museum of the american indian on the national mal. director kevin gover joined us to talk about the museum's history, artifacts and issues of importance to native americans today. first, a short clip from the museum's opening in 2004. >> we have lived in these lands, in these sacred places for thousands of years. we are thus the original part of the cultural heritage of every person hearing these words today. whether you are a native or not native. we have felt the cruel and destructive edge of colonialism that followed contact and that lasted for hundreds of years. but in our minds and in our history, we are not its victims. [ applause ] as the mohawk have counselled us, it is hard to see the future with tears in your eyes. we have survived. and from a cultural standpoint have even triumphed against great odds. we are here right now. 40 million indigenous people throughout the americas, and in hundreds of culturally distinct cultural communities. and we will insist that we remain a part of the cultural future of the americas. in the d

clinton for american national finance member and ted harvey, former state colorado senator. thanks for sharing your new year's day with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. happy new year. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. it's quite a busy day, busy few days leading up to the run-off. so many big names coming in for last-minute campaigning and appearances the next few days. david purdue off the trail right now as he's quarantining as someone near him was exposed to covid. this is a neck and neck race right now. more face time with voters is probably what he needs. >> certainly every vote counts in the last couple days. i believe with three million voters already voting, most people have already made up their minds. the last people that haven't, grabbing face time with each one of them is important.

greatly embarrassing to the new american national government. e victory on the negative side persuaded many native fighters to persist in the raids or joint in the raids against american settlers trying to move on to their lands. continued in the south, particularly between georgia and the creeks, the creeks being supplied by the spanish. one of the main creek leaders in this war, as you can tell from his name, add scottish heritage. creek.her was by having a creek mother and a creek family through her alexander was fully creek. he had a clan. this is a creek leader from around the same time. dressed.ow he might've alexander at the embellish and the ambition of building a southern confederacy. to build it out of his people, the creeks, and also the chickasaw, choctaw, and cherokee. together with choctaws and wellasaw's he wrote it is that from the beginning of the settlement of the english colony of carolina and georgia up to the date of that treaty, the treaty of paris, never have they had title to or pretended to own these our lands. say that b

these were greatly embarrassing to the new american national government. the victories on the native side persuaded many native fighters orpersist in their raids join in on the raids against american settlers trying to move on to their lands. war also continued in the south, particularly between georgia and the creeks. creeks being supplied by the spanish. alexander was one of the main creek leaders in this war, as you can tell from his name, had scottish parentage. his father was a scottish trader and merchant. alexander's mother was creek. creeks are matrilineal. by having a creek mother and a creek family through her , alexander was fully creek. he had a clan. he had membership. this is not a picture of him. this is a creek leader from around the same time. we don't have a picture of alexander, but this gives you a picture of how he might have dressed. alexander had the ambition of building a southern confederacy. to parallel the confederacy we have been talking about in the ohio valley. to build it out of his people, the creeks, and also the chickasaw,

americans. but i am wondering if you can speak about the relationship of the national museum of the american indiannarrative for non-indigenous people compared to that front of americans. well thank you first of all. that is a complicated question, of course. there are those, many in the native american community who think that we should take a very dark view of american history and make the museum almost into a native american holocaust museum, where we recite all of the different tragedies that were put upon native communities in the 500-some years since contact. and be assured that that has a place in our museum. but, as you heard in the opening, where richard west was talking about this, we refuse to accept the narrative that native americans are victims. because we are not. because we persist. because, in a very real sense, we prevailed against astronomical odds. in the year 1900 or so, there were only 250,000 native americans in the united states. their population had been reduced from who knows how many. the historians guess anywhere from 5 million to 15 million to 20 million people who once

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american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. tv on c-span3 created by america's cable television companies and today were brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >>> the north atlantic treaty organization was founded on april 4th, 1949 with 12 members. the atlantic community is a series of 20-minute films produced between 1954 and 1956 and financed by the u.s. government. the films were designed to familiarize nato member countries with the culture, history, industries, tourist attractions and military contributions of their nato partners. next on "reel america," from 1956, introducing the united states. the opening and closing titles in this film are in spanish, but the narration is

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these, not mighty arms, are the achievements which the american nation believes to be impressive. d if we are steadfast, the time may come when all other nations will also find its soul. every night before i turn out the lights to sleep, i ask myself this question. have i done everything that i can do to unite this country? have i done everything i can to help unite the world, to try to bring peace and hope to all the peoples of the world. have i done enough? ask yourselves that question in your homes and in this hall tonight. have we, each of us, all done all we could? have we done enough? we may well be living in the time foretold many years ago when it was said, i call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that i have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live. this generation of the world may choose, destroy or build? kill or aid? hate or understand? we can do all these things on a scale that's never dreamed of before. well, we will choose life. and so doing, we will prevail over the enemies within

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american history tv. every weekend on c-span 3 explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span 3 created by america's television companies, and today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >> this is washington, the capitol of a great nation, a city of magnificent buildings, of historic monuments visited by thousands who come to pay homage at the shrines dedicated to the nation's great. to george washington, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln. a city where beneath the classic dome of the capitol a nation's lawmakers meet. a city where young and old pause for one glorious sun drenched day in january to greet a man about to take the highest office of the land, to watch the pageantry and color of a memberable event and share in that proud moment when a president is inaugurated. for months there has been intensive preparations for this great day. hundreds of workmen sawed and hammered and painted to make ready the stands to accommodate the expected thousands. at last the great mo

a libya and argentina become the latest in latin american nations to get hundreds of thousands of russian covert shots as the head of the un heralds the role sputnik can play to fight the virus. and inoculation campaigns grind to a halt in parts of france and spain as vaccines run out prompting doctors to question the e.u.'s procurement system. and vaccine is not being delivered at the rate that we anticipate it's a real problem for the national vaccination plan.

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but the english they speak sounds more like new york fthan london, for canada is an american nation.e are many connections between the united states and canada. the interchange of tourists, businessmen, goods, ideas. in fact, americans who visit canada see a country similar in many ways to home. the financial world is closely links with that of the united states. american and other capital is helping develop canada's rapidly expanding industry. canadian industry itself closely parallels that of the states. the labor unions are built on the american pattern. like the cars that roar off the assembly lines. there is also a deeper and less-tangible similarity. to canadians, american news services, movies, radio, television programs, and other media, are as familiar as their own backyard. and though ka that i haddians wouldn't thank you to be confused with their neighbors, their understanding of american ways is as friends or relatives instead of strangers. the canadian character is also continually leavened by waves of immigrants from many other cultures. hanna kratz from check slovakia,

american history tv. every weekend on cspan3, explore our nation's past. american history tv on cspan3 created by america's cable television companies. today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >>> next, a look back at george w. bush's farewale address from the white house. he served two terms from 2001 to 2009. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. fellow citizens, for eight years it has been my honor to serve as your president. the first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence, a time set apart. tonight, with a thankful heart, i have asked for a final opportunity to share some thoughts on the journey that we have traveled together and the future of our nation. five days from now, the world will witness the vitality of american democracy. in a tradition dating back to our founding, the presidency will pass to a successor chosen by you, the american people. standing on the steps of the capitol, will be a man whose history reflects the enduring promise of our l

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at 6 pm, on american artifacts, smithsonian national air and space museum, jeremy kenny, shares the museums one-of-a-kind artifacts. that tell the story of the first half century of aviation. and, at 8 pm on the presidency, a look back to january 16th 1991, as president george w. h. president -- announces the bombing of iraq. and the start of the persian gulf war, followed by his state of the union address. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend, on c-span 3. on january 20th, 1961, john f. kennedy took office as president of the united states. on that day, he made it clear that a new administration was on the move. a year has passed in which new programs moved, sometimes with success. sometimes not, but always with vigor. president kennedy set the keynote for his new administration, in his inaugural address. >> let us begin anew. remembering on both sides, that civility is not a sign of weakness. and sincerity is always subject approved. let us never negotiate out of fear. but let us never fear to negotiate. throughout the year, kennedy assembled a group of men

americans. last week, 17 nations sent their views to some two dozen countries having an interest in southeast asia. we are joining those 17 countries and stating our american policy tonight, which we believe will contribute toward peace in this area of the world. -- i've come here to review once again with my own people the views of the american government. tonight, americans in asians are dying for a war where its people may choose its own path to change. this is the principle in which our ancestors fought in the valleys of pennsylvania. it is a principle for which our sons fight tonight, in the jungles of vietnam. vietnam is far away from this campus. we have no territory there. nor do we see kenny. the war is dirty, and brutal and difficult. and some 400 young men, born into an america that is bursting with opportunity and promise have ended their lives on vietnam's steaming soils. why must we take this painful road? why must this nation hazard it's ease and interests and power for the sake of a people so far away? we fight because we must fight. if we are to live in a world where every country

american states was underway. kennedy found time on occasion to meet with his predecessor former president eisenhower. here at camp david in the maryland hills they discussed nationalkthrough for the united states during kennedy's first year, the space flight of american astronaut alan shepard. the president joined most of the nation in watching the event on television. kennedy welcomed shepard at the white house after the successful flight. the new president went to canada in may to confer with the prime minister, his first official visit to a foreign capital. a lighter moment for the president when he performed the traditional presidential prerogative and threw out the first baseball of the year. [ cheers and applause ] on may 29th in boston, the president celebrated his 44th birthday. ♪♪ the cake was a model of his new residence in washington. ♪♪ the next day, president and mrs. kennedy went to paris. mr. kennedy actively implemented his plan to strengthen relations with a north atlantic treaty organization and other allies. the president went on to vienna to meet soviet premier khrushchev. later he reported to the american people. >> mr. khrushchev and i had a

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his most ambitious and far reaching new programs, the license for progress, a plan to latin-american nationsstrengthen themselves economically and socially. >> our path is to build a society of men and women conscious of their individual identity, of their national aspirations, and also of their common hemisphere influence. this means recreating our social so it better serves our nation. it means social legislation for workers and legislation for those who labor on the land. it means abolishing illiteracy. it means schools for children and adults as well. and it means strengthened institutes of higher education, technical as well as humane. it means doctors and hospitals for the sick. it means roads linking the interior frontiers with the markets and the forts of the coast. it means the spread of industry and the steady increase of both industrial and agricultural production. and it means, above all, the assurance that the benefits of economic growth will accrue not just to the few but to the entire national community. >> congress authorized the money diplomats and economists from 21 america

american history tv. every weekend on c-span3 explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3 created by america's television companies and today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span to you as a public service. >>> good evening. in a few days i will lay down my official responsibilities in this office to take up once more the only title in our democracy superior to that of president, the title of citizen. the vice president mondale, my cabinet and the hundreds of others who have served with me during the last four years, i wish to say now publicly what i have said in private. i thank them for the dedication and confidence they have brought to the service of our country, but i owe my deepest thanks to you, to the american people, because you gave me this extraordinary opportunity to serve. we faced great challenges together, and we know that future problems will also be difficult, but i'm now more convinced than ever that the united states, better than any other country, can meet successfully whatever the future mig