and subjugating american indians. while the wild west shows are still ongoing, the image of the plains indian warrior moves into the 20th century with the latest technological advancement and form of mass entertainment, that is motion pictures. and the battle of the little bighorn is portrayed in silent films, then in talkies, all throughout the heyday of hollywood, the 1940s and '30s, technicolor period of the '50s, well into the counterculture films. with, for example, the silent films in 1925, there is a film that's considered one of the great epics of the silent era. and in this movie, it's made clear in the written dialogue that plains indian warriors and lakotas in particular were impeding the, quote, advancement of white men and western frontier. and so this story line of american indians standing in the way of progress continues to be told throughout, as i say, the golden age of hollywood, the films of the '50s, and even in the counterculture films. the counterculture films obviously begin to reflect a little b

adrian stevens, the acting board chair of the national american indian housing council, and also the executive director of the seneca national housing authority and a member of the seneca nation. the senior vice president for community development, and the center for indian country development at the minneapolis federal reserve bank. the chief executive officer of the american indian community development corporation in minneapolis, minnesota and also the chair of the board of the commissioners -- excuse me, the chair of the board of the commissioners of the housing and community development agency. greetings to my fellow minnesotans. also, eric shepherd, the executive director of the housing authority and south dakota. eric is also a member of the community. welcome and thank you all of you for your willingness to speak with us today and i look forward to hearing from each of you. before you begin your opening statements, just a few reminders. once you start speaking, there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the screen. to minimize background noise, please click the m

as she does that, we are talking of fawn sharp, the president of the national council of american indians. democrats (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001, an independents (202) 748-8002. if you are a native american want to give your perspective on the management of land, call us at (202) 748-8003. you can also text us at that line. let's check and see if she is back. we will continue on. we will continue to take calls. fawn sharp, are you there? guest: hello. host: you heard the guest talk about voting rights. i think we lost you midway the ability to make sure your votes are counted. guest: historically, we did not have the right to vote. in fact our citizens were serving in the military before we were recognized as citizens with the right to vote. present day we do have the right to vote and indian country is quite active in our respective areas to ensure that every tribal citizen has the right to vote. there has been an effort to silence our vote, discredit our voting and to not count us. that is another major challenge we are confronting right now. host: we have a viewer who as

and respect to all american indians.into the passing of a great leader in the community early this year who was a great leader with the friendship house who also reminds us of our obligation to serve the community and substance abuse treatment to the american indian community and others. it's a great privilege to have this and we'll be taking action on it at our next meeting. i wanted to give it over to our commissioners who had had questions or comments. >> thank you, president. thank you patrick an mark for bringing this to us and to the community leaders who have worked with you in crafting this. i think it's an exciting thing for us to be doing. i only wish there was more that we could do to make it known that this is something that is important to us. so important that we're going to be reading this statement ahead of every meeting as a sign of acknowledgement an respect. and that this is something that should be done in perpetuity. i wanted to at least verbally acknowledge the important marking of this and total su

and if you could summarize your findings on the american indian population. >> thanks for that line of question on aggregated data on asian american. i'm going to toss that over to our population division experts. >> thanks for the question. >> we have a lot of data. the data released today focuses on the major categories within race and hispanic origin. we collected for the very first time detailed disaggregated information from all population groups. we had detailed identities for the very first time. as we move forward in our data collection, we will be looking at the 2020 census results in a detailed housing file. that is where you will find information on groups across the country, whether they be detailed asian groups, black or african american groups, native tribes, as well as detailed groups for white, middle eastern, and african populations. >> when will that be released? >> the releases that we have planned are going to go through our process that is similar to the public redistricting file. >> looks like we have got a technical difficulty there. we will get nick back on to a

cultural district, which is one of two american indian cultural districts in the united states. [applause] >> thank you. we have received funding to help the housing, education, and medical needs of our community. we are now being recognized and uplifted and engaged in the decisions that affect our people. greg castro, who was the principal cultural consultant for the ramaytush ohlone worked with the human rights commission to develop the land acknowledgement statement. this is now read at the beginning of the meetings of the human rights commission, board of supervisors, and has been presented to the san francisco unified school district commission meetings. this is the land acknowledgement. we, who are gathered here at this violence prevention summit, acknowledge that we are on unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the original stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor given up their responsibilities as the care takers of this

his influence from the american indian. so they would grown and all of the horns beans and squash brew in one man and the american indians knew how to do that and often times, it is because they were so isolated. they were not enough a lot of people to help. really tour was strong enough to do the work, and work and sometimes you know, the man you were building a woodworking and then maybe the woman of would tend to the garden more in housework read but often times even the kids would have been expected to do work starting mab seven years old. basically as soon as they were strong enough to pick up a tool and use it. in the children's education if they would have gotten a formal education when needed to go back to an older settlement. and to learn and often times it really was no formal education, it was whatever the parents have learned before coming to this area and then they would teach their children but the skills eating writing and math, were very very basic. maybe a pack horse or a cow. and chickens and sheep, pigs e

bay area region and beyond, with ongoing exclusion and disability that threatens the greater american indiannity with inclusion and respect in san francisco. [indiscernible] and were as san francisco human rights commission published a report in 2007 title discrimination by omission, issues of concern for native americans in san francisco, detailing the ways in which american indian communities experience exclusion in san francisco and identify numerous recommendations for improved outcomes and processes. it is important to counter the narrative regarding the doctrine of discovery with the acknowledgement that there always have been communities living on this land prior to the arrival of europeans, and where as the land acknowledgement is a formal statement the recognizes and respects american indians and storages of the land, and enduring relationships between the traditional territories, and where is the health commission recognizes the land acknowledgement resolution is just the first step needed in acknowledging and honouring the land and culture wisdom and contributions of the peoples.

bay area region and beyond, with ongoing exclusion and disability that threatens the greater american indian community with inclusion and respect in san francisco. [indiscernible] and were as san francisco human rights commission published a report in 2007 title discrimination by omission, issues of concern for native americans in san francisco, detailing the ways in which american indian communities experience exclusion in san francisco and identify numerous recommendations for improved outcomes and processes. it is important to counter the narrative regarding the doctrine of discovery with the acknowledgement that there always have been communities living on this land prior to the arrival of europeans, and where as the land acknowledgement is a formal statement the recognizes and respects american indians and storages of the land, and enduring relationships between the traditional territories, and where is the health commission recognizes the land acknowledgement resolution is just the first step needed in acknowledging and honouring the land and culture wisdom and contributions of the peo

cultural district, which is one of two american indian cultural districts in the united states. [applause] >> thank you. we have received funding to help the housing, education, and medical needs of our community. we are now being recognized and uplifted and engaged in the decisions that affect our people. greg castro, who was the principal cultural consultant for the ramaytush ohlone worked with the human rights commission to develop the land acknowledgement statement. this is now read at the beginning of the meetings of the human rights commission, board of supervisors, and has been presented to the san francisco unified school district commission meetings. this is the land acknowledgement. we, who are gathered here at this violence prevention summit, acknowledge that we are on unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the original stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor given up their responsibilities as the care takers of this

bay area region and beyond, with ongoing exclusion and disability that threatens the greater american indian community with inclusion and respect in san francisco. [indiscernible] and were as san francisco human rights commission published a report in 2007 title discrimination by omission, issues of concern for native americans in san francisco, detailing the ways in which american indian communities experience exclusion in san francisco and identify numerous recommendations for improved outcomes and processes. it is important to counter the narrative regarding the doctrine of discovery with the acknowledgement that there always have been communities living on this land prior to the arrival of europeans, and where as the land acknowledgement is a formal statement the recognizes and respects american indians and storages of the land, and enduring relationships between the traditional territories, and where is the health commission recognizes the land acknowledgement resolution is just the first step needed in acknowledging and honouring the land and culture wisdom and contributions of the peo

so while included a couple of american indian writers, no asian americans in mind. that does not mean that asian americans were not actively writing. they just were not publishing in mainstream newspapers and journals. and i think that knowing that sort of history knowing the foundation behind you is crucial work. i think that you have an excellent point that we need to start looking at specific communities and do that research. building on that. certainly in my own teaching, and she a lot of more contemporary asian american writers whose work you love. and specifically with people are looking at a place to start from i would suggest marilyn chin in particular. but i think that doing that sort of digging also to get there. we don't just appear as contemporary writers most of the soldiers soldiers of those who come before us. >> i have to say that my approach is been more holistic. i have not focused specifically on asian american authors but one thing i like to do when teach my science-fiction classes is focus on writers of color and women. if the goodly source of t

there were about 47 american indians that played in the leagues before world war ii. he was perhaps one of the best known. latinos and latin-american immigrants have had a huge impact in baseball. the spaulding guide is that this was a spanish-american edition, spanish-english edition put out and it covers all of the cuban leagues, which was by far the most important league in latin america at the time. up above, we have this image of one of the later wave of cuban players. what had happened in the first wave was that those were all white players. by the time you get to the 1950s after jackie rocken son and the players are looking at the caribbean, they're not only looking for white players. this was taken in 1958 when he returned home to cuba to open up a little league season. we included this in part because of the title "making his way in the usa." the idea that he's been with the dodgers for five years now, but he's just now settling in. he has a better command of english. he doesn't become a citizen for a number of years later, but he is part of a whole process in

there were about 37 american indians who played in the major leagues before world war ii. he was perhaps one of the best known. latinos and latin-american immigrants have had a huge impact in baseball. and what's interesting in this little book over here, this spaulding guide, this was a spanish-american edition, spanish-english edition put out and it publishes all the cuban leagues which was by far the most important league in latin america at the time. up above we have this image of mini miinosa, one of a later wave of cuban players. what had happened in the first wave is that those were all white players. by the time you get to the 1950s after jackie robinson and the major leagues are looking at the caribbean as the great source of talent, they're no longer only looking at white players. so mini muinosa goes onto become quite a star. this was taken in 1958 when he returned home to cuba to open up a little league season. we've included this picture from 1985 on the cover of sports illustrated in part because of the title, making his way in the this was taken in 1958 when

encourage people writing to share their work in a more public way so while i include a couple of american indian writers in my survey, there are no asian americans. however, that does not mean asian americans were not actively writing. they just were not publishing mainstream newspapers and journals and i think knowing that history of having that foundation behind you is crucial work so i think you have some excellent points that we need to startd looking at specific communities and doing that research, building on that and in my ownce teaching, i teach a lot of contemporary asian american writers whose work i love and specifically if people are looking at a place to start, i would suggest tamika hahn in maryland in particular but doing that digging, we don't just appear as contemporary writers, we stand on the shoulders of those people who come before us. >> did you want to comment on my last question? >> i have to say, my approach has been more holistic, like whole picture and i have not focused specifically on asian or asian-american offers. the one thing i do like to do when i teach science

the proof is in the numbers, of the 330-odd-million native american indians, a good 46 million -- we 't even talk about the cumberland gap, claim their ancestors came through the cumberland gap. the gap that was not discovered by daniel boone, the indians were there for centuries, but he was the one who hacked through it. it was called boone's trace for 30 years before it became known as the wilderness road. talking about coming full circle. i started out this with the perhaps macabre scene of 16-year-old james boone as he's bleeding to death, being tortured to death by big jim. decades later, boone is 52 years old, on his last indian war fight and they ride across the ohio, fighting the shawnees and hears the baying of indian hounds he knows this means indians are escaping. so he and a small platoon of men turn their horses from the main forest and see the indians escaping across the meadow. and one of them turns, aims his kentucky long rifle, fires, the soldier -- the militia men blows him out of the saddle. boone spurns his horse, getting closer to the indian, frantically reloading

american indian, our native peoples around the country, this bill, this infrastructure investment and jobs act is really an historic achievement for all of us who are concerned with american indian alaska native tribes and villages. i'm the vice chair of the the senate indian affairs committee and i have worked hard to make sure that indian voices are heard. we are talking about water and waste water things that most of us take for granted. we provide $3.5 billion for american native indians to provide for all of the sanitation projects. these are projects that have been on the books for way way too long. i -- i'm reminded by my friend, val davidson, she testified before the indians affairs committee about both the funding needed in native communities an sanitation's really significant impact on health and she shared her own personal story and also a statistic that one in three infants in communities from her region without adequate sanitation are hospitalized in their first year simply because they lack basic water sanitation services. a

a new revelation of blowing such a hole in the narrative by the american indian type. it's cited in the, on numerous occasions in the judge rates are ruling on january 4th, which means basically let the united states government was misleading or u. k. court. that's very syringe. ok, well the news here in britain is north's, about that, in fact, the world global mainstream news had time to talk about jeff bezos going to space. that's a much more important story than the daughter of famous publisher in the world. maybe amazon quick to shut down a w s. their web services system for an s. so the israeli pegasus system, after having to see the national, started talking about all this spyware. great success, no problem. i know that we have leaks of often talked about amazon's close links to the intelligence services. i mean, that's so that's so that should not be the end of it. i mean, there must be an outcry in the, in the public. and as we've said for 10 years, and i was doing the trans pointed out 10 years ago, i mean, the nice it needs to be a regulation of industry. ok,

this trans passing and banned these laws over the native americans in the lead up rated as a result part of an effort to either force the indians to move as the americans had tried to get him to do since really the beginning of the country, or to allow whites to take their land. now native american people fought against this and sometimes militarily through war or conflict but also through law which do what they were told to do and what civilized did, they used a lot. well thieves are ultimately unsuccessful for the majority the native people especially these five tribes so you probably know, is been going on through the 1830s and present andrew jackson a test shows the support for white southerners with during the advocating for the indian removal act predict for good reasons, the war is considered for many tribes to be a foundational journey, a journey that solidifies there's resilience as a people. but what i want you to take from this talk is that indian removal is that same thing for many of these enslaved people who endured alongside of their owners in the five tribes. so african descendents they remove the removal and re