about the history and contributions of american indians, like the american indian cultural center, the newly created american indian cultural district, the nativech has worked to provide crucial resources for the american indian community through the covid-19 pandemic and the indian education program, which is focused on uplifting our american indian students and their families. i am committed to working with our american indian community to build up on our history and our progress, ensuring that san francisco can remain home for our american indian residents and place which acknowledges the legacy of american indians in this country. with that, i am proud to present a proclamation declaring november 2020 to be american indian heritage month in the city and county of san francisco. thank you all for joining us this evening virtually. thank you to april, and the host committee who have worked so hard to put this event together. we have some incredible performances lined up for you this evening. i hope tonight's celebration will bring you joy and pride, even during these difficult times. thank you again and happy american indian heritage month in

about the history and contributions of american indians, like the american indian cultural center, the newly created american indian cultural district, the nativech has worked to provide crucial resources for the american indian community through the covid-19 pandemic and the indian education program, which is focused on uplifting our american indian students and their families. i am committed to working with our american indian community to build up on our history and our progress, ensuring that san francisco can remain home for our american indian residents and place which acknowledges the legacy of american indians in this country. with that, i am proud to present a proclamation declaring november 2020 to be american indian heritage month in the city and county of san francisco. thank you all for joining us this evening virtually. thank you to april, and the host committee who have worked so hard to put this event together. we have some incredible performances lined up for you this evening. i hope tonight's celebration will bring you joy and pride, even during these difficult times. thank you again and happy american indian heritage month in

the woodland, of course, has an early midland late and we put an end to this by driving american native indians out of here or killing them off. all of those statements are represented here by varying pits or configuration areas, we have a series of early overnight fireplace remnants. from the very first folk that were here, and then later on in time you get more elaborate pits that may have been reused that are lined with clay and so forth. but all of the way through that long sequence of a human presence, now known to be in excess of 15,000 radiocarbon years or 19,000 calendar year, the people are using the site the same way. to collect wild plant and animal food. even after the appearance of settled village, it's still a place to supplement their domestic diet with wild plant animal field. >> i'm dave scholfield. director of the meadowcroft rock shelter. in the east face of the excavation there is an interesting profile here that has evidence of campfires. all of these reddish stains here, you would also see bits of charcoal and ash. that indicates were campfires were build. in that roughly

native people so that only a small portion remained in their hands. officials and so-called reformers worked to dissolve tribal bonds and make american indians citizens. after a series of legal decisions, tribal sovereignty shifted from a focus on the land people occupied to their membership in a particular native people. this transition alienated american indians from the land even as it made their bodies the vehicle of their identity. this is particularly dangerous in the south at a time when legal segregation is gripping the region, and overt racial prejudice filled the nation. white southerners due to anyone claiming native identity with suspicion, suspecting they were actually so-called colored people. claiming membership of a tribe granted some security as a citizen as well as claims to tribal identity. american indians found strong incentives to maintain their identity as american indians. tribes began keeping roles of those recognized tribal citizens, although practices varied and generated conflict within tribes and with white officials and claimants. the lives of american indians -- you can see where most people lived in the south in 1860. i

national museum of indian-american collection, our collection is a century old, but our museum was only founded in 1989. so all of the early collection items that come in come through the native american indian created in new york city in particular. so we have so many collections that have come in over the course of a century and so it's taken us decades and try to research and take the origins of the images that we have. so next in your article you have amber type? amber type comes into being and a wet process on glass, and you can see they're fragile. part of what i want to show to viewers is that we do try to take the best care we can of our objects. we have conservation department. we take a lot of pride in taking the collection storage environment as possible. i work at the museums cultural resources center when we're open in these covid times and all of the images are stored in the archive center and you can see over time an image from the mid-to late 1850s and goes through some wear and tear, and so the image is cracked, but we've tried to keep it in the best shape possible. so you see a man here in this image who is about a hundred years old and zooming in you can ge

the relationship between african-americans and native americans is quite complex. as the question indicates they were indians who held slaves and the indians who used enslaved people to cultivate the continent. they somewhat resembled white planters across the south. but these folks were small in number. there were also lots of fugitive slaves were taken refuge with the seminoles and the creeks and smaller numbers with the cherokees who would been embraced by native families and incorporated into these nations. it was a kind of spectacle of relationships. the most important thing when we put this in the broader perspective is enslaved people solve these commands as places of refuge and native people saw slaves at least on occasion potentially as allies. >> just clarify for peta asks about civil rather than civilizing the savages wasn't the goal of u.s. policy both before and after indian removal to take indian land. to eliminate the ink in physical ann coulter present and extirpate any indian communities who resisted, i believe where answering the question but i did know if you have anything to add? >> when

american life are our native and indigenous communities. and that is really at the heart of what we want to do at the national museum of the american indian, is to make sure that our public, our visitors, students and teachers understand the rich history of american indians, pre-u.s., all the way through u.s. history, and into today, being part of presidential inaugurations is about as american as it gets i think. >> is there a way for people to see these in stereo, or is that something that is just hard to do? >> you know, some stereo insouciance do have that, you know, opportunity through all-time viewers, handheld viewers. i think that there are some programs online. i am sure you could search stereo photography, and learn how you could do it with your laptop at home, or your ipad. do a little search and see how you can really see the three then internal reality of what those images side by side can bring. and it is really fun to see them as the photographer hoped you would see them. >> this is another category that you address in your article. tell us about this. >> you know, so there are some subjects that i think we need to investiga

native people. this alienated american indians of the land. this is particularly dangerous in the south at a time when legal segregation is gripping the nation. anyone with native identity has suspicious suspecting they were colored people. claiming membership in a crime granted some security as a citizen as well as claims to triable identity. american indians found strong incentives to maintain their identity as american indians. they kept their roles to practice generated conflict within tribes, white officials, and claimants. the lives of american indians, you can see where most people live in the south in 1860 welcome and it is where slavery is strong. now we're witswitching from 191o 1920. you see oklahoma now, you see that the south is actually growing pretty well among white people. that same decade, what is this? this is the great migration, okay? this is when african-american people finally have a chance to make lives in the north. and you can see where they're leaving. they're leaving the very places they have been held in slavery. it

american indian movement. though he provided strategy and testimony, and he seems to pay dues to the native indian youth council, but was not associated with most of its members. and indeed he rather consistently, and in this book named the national congress of american indians, and traveled governments, as the best and most hopeful institutions for the future. at the conclusion of his 1971, edition of red men in the new world drama, he provides a list of the major indian groups at work today. and he encourages readers in this to go and promote and support these particular groups. there is nothing illogical about it you see he grew up in the shadow of the 1934 indian organizations act. he had a powerful fate, in the future of indian people. and tribalism, tribal nationalism, i think it was one of the cornerstone bases, for that faith. he contrast to tribalism with militancy, and framed as more challenging, and ultimately the more productive route. he recommended tribal nationalism. he criticize hippies and countercultural lists. and he was even willing, on occasion to praise counter cultural lists, for kind of

american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> up next, gregory smithers talks about native americans in the south before the arrival of europeans. he's the author of "native southerners, indigenous indians in the community." >>> so now for today's program, dr. gregory d. smithers, an associate professor of history at virginia commonwealth university, specializes in native american history. else the author of several books including "an indigenous history of migration, resettlement and identity" about which greg spoke here a few years ago. and his newest book and the subject of today's lecture "native southerners' indigenous history from origins of removal." please give a warm welcome to our guest speaker, greg smithers. [ applause ] >> let me first begin by acknowledging the traditional landowners of this region, members of the powatan chiefdom and the chickahawpee people. thank you to those who organized this. it's much appreciated and it's lovely to be back here at the virginia museum of history and culture. i hope i got that right. i'm going to begin today by talking just a little bit about the artwork on the cover of my new book. this is a piece by chief terry saul. he's -- was -- h

there is a flight of stairs about 7 flights of stairs in at mit, and he was just met miskito, native american indian and from nicaragua just started talking to him. and by the time he got down to the bottom of the stairs here, centrally was fluent. and that language in the sense that he could speak it perfectly. can someone explain? i am not, i don't know. we don't understand this process. we don't understand how he was able to do this so well. but it was, if he was actually just started, you know child they can just and so we're just, yeah, i mean we're talking really about prodigies are like out of the ordinary thing. that's really late there. he was deliberately for the milling record. right. but another part of us is that like a limit to how many languages one can really speak. i don't think so in the sense that we know of even from people who aren't. so bonce like that, like ken hell was that if you grow up in a bind when war trilingual hassle, there's people out no problem. but the kids have no problem with that. in fact, it seems that it crawl we can tell it actually improves their cognitive

and he was just met miskito, native american indian and from nicaragua just started talking to him. and by the time he got down to the bottom of the stairs here, centrally was fluent and that language in the sense that he could speak it perfectly. can someone explain? i am not, i don't know. we don't understand this process. we don't understand how he was able to do this so well, but it was if he was actually just started, you know child, they can just try. and so we're just, yeah, i mean we're talking really about prodigies are like out of the ordinary thing. that's really late there. he really relevant for the milling record. right. but another part of us is that like a limit to how many languages one can really speak. i don't think so in the sense that we know of even from people who aren't. so bonce like that, like ken hell was that if you grow up in a bind when war trilingual hassel, there's people who have no problem, but the kids have no problem with that. in fact, it seems that it crawl we can tell it actually improves their cognitive ability and their vocabulary under their

national congress of american indians on issues affecting native americans and alaskan natives. the native american role in campaign 2020. watch live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. use your mobile devices and go to c-span.org for the video, live and on-demand, to follow the transition of power. president trump, president-elect biden, news conferences, coverage at c-span.org. isla governor kim reynolds gave an update on the states coronavirus response including their vaccination strategy. the governor said young girl -- younger adults accounted for most of the new positive cases at 20%. this is 30 minutes. gov. reynolds: good morning. in the last seven days, more than 113,000 iowans were tested and the state recorded more than 16,600 new cases with a statewide average positivity rate of 14.7%. than 16,600 new cases with a statewide average positivity rate of 14.7%. while these numbers are not where we need them to be, they are lower than the week prior when nearly 28,000 new ca

when you look at arizona, one population we have not heard that much about, american indians and alaskan natives there's a disproportionate affect of the virus. they represent 4% of the arizona population, 12% of the deaths. this is a population that 30% to 40% of residents do not have running water in their homes. when you talk about battling the virus it's not just about the vaccine and therapeutics. it's very widespread. >> david muir, what are we seeing in the exit polls on this? we have national exit polls now. >> just to pick up on linsey's point that there could not be more daylight between them -- joe biden saying i can't flip a switch and fix things but we have to address the virus before we can address the economy. this is the first time we can do. if containing the pandemic was the way you voted over the economy. when you break that down, joe biden, 80% to donald trump's 18%, if the most important issue to you was containing covid-19. if the most important issue was opening the country, getting the economy going again, it's almost the complete opposite. 76% for donald trump and 22% ff

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indian white guy. it was like a cub scout thing. it was cool, you learned about native americans a magician there and made a rope with a knot and cut it off. my 7-year-old brain couldn't accept that. i cut up so many ropes until i figured out at least how i could do it, and my parents gave me a magic settle for christmas and i was hooked ever since. >> stephen: are you still -- oh, yeah. >> stephen: even during zoom. i always have cards on me, always practicing. you want to see something now? >> stephen: yes, i would. okay, all right. it's kind of awkward, so as i go just say stop somewhere. >> stephen: stop. right here? >> stephen: sure. take a look. can you see that? >> stephen: i see the card, yes. >> keep in mind, you could have chosen any of the cards, you could have said stop anywhere. most to have the time when magicians do tricks, slight of hand, shuffle the cards, all that kind of stuff. i'mt not going to do that. in fact, what i'm going to do, stephen, i'm going to wrap this deck in a rubber band and not allow my hands to do any slight of hand at all. and we'll find yo

americans. and the ultimate fear with the indian uprising that can sweep across the south. so this is the ultimate fear. that relationship between african-americans and native people is quite complex and those who would cultivate. with those life plans across the south but there were fugitive slaves with the cherokees that were embraced by native families that were incorporated into the nation's so in that spectrum a relationship listen to broader perspective and to places of refuge to be potentially allies. >> and then before and after removal to take the indian land and to eliminate the cultural presence and also any indian communities believed generating to add? >> talking about policy, i suppose you could step back and suggest that when we say policy we need to be specific we can say there is a broader sentiment ask 16 from 1500 to present so talking into policy wills political choices people make and are hotly debated. and the opponents of this policy from the fear the public depends on and to treat people equally and to those that existed in europe to really truly say that with this decision that was made in 1830. >> and to see and read the things tha

where biden won by just 21,000 votes, there was also a surge in native american voter precipitation -- participation. for more on voting in indian in a critical role native american voters made in this, we're joined from wisconsin by the president of indian -- is a lawyer who served in the interior department. in arizona iss allie young, a citizen of the navajo nation and founder of protect the sacred. allie, if you could start off by talking about what you did in arizona? talk about the horseback ride that you took -- actually, i understand you're now in new mexico. >> yes, i am. my mom lives here in new mexico with my sister -- i am with my sister and my mother right now. i worked with my father who arizona. arizona,ways voted in resided with my father. ides.ve always done trail at is oubonding thg. we havdone them throhout navajoation. th year whene werthinking about thleion, he nted to do a biden joe wright. when ialled hiback an thoughabout e signifance of trail ride and theespect our pele have for eorses me as weallt, horse mecine. horse medines whenou are in rhythwith theorse almt in sc. yoare recoected an focused. as you

national congress of american indians on issues affecting native americans and alaskan natives.he native american role in campaign 2020. watch live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. joins us this thanksgiving week. founder and executive chair of share our strength to end childhood hunger. we have all seen the images of the food lines. help us understand the scope of the problem. how many more children are food insecure this thanksgiving week then compared to last year at this time? guest: thanks. we are in a position we really have never seen before. it is shaping up to be possibly the hungriest holiday season in memory. there are lots of different ways we measure hunger. it looks like we have gone from one in seven kids being at risk to one in four. as many as 17 million american kids at risk of hunger. not just during the holiday season but especially poignant during the season but since the pandemic began. bureausure is the census does a pulse survey. they take a regular surve

this is native american indian from the cherokee tribe, who my wife and i went out to find a native american who would come model for us. and then one of the people i really admire and respect and hope to play forward the message he left us with -- michelangelo. there's a sense of great dignity even to this foot and this back. you can see the fullness and energy that's there. that's what washington needs, from my viewpoint, a sense of dignity because art is a representation of your culture. i don't want to be represented by cinder blocks. so i wanted to show you something that happened in the final stage last week. did you see -- let me engage you in the three figures that are standing. so as we move into the fuller scales, we have much more to work with. the story gets a lot deeper. so here is the wife, who is also an allegory for america. we were reluctant to enter into this war. here is the husband, who also represents america and the hero. so he pulls away from her, and he is caught in the middle between the brotherhood of arms and his family. i want you to look at -- this has just start

native american blood in me. so we do share the same space. i am a relative of native americans, of india indians and african descent. and i am fighting for the same cause for reparations and everything, because we were here. we want to stay here. we're not going anywhere. so the first -- whatever the first is, i am in it for my people. >> clerk: thank you. we're waiting for you -- if you have any additional comments? if you're done with your comment, mr. coup, do we have any additional callers? >> caller: hi. i'm the executive director of the resources institute. and i just would like to acknowledge as a -- actually a native descent myself. when you look at me, you see african-american. my grandmother is cherokee and my other grandmother is -- [indiscernible]. to bring this to the table now is a long time coming, considering that this was our brothers and sisters land many years ago, that was taken from them. [indiscernible] and so acknowledging this now and all aspects is a blessing. it's a long time coming. so i do stand beside my sisters and brothers of native american descent in honoring the

national congress of american indians on issues affecting native americans and alaskan natives. native american role in campaign 2020. watch live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. use your mobile devices and go to c-span.org for the video, live and on-demand, to follow the transition of power. president trump, president-elect biden, news conferences, coverage at c-span.org. isla governor kim reynolds gave an update on the states covi

as american agents pressured them to adopt new ways of believing, many people who fought for their lands fought to be indian. we see a growing sense of both american and native american identity. when george washington is squwo in as president, we see his policy proposals take greater shape in the federal administration that he oversees for eight years. simultaneously, by the way, with the drafting of the constitution, congress, that is the outgoing confederation congress, passes a northwest ordinance. it created a path forward for the political structures that would overlie the west and what we see also simultaneous with that is a creation of a political framework, more centralized power in a federal government, and george washington would take these policies emphasizing peace but really ultimately disposition forward. he's sworn in in april of 1789. and the policy proposals that he had laid out in 1783 in pursuit of peace became more, not less, urgent in the early 1790s. an important architect of this was this man, henry knox. the secretary of war. he's a boston book seller with no military experience at the outbreak of the revolution and decides he can re

a book, the indian world of george washington native american . that fascinated me as well. it felt question that world war ii is at the central conflict and shaper of the 20th century. and really, the post-world war ii era. obviously you have to understand the worldly being and to it. what came out of it to understand the time in which we live. and really the rise of the united states. the great power before the second world war. it was became the superpower after that. so understanding the cauldron that the country went through and how it changed the way art how we think and react globally. think it is really kind of indispensable grounding that you have to have if you want to be effective in the current time. >> start larson part of those writers that if he writes a book he read it . tom: yes. he's an absolutely superb writer. then they departed is sometimes is almost like reading a novel. the descriptions and and is all footnoted. he has a real talent for and again, seasoning on something to look at it more closely. we have had a lot of really find biographies of winston

about the history and contributions of american indians, like the american indian cultural center, the newly created american indian cultural district, the nativeed to provide crucial resources for the american indian community through the covid-19 pandemic and the indian education program, which is focused on uplifting our american indian students and their families. i am committed to working with our american indian community to build up on our history and our progress, ensuring that san francisco can remain home for our american indian residents and place which acknowledges the legacy of american indians in this country. with that, i am proud to present a proclamation declaring november 2020 to be american indian heritage month in the city and county of san francisco. thank you all for joining us this evening virtually. thank you to april, and the host committee who have worked so hard to put this event together. we have some incredible performances lined up for you this evening. i hope tonight's celebration will bring you joy and pride, even during these difficult times. thank you again and happy american indian heritage month in san franci

the indian world of george washington native american. the fascinated me as well.question that world war ii, is the central conflict and shaper of the 20th century. and really, post world war ii era obviously have to understand war leading into it but to come out of it to understand the time in which we live in. and really the rise of the united states is a great power before the second world war. and a superpower after that. so understanding that the cause of the country went through and how it changed who we are at how we think and how we act globally. i think it's really kind of been indispensable grounding that you have to have if you want to be an effective and current. >> is eric larson one of those writers that if you should read it. tom: yes. he's now absolutely superb writer. he's been dead. and sometimes it's like reading a novel. in inscriptions and yet, it's all footnoted. he has a real talent for and again, the season on something to look at more closely. we've had a lot of really find biographies of winston churchill. anders, was probably the best. bu

native american identity in the southeast. there is not simply one way, then as now, to be and authentic indian. there are many ways. native southerners create, recreate, they continue to create a vibrant and dynamic cultures and identities throughout the southeast. as i wrote about elsewhere in the diaspora. these are rich stories. they are dynamic stories. they are stories that continue to keep in various identities alive and meaningful. in the 18th century, as them up on the screen is getting towards here, as i'm about to allude to hear, things do indeed begin to change, to turn, in which the dynamic inactive qualities of the southeastern native american cultures will be tested, tested quite seriously over the coming century. the native south, it's important to emphasize, is a map on the move. native people are not static. the communities are not static. their belief systems are not static. they don't exist as europeans like to try and create an image of the authentic indian. they don't exist outside of time. they very much are within history. they have a different version of it. it emphasizes community, the cycli

later, it is the beginning of a new determination for the original americans, the american indian. james was not the first native new englander to remind the public of the long history and continued presence of the native population of the region. in 1838, not too far from boston public library where the event was originally scheduled, at the odeaon theater develop they transformed the lumpen onken heroes in english and to villains. it became the first of an annual event called the day of mourning, which has evolved over the years in its demands and tactics, but which at its heart remains an assertion of the importance of the first people of the region that the natives called -- the 1970 that organizing committee found two truths thate -- the the 1970 organizing can be found two uncomfortable remain truths. that was something that the organizers of new england beginnings or in mind. as we looked about what we were to do about the commemoration of 1620. early in the process of thinking about the events of that year, the colonial society of massachusetts and new england historic and genealogical society agreed to

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 unit 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 this is a pan american war. >> salva for in annapolis, maryland, welcome. >> caller: yes, hello. 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

i think there was also a fence with american indians, and native americans as part of the force, thatreally 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 is getting their, to acknowledging that there is a rightful role in combat units for black americans. that black americans can be excellent fighter pilots, as they showed, in the tuskegee airmen in alabama, who got into a combat show. so i think for native americans, it was a feeling that first of, all they had some practical skills downward useful. and second, that it is an affirmation that this is a pan american war. >> from annapolis, maryland, welcome. >> yes, hello. my dad fought in world war ii, in the pacific, he had four brothers, all lost in world war ii. a couple of uncles in europe, another uncle who fought in the pacific in the navy. a couple of questions. my dad was a second generation telling american, it appears a prejudice against telling americans was less harsh against japanese american. i was wondering why that was true. and

fascinated by them and there have been other books, calling callaway book the indian world of george washington as native american, that fascinated me as well but no question world war ii is a seminal conflict and shaper of the 20th century and really the post-world war ii era and obviously you have to understand the war leading into it, what came out of it to understand the time in which we live in the united states was a great power before the second world war but it became the superpower after that, so understanding calls from the country went through and how it changed to we are, how we think, how we act globally is really an indispensable grounding which you have to have if you want to be effective in the current ti time. >> is eric larson one of those writers are historians if you write the book, you read it. >> yes, he is an absolutely superb writer and vivid, sometimes it's almost like reading a novel, the descriptions and yet it's all footnoted but he has a real talent and again, seizing on something to look at more closely, we've had a lot of really fine biographies of winston churchill, robert andrews

also, the national congress of american indians on issues affecting native americans and alaskan nativesand native americans' role in campaign 2020. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, text messages and tweets. senator kelly leffler and the democratic challenger will debate sunday december 6. the race is one of two georgia senate runoff elections that will be held january 5. we will have live debate coverage online at c-span.org, or you can listen with the free c-span radio app. tuesday, nevada's secretary of state went before the state supreme court to certify the results of the 2020 election. she announced nevada experienced record turnout for the general election with 77% of registered voters taking part. this is under 20 minutes. >> as nevada's chief election officer, i'm honored to hereby call to order the canvas of the vote for the 2020 general election as required by the statute. today we have a majority of nevada's supreme court justices assembled come and can therefore proceed with the canvas.

native americans living on reservations. it took more than half a century for congress to change their status, with the indian citizenship act of 1924. even after that, states found ways to deny voting rights to natives. in arizona, they didn't win the right to vote until 1948. with the help of our colleagues at "indian country today," we visited the hopi reservation in northwest arizona to understand the challenges of voting for native americans. >> ♪ mark: the barriers we face here on the reservation are, i'm sure, different than to other communities out there. tiffany: hi. my name is tiffany bahnimptewa. orion: my name is orion duwyenie. i am from here in kykotsovi, arizona. marissa: there's a lot of disparities that create unique challenges for places like here on hopi, that's rural. we have 12 villages here on the hopi nation, which covers a span area of 1.5 million acres, and there's -- they're spread across three mesas. mark: this building here is normally our elderly and community youth center. as you see, there's no sign, signages indicating it as a polling site, but come election day that will be all brought and it

native american families apart. kathryn fort: 25% to 35% of all american indian children were removed from their homes. 90% of those e families. del toro: now, the adopted and foster relatives are coming together to heal and reconnect with their heritage. "blood memory" on america reframed. ♪ ♪

ofo, national congress indians about native americans role in campaign 2020. watch at 7:00 a.m. wednesday morning. during the discussion with phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> georgia senator kelly loeffler and challenger raphael warnock will debate sunday, december 6. it is one of two georgia runoff elections held january 5. we will have live coverage at 7:00 p.m. eastern, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> tuesday, nevada's secretary of state went before the state's supreme court certify the results of the 2020 election. she announced nevada experienced record turnout for the general election 77% of registered voters taking part. this is just under 20 minutes. >> as nevada's chief election officer, i'm honored to hereby ca >> i am honor t

americans know very little. if you look at the losses, it's truly horrendous. in newere 70,000 people england in 1675. 50,0000,000 indians, english. 5000 would die in this war. three quarters of those losses native americans. the english losses alone, it was twice as bloody as the american civil war, the war that most of us think of as the worst in our history. for the native americans, it was much, much worse, and that's not counting the thousand slaves sent to the caribbean and beyond during this time. the fear was such that even those indians that were clearly loyal to the english, the d withg indians, who live a series of christian towns, were headed to internment camps in boston harbor and plymouth harbor, clark island, and towards the end of that first trip, people began to say this was crazy. perhaps native americans hold the key to helping us turn the store. the with a smallading company primarily native the spring of in 1876, they would be -- begin more captives than all of new england and native americans combined. it's interesting that those puritan historians who would write the history of king philip's war within months of the conclusion of the war many of what seem like outlandish

americans, of whom you have quite a few. is that the case and is there something special that can work should be done for that part of the community? americands: our native community is served by the indianh service, if you want to call it being served. native american leadership, our chairman, have been working hard. 10 many cases, they have restricted travel out of reservations. a number of our native americans do not have the best health care available. not like the rest of america. they have ihs. we have some of the highest rates of tuberculosis, diabetes come in the country. the challenge is, and this highlights it, we have to improve health care availability to some of the most rural parts of south dakota, where these reservations are located. they have a challenge on their hands and we continue to do visits with our native american leadership on a monthly basis or even more often, talking about what we can do to make sure they get supplies. anytime you have a government run health care system like ihs, it is not true health care, but the closest thing they have got, they don't have access to the best and finest medical needs, medical assistance, and it shows up when you have a pan

american civil war. the last book the epic story of the indian more for the american west that should be with this book on the bookshelf for the indian experience and native experience and the united states. the latest book is tecumseh and the profit hundred 37 pages with terrific color illustrations. and if you order it today now we call the limited edition to have bookplate signed if you are watching this after today's program. and just to show what they are. how did you get your publisher to print all color for the book? >> taboo me away. that was their decision. giving us so many full-color pictures the would be good to do in black and white so they went the extra mile if you don't like the writing at least you have a book with great pictures. [laughter] >> it is terrific and it feels like that certainly did you use the maps? that was a great help of understanding. >> i provide a background maps maybe four or five samples and getting what i wanted on each map but you can't have too many maps those are critical and then to prevail on 14 maps for the book that i hope covered made possible. >> and i think they are crucial to understanding this difficult

american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> up next, gregory smithers talks about native americans in the south before the arrival of europeans. he's the author of "native southerners, indigenous indians in the community." >>> so now

also, national congress of american indians, on issues affecting native americans and alaskan natives and native american role in campaign 2020. watch washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. atwednesday, it is a look the future of the transatlantic alliance and nato's role in securing ukraine and georgia. the german marshall fund hosts the louvre coverage beginning at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> you're watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. created by america's cable television company as a public service, and brought to you today by your television provider. president-elect joe biden announced a number of foreign policy and national security posts on tuesday. nominees include tony blinken to be secretary of state and john kerry as the new special presidential envoy for climate. following his remarks, vice president-elect kamala harris closed out the event with brief comments. this is

i love the name come out not invisible act, the native american business incubators program act, the progress for indian tribes act. tell us what these building blocks to and secondly, who are the villains trying to stop them? say haaland: let me just that indian country -- look, we overcome sorking to many of the federal governmental policies through the years. the boarding schools, the reservation systems, these are all things that essentially did not allow native americans to live their lives. the not invisible act, that is addressing the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women, this is an issue that has been since the europeans came to this continent to begin colonizing the native americans who were here. away atstart chipping these issues that have been happening for a long time, for example, the not invisible act of 2019 will start a commission that will study this crisis and make sure that we know how to move forward with it, how to keep our native women safe from this crisis, and that is just the beginning, though. when you have a crisis that has been manifesting itself for 500 years, it