >> the thing is, we're preconditions to expect, and yet, useful idiots in the democratic party. yet, shock, horror with the republicans. they have been fairly cohesive and have been able to go to the country club in sort matters out. >> that is true. there are liberal conservatives, conservatives you can deal with. >> conservatism began its change, i think, after ronald reagan and margaret thatcher. that was lines in winter, after which there were different. conservatives were different. i doubt anything works to get back to that. >> let me make two observations. one is that there is no correlation between the s