[applause] nathan is omaha, lakota, northern cheyenne, and was born in winnebago, nebraska.ates in the sun dance in south dakota and assists with ceremonies in california. nathan is respectful to elders and those who struggle with the digit -- addiction and other health issues. the path he found through recovery is called the good, read have, at half that requires one to give back and take care of the community. he has chosen to walk the good red road with support from friendship house and native american health center staff. after graduating from friendship house in 1996, nathan joint sober spirits, a support group of friendship house alumni. they provide security at powwows and other community events, and they are role models for a clean and sober life style, reaching out to community members who are struggling with addiction. nathan has volunteered for the san francisco and oakland tribal tanf program and has been a motivational speaker at schools throughout the area. he is a strong advocate for embracing native cultural arts, activities, and athletics. in 1998, nathan re

we send a lot of cheyenne and arapaho to florida, fort marion and augustine florida in 1875 after the end of the apache wars and send geronimo there. he spent a long time in florida and let him come back piecemeal a little step at a time and eventually got to oklahoma where he died. he never got back to arizona but that is what they plan to do with crazy horse and things turned out another way. and he was killed. there is one last question i will raise and try to answer it. i spent this long book essentially trying to answer that question. whited crazy horse let them kill him? here is a guy with a well-deserved reputation as a warrior and a combatant, and somebody quick to defend himself and with a gift for rapid movement and rapid response, and in the last 36 hours of his life, the army made it apparent over and over again in explicit ways that whatever promises they had given him in the past were gone, but crazy horse did not respond like a man in danger, and on the last day of his life, he wrote back to fort robinson where he was fatally wounded in the evening by a guard with a bay

and on i-25, from billings to cheyenne and colorado springs. >> if you are flying today, expect airportelays in denver, kansas city, chicago, boston, new york and philadelphia. >>> and now, we turn to the latest in the aftermath of the tucson shootings. >> we got a rare glimpse yesterday of the parents of accused gunman jared loughner. both wearing sunglasses. they were seen outside their tucson home. >> randy loughner was also seen getting into his car and then driving away. the loughners had not made any statements since calling the shootings, quote, heinous. >> and there's new information about the surveillance tapes that are said to clearly show the shootings. >> for details, now, we're joined by emily schmidt in washington. >> reporter: vinita and rob, good morning to you. the shootings happened just outside of the supermarket. right out in the open. that public location put more people at risk. but it's also yielding investigators important, new clues. the 911 calls placed seconds after the tucson shooting showed the chaos of the moment. >> a guy had a semiautomatic pistol. he wen

a cheyenne wooden leg brought a six-shooter. perhaps two-thirds of the indians had firearms, but it was not numbers or weapons alone that made the sioux strong. it was the protection that comes from the favor of the great spirit and the power acquired in dreams or visions. just before the fight on the rode bud according to he dog, crazy horse's friend, the coat dreamers had conducted elaborate ceremonies invoking the special power of the black-tailed deer, the elk and the bear. all are the source of power, and the religion of the sioux was an instrument for understanding and partaking in that power. sioux religion is a come mention affair that defies neat description, but at its heart is a sense of the world as fluid and interconnected, controlled by an animating power that inhabits the four winds. this power is sometimes called taku scan scan, that which stirs or something that moves. a godlike spirit or entity that shares its power with every creature and thing. these, in turn, can grant favor or withhold it. on the spirit lev

geologists walked in a straight line for six years from just north of san francisco due east to cheyenne essentially seeing what america was made of. i mean, this is part of a much larger book than i'm doing but there will be a chapter on this survey. so clarence king was a white yale-educated geologist, but he also had a fondness for black ladies. and he created an alternative personality for himself james todd who is a light-skinned poolman porter and using that persona metrr and married a bla woman and had five children. so that's the kind of -- you readal the papers, the geologic papers thinking quite honestly i'm just going to do a book about clarence king, and then what? [laughter] >> and that's the kind of thing that seems to happen. so thank you very much indeed. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> i just wanted to say i very much enjoyed the book having spent some time i on java. and i guess you kind of answered the question, but obviously my question would be, do you intend to do a sequel called the pacific? >> well, no and i can give you a very good reason. i'v

the sioux, arapahoe, cheyenne, kiowa and comanche. those are the guys that were good with the horse. >> we need to go for 10 more minutes and then we are going to open it up for questions which we enjoy so if you have a question if you begin to make your way up to the microphone. i want to ask two things. one about content and one last question about craft which i think it's interesting to everyone who is ever wanted to write a book and has no idea how to proceed. one, the way that you structured this book as i mentioned earlier in alternating chapters he did have a grand history of the comanche and then you zoom in on starting with what happened to parkers ford and taking it all the way through with quanah parker. what did you find about that, including one of the classic texas stories. it was a big story at the time. people talk about it and memoirs were published in newspapers reported what happened but tell us about cynthia ann and quanah. >> i can sort of merge those two questions together so i will get to structure in a minute.

cheyenne comanches. that half of patchy. those are the guys that were get the horse. >> go for about ten more minutes and then we will open it up to questions which we enjoy. if you have a question and you begin to make your way up to the microphone. i want to ask two things, content and then one last question about kraft rejected is interesting to anyone who has ever wanted to write a book and has no idea how to proceed. wind, the way that the structure this book, as i mentioned earlier, in alternating chapters you do the big grand history. use him and on one starting with what happened at parker's court and then take it all the way through with quanah parker. what did you find? that is clearly one of the classic texas stories. a big story at the time. published a paper reports about what happened. tell us a little bit about cynthia and and quanah. >> i can mars those two questions together. i guess the structure. basically this was a story. you know, when you are writing a book it helps if you have something that nobody ha

host: the first call this morning comes from cheyenne, wyoming.aller: why is it that republicans claim that they are for all of this austerity, cutting the deficit in waste in congressional office and all of that, why would they want to have several hours of debate and then voting on this repeal of health care when they know it will not be passed? all of this will cost money in salaries, time that could have been spent on another bill or what ever. guest: good question. they have been criticized for that. they said they would come in and cut spending, work on the deficit, that kind of thing. and then their first vote is symbolic of health care reform. i do not have an immediate answer except to say that several hours of debate in washington is not a long time. if you remember the hours of debate they have last year. for them to be able to do it in a few days, that is pretty quick as far as washington, d.c. goes. host: james, independent line. michigan. you are on the line with mike lillis. caller: this is carter in mississippi. of -- host: ok. cal

host: the first call this morning comes from cheyenne, wyoming.r: why is it that republicans claim that they are for all of this austerity, cutting the deficit in waste in congressional office and all of that, why would they want to have several hours of debate and then voting on this repeal of health care when they know it will not be passed? all of this will cost money in salaries, time that could have been spent on another bill or what ever. guest: good question. they have been criticized for that. they said they would come in and cut spending, work on the deficit, that kind of thing. and then their first vote is symbolic of health care reform. i do not have an immediate answer except to say that several hours of debate in washington is not a long time. if you remember the hours of debate they have last year. for them to be able to do it in a few days, that is pretty quick as far as washington, d.c. goes. host: james, independent line. michigan. you are on the line with mike lillis. caller: this is carter in mississippi. of -- host: ok. caller: