closer or to understand the nature of the history of they had shared with american indians. this actually masks who native americans really are. we open this curtain and we look at what stands behind this imagery. this imagery is the intersection between native and non-native. the american exhibit ends with a very clear presentation of the fact that non-native americans and native americans share a deeply entangled history. this is the unique history of the united states. it has shaped natural consciousness -- national consciousness. when i would like to show you is one that really fascinated me as soon as i learned about it. this is a sketch for the great seal of the united states. congress employed a committee, or got together a committee of americans with impeccable american revolutionary war credentials to come up with the design for the great seal of the united states. they committe presented a proposal. second committee. the second committee turned to a man named francis hopkins. he came up with the sketch that we are looking at here. people who know about the history o

>> we are standing in the central gallery of the museum of the american indian's latest exhibition. her that premises that a most american people today feel they have very little to do with native americans, and native americans have virtually nothing to do with them or their lives. we believe the exact opposite is true. the natural museum of the american indian is examining the nature of non-native americans relationship with native americans. and we do this through a prism of the national paradox. the paradox is american indians constitute a one to 2% of the u.s. population, yet everywhere you look you see imagery of american indians. it's also found on state and county seals. it is found in u.s. military insignia. it is found on architectural elements, buildings and bridges. it's everywhere you look in american life. whether it was people that came over on the mayflower or indeed a recent immigrant, one recognizes this imagery as part and parcel of american life. we wanted to begin our exhibit five -- exhibit by exploring the phenomenon that is familiar, but striking. it is a phen

so in this exhibition, the natural museum of the american indian is examining the nature of non-native americans relationship with native americans. and we do this through a prism of the national paradox. that's the reduction is one that is very familiar to americans whether they are native or not. the paradox is american indians constitute 1% to 2% of the u.s. population, yet everywhere you look, you see imagery of american indians. this imagery is found not only in advertising, product design and corporate logos. it is also found on state and county seals. it is found in u.s. military insignia. it is found in motel and storefront signage on , architectural elements, of buildings and bridges. it is found in people's tattoos. it's everywhere you look in american life. and whether one is native american or descends from people who came over on the mayflower or is a first generation american or indeed a recent immigrant, one recognizes this imagery as part and parcel of american life. and so we wanted to begin our exhibit by exploring the is phenomenon that is familiar, yet very striking

point of view, necessitated confining american indians and subjugating american indians. while the wild west shows are still ongoing. the image of the plains indian warrior moved into the 20th century with the latest technological investment. in the battle of little bighorn is portrayed in silent films and in talkies all throughout the heyday of hollywood and in the 1940's and 30's, technicolor period of the 50's. well into the counterculture films. with the silent films in 1925, there is a film considered one of the great epics of the silent era. in this movie it's made clear in the written dialogue that plains indian warriors in particular were impeding the "advancement of white men." and so this storyline of american indians standing in the way of progress continues to be told throughout the golden age of hollywood, and even in the counterculture films. the counterculture films even begin to reflect a little bit more. -- a little bit more on what was actually going on in the west. native people are still being portrayed as frozen in time--there are no other pe

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what's really interesting is the trail of tears was never forgotten by american indians. but in national memory it faded away pretty quickly. in the late 19th century, into the first half of the 20th century, it's rarely in textbooks as a major event involving indians. and it's often completely omitted from discussions of the jackson administration area there are many books -- there aren't many books written that touched upon it. is the first thing people think of when they think of president jackson. people are really familiar with that phrase. in our last section we show how that didn't just happen by accident. it was contrary of young indian women in early 20th century that launched a campaign that started to catch on. there was different kind of writings. there was a turkey woman who dressed in clothing. to talk to people about indian removal. the phrase trail of tears caught on among the american public over time. it was not until the 1950's that it started appearing a lot and not until the 60's and 70's that it became very, very well-known. we are always fascinated a

that is specific to the american plains indians, correct? why has that become such a symbol for all native americans? >> yes, it was mostly confined, at least the feather headdress that we most often think about when we see native imagery, was confined to the plains tribes, and confined to a relatively short period in history. there were a few tens of thousands of plains indians, and there were many millions of other kinds of indians that inhabited all of the americas for thousands of years, and yet that is the image that we chose, that is the image that continues to be used, that for some reason we seem to like very much. one of the things we explore in this exhibit is the battle of little big horn, and we pose the question, why does the country really hang onto this story and keep telling the story and apparently like the story so much, when it was a crushing defeat of american arms? we invite the visitor to explore how that battle has been interpreted and how the indians who fought that battle sort of became national symbols of courage and

meeting of minds between- environmental activist and american indian. activist we even saw- the now. famous young swedish activist greta sooner go very recently- to an indian a american- reservation to really say okay this is an important issue could this. get a new life maybe to europe because you think it's important to join hands with them we've always had allies we've always made allies in my day in younger years in the sixties and seventies we it was uraninium. mining that was a threat in fact is still waiting in the wings waiting to come in the uranium mining corporations. but back in that- seventies. that that was the issue then so it's always becausese weree l ld based we're always as a people concerned about the environment and- and extracting. corporation but others are more involved as well. especially the youth so i mean this give this give you hope you know that this could also help your cause. well it's- you look at it in teterms of- i've been it for the long haul since i was young but now i'm an elder. so our- our generation of activists w

the american indians were important. they were, first of all, they had the tradition of being warriors. that was critical when you're putting together an army. there were co-talk urged, and others who had their own language and it was assumed, correctly that if a navajo was talking, and even if the japanese could eavesdrop and hear that conversation, which they could, they were not going to be able to decode it, because very few japanese spoke navajo. so the code talkers were important for operational security, i think there was also a sense that, with american indians, with american indians, it was a comprehensive american force, in the same way that we wanted all ethnicities to be represented by 1945. it is a painful process getting there, to acknowledge that there is a rightful role in combat unit for black americans, that black americans can be excellent fighter pilots as they showed to the test tiki airman and for the native americans, it was a feeling that, there is some practical skills that are useful and second

american indians were important. of all, they had a tradition of eating warriors which was critical when you were trying to put together an army. as you mentioned, there were code talkers, navajo and others that had their own language and it was assumed correctly that if a navajo was talking to another navajo on the radio, that even if the japanese, and we were talking about pacific the order in this case come a could eavesdrop and hear that conversation which they call it, they would not be able to decode it because very few japanese spoke navajo. so the code talkers were important for operational security. i think there was also a sense that with american indians, native americans as part of the force, that it really was a comprehensive american force. in the same way that we wanted all ethnicities to be represented by 1945. and it is a painful process getting there, to a technology that there is a rightful role in combat units for black americans come of that black americans can be excellent fighter pilots as they

i signed the first presidential proclamation recognizing the tragedy of missing and murdered american indians and alaska natives. we also launched operation lady justice and provided $273 million to improve public safety in native american tribal communities. at the end of this event, i will once again sign a proclamation recognizing missing and murdered american indians and alaska native awareness day. it has been a tremendous problem. missing and murdered american indians. could you discuss that for a second, please? vice president lizer: i don't want to steal our second lady's thunder here. president trump: good. i'd like to have the second lady -- go ahead, please. second lady lizer: yeah, well, we're -- navajo nation has been really hit hard by missing and murdered indigenous women. president trump: right. second lady lizer: you know, it seems to be a growing -- a growing issue that's been happening with navajo. and so we -- you know, with the ashlynne mike case that came up in 2016, where she was kidnapped and raped and murdered in shiprock, new mexico -- may 2, 2016. so that's kind of

i think there was also a sense that with american indians, senative americans native machineries as.e itch american -- native americans were a comprehensive force. we wanted all ethnicities to be represented by 1945. it's a painful process getting there, acknowledging there's a rightful role in combat unit for black americans. that black americans could be excellent fighter pilots as they showed in the alabama in who got in combat in europe. for native americans it was a feeling that, first of all, they got practical skills that are useful. second that, it is an affirmation that this is a pan-american war. >> salbator, in indianapolis, maryland, welcome. >> yes, hello. my dad fought in world war ii in the pacific. he had four brothers who also fought in world war ii. couple in pacific, couple in europe, another fought in the pacific in the navy. my dad was second generation italian american. appears the prejudice against them was less than against japanese-americans. i'm glad that was true, i'm wondering why. second question. dropping the atomic bomb. i thibelieve it's the reason i'

i think there was also a sense that with american indians and native americans as part of the force, that it really was a comprehensive american force. in the same way that we wanted all ethnicities to be represented by 1945. and it's a painful process getting there. to acknowledging there is a rightful role in combat units for black americans. that black americans could be excellent fighter pilots as they showed as the tuskegee airmen in alabama who got into combat in europe showed. so i think for the native americans it was a feeling that first of all they've got some practical skills that are useful, and second that it is an affirmation that that is pan american war. >> val vattor in annapolis, maryland. welcome. >> my dad fought in world war ii and had a couple of brothers and a couple in europe and other uncle who fought in the pacific in the navy. a couple of questions, my dad was a second generation italian american. it appears that the prejudice against italian americans was much less than against japanese americans and i'm wondering if that was true and i'm wondering why. an

i signed the first residential proclamation recognizing the tragedy of missing and murdered american indianslaskan natives. we also launched operation lady justice and provided $273 million to improve public safety and native american tribal communities. at the end of this event i will once again sign a proclamation recognizing missing and murdered american indians in alaska, native awareness day. it has been a tremendous problem, missing and murdered american indians. if you discuss that for a second please? >> i don't want to steal the second lady sunday. >> president trump: i'd like to have a second lady. go ahead. >> the nation has been hit hard. it seems to be a growing issue that has been happening with navajo. and so we, you know, with a case that came up in 2016 where she was kidnapped and and murdered in mexico i'm amazed second, 2016. that is what open the door for navajo to start saying, okay, we need to do something. that became the forefront. since then, the amber alert has gotten better. but still needs help with funding. he still needs help with getting the data together. our

here's what he had to say at the inception of the national museum of the american indian. this is a national museum that takes the permanence, the authenticity, the vitality and the self-determination of native american voices at the fundamental reality it must represent. we move decisively from the older image of the museum as a temple with its superior self-governing priesthood to a forum committed not to the promulgation of received wisdom, but encouragement of multicultural dialogue. embedded art difficult memories in particular. i want to talk about them with two aims. first to discuss from the perspective of a museum director, the process and substance of memories and difficult ones. second, an essential, i want to discuss the transformative impact of the invocation of a voice in memory, as i will describe it, on museums in the 21st century. from the beginning the nest museum of the native american indian at a three-pronged statement. first that it is a substance -- international of the present and future and not comprised merely of ethnographic memory -- remnants of

it's important that the american indian community be served during covid-19. many have going jobless and many native people are suffering with h-c, hic, have major health despairties is becoming homeless and taking care of one another. the native american health center has been providing pop-up food banks for the community and people are losing their jobs and they can't support themselves, taking care of their families with childcare and we ask that you support them. the latino community has reached out to us and they have been important to us. but it's unfortunate that the mayor has been picking and choosing who she wants to help during this time of covid skids .we are in this touch and help us. >> operator: you have 15 questions remaining. >> welcome, cardiovascular. caller. >> this is randall slone and i was appointed by your body in 2019 to serve as an sro representative on the san francisco department of building inspections, sro task force. unfortunately, when we need a voice the most, that sro task force has been hiatus for approximately six months. i w

american indians were important. they had a tradition of being warriors. that was critical when you are trying to put together an army. as you mentioned, there were code talkers and they had their own language and it was assumed correctly that if a navajo talking to another navajo on the radio, that even if the japanese, and we are talking about the civic theater in this case, could eavesdrop and hear that conversation, which they could, they would not have been able to decode it because very few japanese spoke navajo. the code talkers were important for operational security. i think there was also a sense with native americans as part of the force that it really was a comprehensive american force in the same way that we wanted all ethnicities to be represented by 1945. it is a painful process of getting there to acknowledging that there is a rightful role in combat units for black americans. that black amyris can be -- black americans can be excellent fighters as the tuskegee airmen who got into combat showed. for native americans, it was a feeling that f

it's important to note that american indians that a 5 1/2 year shorter life expectancy than the rest of the population. to your specific question what i would say is i do not believe that the extent of the pandemic is related to anything that the indian health service hospital facility did or did not do. i think the spread of this pandemic has been largely community based and related to the social factors. the clinical response to the pandemic is a different question. to be a little bit more specific for the indian health service, i think we should think of it -- always think of it not as a hospital system but as a public health agency. as a public health agency, if we can enable it to move beyond not just the clinic walls and hospitals and physicians and nurse, but what is the way that the indian health service can facilitate public health work out in the communities and partnership with the navajo nation. i think that's where the power of the indian health service can really take root for this pandemic. . the majority of the american indian population is not what is hat will be def

irish are helping the american indians during coronavirus. most of my irish friends can't even remember what happened last night. ( irish ) "i spent faftin days in a british prison, for some-tin' i dinna remember!" and this is really nice, but if i were native american, i'd be a little suspicious of any european trying to give me anything. i'd be like, "thanks for the money. why don't you go ahead and lick it first. all right, any smallpox? okay, we good." and finally, some news from portland, oregon, the place you would visit if only your oxen would stop dying. every year, the city celebrates world naked bike ride day with 10,000 people taking over the streets. naked, on bicycles. and even though large gatherings aren't possible during the pandemic, portland has announced that instead of cancelling the event, they're encouraging everyone to simply go out and ride naked on their own, keeping appropriate distance from other riders and pedestrians. and i guess this is the one time that people might not care if someone's riding around naked. "wh

american indians were important. first of all, they had a tradition of being warriors.you'retical trying to put together an army. language.heir own it was assumed that if a navajo was talking to another -- another navajo on the radio that even if the japanese could eavesdrop and hear that conversation, which they could, they would not be able to decode it because very few japanese spoke navajo. so the code talkers were important for operational security. there was also a sense that with part of theians as force that it was a comprehensive american force. we wanted all ethnicities to be -- byented by 1945 aired 1945. it is a painful process getting there, acknowledging there is a rightful role in combat units for black americans, that black americans can be excellent the teskelots as airman and alabama showed. airmen in alabama showed. they was a feeling that would get some practical skills and a second that it is an affirmation that this is a pan-american war. host: salvatori in annapolis, maryland. welcome. caller: my dad fought in the pacific. he had four brothers who

my name is kevin gover i'm the director at the national museum of the american indian. we are here to talk about the national american memorial and broke ground for it this morning and we will turn to the business of building the moral next week. so, we are glad that you're here and we're excited to be talking about the memorial and let's get right to it. with me is harvey pratt with. he's a citizen of the tribes of oklahoma. he is a piece chief and has been a career law enforcement official. he is a working artist and he is a marine and vietnam veteran. put your arms together for harvey pratt (applause) what caused you to submit a proposal or proposed design for the memorial? >> our veterans director just kept after me. i had no, really had no hope that they would come closer. he just kept after me and kept doing it for the tribe and i said let me dream on it and i said i have to dream. some of my best creativity is done in the morning and so that's what i did. i went home and i dreamed about it and i got my big chief tablet out and got some sketches and it just came to

as a member of the urban american indian community, watching the destruction of an institution in our community that has been the foundation for organizing, for education, for opportunity, for building community together is no longer there. we have been coming together to take care of our community. and so this is what i ask of all of you. we need to create the space for people to be able to grieve, to come together, to mourn the loss of george floyd. but in order to be able to do that, we need to create the space to remove the people who are doing us arm. we watched communities step up and come together to clean the stre streets, to feed one another, and that's what we need to do here. one of the ways that we can care for community is to stay home tonight. is to stay home tonight so we can remove those folks who are harming us. so we can remove those who are detracting from the memory of george floyd and from the work that we have to do to ensure justice is done and to ensure that the three additional officers are held account ababl. but we cannot do that until community can gather s

health service to protect the health care of indian americansthe covid-19 era. what is an option congress might play to give assistance to that argument? thank you so much, chairman neal -- >> thank you so much, chairman neal. one of the most pressing things we need to address is the availability of health care workers on the front lines. physicians, nurses, health care technicians. many indian facilities have the equipment, if we talk about the ventilator supply, but not the people experienced with using that equipment. we have to take drastic steps to improve the health care workers apply. the indian health care service regularly reports a 30% vacancy rate for physicians, nursing, pharmacy, dentist roles. how the federal government can help, as dr. fernandez was alluding to, increase the pipeline. we know that these diverse students when they become physicians and other health professionals will return to their communities. right now less than .5% of physicians in the country are american indian. when we survey help service providers, we find

it's important that the american indian community be served during covid-19. many have going jobless and many native people are suffering with h-c, hic, have major health despairties is becoming homeless and taking care of one another. the native american health center has been providing pop-up food banks for the community and people are losing their jobs and they can't support themselves, taking care of their families with childcare and we ask that you support them. the latino community has reached out to us and they have been important to us. but it's unfortunate that the mayor has been picking and choosing who she wants to help during this time of covid skids .we are in this touch and help us. >> operator: you have 15 questions remaining. >> welcome, cardiovascular. caller. >> this is randall slone and i was appointed by your body in 2019 to serve as an sro representative on the san francisco department of building inspections, sro task force. unfortunately, when we need a voice the most, that sro task force has been hiatus for approximately six months. i w

interprets in there as well, to figure out what would allow minorities participation which includes american indians. they separate alaska natives so those two are separate, and asian-american, a broad category for language, right, as well as initially latinos, specifically meaning mexican-american and puerto rican. >> i'll plug my work since rosina mentioned it earlier. >> do it. >> my current dissertation is about the institutional history of the dnc. and unlike the representation of african-americans in the national democratic party, it's not until the 1970s where you even have conversations within the organization to think about hiring some sort of latino outreach representative. so it's shocking to think it wasn't until the late 1970s where you have conversations about national democratic outreach to latinos. if we look at these kind of national institutions or party organizations, it's like jerry said earlier, there is serious lack in the scholarship, even the basic facts of presidential elections and latinos. and before then, of course, and this will be my segue into the next question, before

american indians were important. they had a tradition of being warriors. that was critical when you are trying to put together an army. wereu mentioned, there code talkers and they had their own language and it was assumed correctly that if a navajo talking to another navajo on the radio, that even if the japanese, and we are talking about the civic theater in this case, could eavesdrop and hear that conversation, which they could, they would not have been able to decode it because very few japanese spoke navajo. the code talkers were important for operational security. i think there was also a sense with native americans as part of the force that it really was a comprehensive american force in the same way that we wanted all ethnicities to be represented by 1945. it is a painful process of getting there to acknowledging that there is a rightful role in combat units for black americans. --t black amyris can be black americans can be excellent fighters as the tuskegee airmen who got into combat showed. for native americans, it was a feeling that first of al

i am told thousands of american indians who have never been brought to their fulfillment, you will work so long and so energetic and american poverty, with some 35 million people living in poverty with the shaking oftions every major city in the nation with great, a sick undergird of this nation, which has always kept it able with those minorities, is now being drained off and siphoned off in the name of somehow saving face in southeast asia. when we talk, i think you would agree, there seems to be a great paradox. >> the cost of the war last year was $23 billion. in just about specific terms, that one year's cost of this war would clean up all of our waters in the united states. the half-hour this program is being telecast to the american public, to reduce that or translate that in terms of the cost of the war, the federal government will be spending $1 million just in this one half hour period. just in vietnam. >> i think that of all the arguments that are made, that is the least impressive. actually, the world knows we have the power to exterminate every living inhabitant of vietnam.

around united states with his mother who served as the executive director of the association of american indian affairs. then the only independent advocacy organization for native americans this early experience help to shape his lifelong preoccupation with american history. the settlement of the continents and issues of race and political power. today he lives in san francisco with his lovely wife, who is also here joining us. it is my greatest pleasure to welcome to our book passage stage, a master storyteller fergus bordewich. [applause] >> thanks. how's that sound? thank you to book passage for having me here. i had my commendation to the store for sustaining a thousand writers every year, poor desperate hungry writers who are gasping for an ear also for sustaining the writing life and keeping books available to people in an independent venue so you don't have to go to that place online that we all know about. i'm going to be speaking tonight about my most recent book "congress at war" and i appreciate the shout out from my last book which was the first congress which came out three years a

untold thousands of american indians have never been brought to their fulfillment, you will work so long and energetic in the field in poverty. some 35 million people living in poverty with the very foundation shaking a very major city in the nation. with the greek basic undergirding of this nation that has always kept it stable. it's a dream that's being siphoned off in the name of somehow saving southeast asia. i think you would agree that there seems to be a great paradox. >> the cost of the war last year was 30 billion dollars, so you can say in an specific terms that a year of a war in this country would be very costly. >> to reduce that or translate that in terms of the cost of the war, the federal government will be spending a lot in this half hour period. >> just a vietnam? >> you know the argument is being made, of all the arguments being made, that is the least impressive. the world knows that we have the power to terminate every living inhabitant in vietnam. if we unleash that power we could solve the target. it's not our power that's an a question, it's the wisdom of our poli

presence protecting the buildings she told me that the only protection that they had was the american indian movement patrol that's a kind of a civilian led patrol led by indigenous people here in the twin cities and they were guards guarding the building and they were trying to get the city to she told me that they were trying to get the city to shut the gas and then she said there are 5 am this morning the fire started there's also a little indian restaurant just down there that locally owned i spoke with the owners of this dry cleaning business just kitty corner there they were cleaning up # the post office is completely gutted and burnt. i want to there's a little apartment building 8 like that that's a serious it's not a senior apartment with senior living but i'm a lot of older residents live there and they were afraid they said that they heard shots and got you know they heard. they heard the building catch on fire and what that sounded like shots 0 so i don't know if any shots were fired but he said it just sounded like a huge boom and just i talked to the couple people who grew up.

it's important that the american indian community be served during covid-19. many have going jobless and many native people are suffering with h-c, hic, have major health despairties is becoming homeless and taking care of one another. the native american health center has been providing pop-up food banks for the community and people are losing their jobs and they can't support themselves, taking care of their families with childcare and we ask that you support them. the latino community has reached out to us and they have been important to us. but it's unfortunate that the mayor has been picking and choosing who she wants to help during this time of covid skids .we are in this touch and help us. >> operator: you have 15 questions remaining. >> welcome, cardiovascular. caller. >> this is randall slone and i was appointed by your body in 2019 to serve as an sro representative on the san francisco department of building inspections, sro task force. unfortunately, when we need a voice the most, that sro task force has been hiatus for approximately six months. i w

cherokee nation in support of the petitioner, and faculty director for the center of the study of american indian law, chickasaw nation and native american law, and sam k. -- family foundation presidential professor at the oklahoma university school of law. filed a brief in support of the respondent. he is an associate professor. he has revisited parties in many proceedings, before the u.s. supreme court and u.s. courts of appeals. i am delighted to welcome both of them. thank you so much for joining us, robert sharon and lindsay. >> thank you. >> i am so glad you are here. lindsay, we will begin with you. you filed a brief on behalf of the petitioner's. chief justice roberts asked a question out of the gate, saying the state argues that this indian community is not an independent reservation, but a dependent indian community. tell us about that rather technical sounding distinction and why so much of the case hangs on it. >> it is unclear that it does, but it certainly became the state's principal argument this go around. it did not appear in the argument in the murphy case, which left some of u

. >> lawmakers synthetic emerging governor to try to reach an accord with two native american indian tribes that are persistent with high would check points designed to keep the coronavirus off their reservations. we talk about the impasse, good to have you with us. >> thank you for having me on your show. >> i want to read something from the cheyenne river sioux tribe chairman harold fraser, they have eight bed hospital facility, he says this to you about telling him to take down the checkpoints. you are continuing to interfere in efforts to do what side effects dictate, undermine ability to protect everyone on the reservation. how do you respond to those concerns? >> the chairman and i talk and text, we have known each other for years, the question is on us highways and state highways, we have a situation where folks are concerned they can't travel through the reservation, they aren't able to get essential services through and we want to maintain access in case people do get sick that we have the ability to get an ambulance, the we have the ability get trucks that have groceries an

americans. >> the hopi indians, already civilized when the white man discovered him in the sistine -- the 16th century, who presented him with articles which the hopi cultivated. were they the indians -- were they the first indians to weave? some think so. navajo weavers were women. all weaving in the hopi land is done by men. they have leisure time and turn to artistic handicraft to absorb energy. as the men are called upon to furnish costumes for occasioned, weaving is more than a commercial feature. this weaver is singing a hopi ceremonial song. (music) [hopi singing] while all may be familiar with the indian blanket, few have seen a tuy -- a typical kashima sash, four feet to six feet long and worn by dancers or used for decorative purposes in homes. the art of silver smithing with the hopi, they had no native metal with which to work in the early days. they now produce jewelry of a very high standard. the hand-pumped grill fashioned many years ago is still useful. in a noticeable trait for the indian, until he finds something better to take its place, he never abandons the old tools. a su

interestingly enough, taking time while he's on the ground to meet with leaders of the native tribes, the american indianribes in the state who play, i don't know, even surprised by this, play a politically important role in a politically important state. there's a little bit of useful politics being done. >> bill: okay, so when you think about the news in the white house, a moment ago, we are going to wrap up this coronavirus task force. apparently, there is some planning to wind it down by the end of this month. smart idea? >> well, my senses will continue. we may not have the full blown task force, but we are still going to have it operating working out things like vaccines and therapies and conformity to the phase program that the president laid out earlier last month. so, i'm not certain exactly what the impact is going to be. because clearly, the cdc and the nih and the white house are going to continue to be deeply involved, and hhs, deeply involved in planning, overseeing, monitoring, and preparing for the next steps that need to be taken to overcome this virus. >> bill: this was from the "wall s

. ♪ spent state lawmakers in south dakota urging the governor to reach an accord with two american indianhway checkpoints to keep the coronavirus off the reservations. without. south dakota governor joins us now to talk about the impasse. good happy with us. >> absolutely, shannon. thank you for having me on your show. >> shannon: i want to read something from the chairman harold fraser, that they only have an eight bed hospital facility, and no icu. worried about cases coming into the reservation. to sing this to you about telling him to take down the checkpoint, you continuing to interfere in the efforts with science dictates undermining the ability to protect everyone on the reservation. how do you respond to those concerns? >> well, the chairman and i talk and text back and forth quite often. we have known each other for years. the question is, u.s. highways and also state highways is that we have a situation where folks are concerned that they can't travel through the reservation, that they aren't able to get essential services through, and we want to make sure that we maintain acces

it's important that the american indian community be served during covid-19. many have going jobless and many native people are suffering with h-c, hic, have major health despairties is becoming homeless and taking care of one another. the native american health center has been providing pop-up food banks for the community and people are losing their jobs and they can't support themselves, taking care of their families with childcare and we ask that you support them. the latino community has reached out to us and they have been important to us. but it's unfortunate that the mayor has been picking and choosing who she wants to help during this time of covid skids .we are in this touch and help us. >> operator: you have 15 questions remaining. >> welcome, cardiovascular. caller. >> this is randall slone and i was appointed by your body in 2019 to serve as an sro representative on the san francisco department of building inspections, sro task force. unfortunately, when we need a voice the most, that sro task force has been hiatus for approximately six months. i w

it's important that the american indian community be served during covid-19. many have going jobless and many native people are suffering with h-c, hic, have major health despairties is becoming homeless and taking care of one another. the native american health center has been providing pop-up food banks for the community and people are losing their jobs and they can't support themselves, taking care of their families with childcare and we ask that you support them. the latino community has reached out to us and they have been important to us. but it's unfortunate that the mayor has been picking and choosing who she wants to help during this time of covid skids .we are in this touch and help us. >> operator: you have 15 questions remaining. >> welcome, cardiovascular. caller. >> this is randall slone and i was appointed by your body in 2019 to serve as an sro representative on the san francisco department of building inspections, sro task force. unfortunately, when we need a voice the most, that sro task force has been hiatus for approximately six months. i w

supreme court hears arguments on the proposition that a large chunk of eastern oklahoma remains an american indian reservation. the justices heard arguments by phone and an appeal by a native american man who claims state courts have no authority to try him for a crime committed on reservation land. and from salt lake city's fox 13, our affiliate there, one of the big stories there tonight, 7-year-old girl is dead and her 3-year-old sister missing in a flash flood in emery county. searches -- they are still searching right now. they searched late last night for the missing girl and it resumed this morning. that's tonight's look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪ fifty years ago, humpback whales were nearly extinct. they rebounded because a decision was made to protect them. making the right decisions today for your long-term financial future can protect you and your family, and preserve your legacy. ask a financial advisor how retirement and life insurance solutions from pacific life can help you plan for your future. because i trust their quality they were the first