larry wright junior deputy wish the new ponca i said hello my name larry wright junior my name is buffalo spirit come from the buffalo clan and. i'm a citizen of the pumpkin tribe in nebraska. it's an honor to be here on behalf of national congress. american indians, you know, and i say thank you on behalf of our president and our executive committee. it's a it's a real honor to be here and talk about this subject and be part of it. the national congress of, american indians just celebrated our 80th anniversary and ncaa i was born out of the fact that, as you heard here all morning, the attacks on tribal sovereignty and even the snyder act was about 20 years 20 years old at the time those attacks were still common at that time it was formed the the era of the termination period which is near and dear to my heart. my my people were terminated. one of the last tribes terminated of 109 in 1964. and we were federal be reinstated in 1990. but the work of nci and we heard from different organized has has ebbed flowed over the years but. at the heart of our mission is still true today is defendi

larry wright, a meteorologist. sandhya patel is here. great. next few days and then sandhya. triple digits. >> yeah. so enjoy while you can. dan and larry right now, i do want to show you the haze that is still visible here in the bay area from our mount tam cam, so you can see that layer just kind of hovering. the good news is it's in the upper parts of the atmosphere. so not all of this is reaching the ground. purple air unofficial reporting agency, is showing some pockets of bad air quality. so if you are sensitive to smoke, you'll want to keep this in mind and try to avoid exposure. that coffee pot fire in tulare county. the visible satellite picture really picks up the fire flaring and the smoke moving in our direction. it's in the upper parts, like i said, but some of this is reaching the surface. the official reporting agency, air now is showing poor to unhealthy air quality in that vicinity. here locally, we are seeing some moderate pockets. so keep this in mind and we look at the smoke forecast. and you will notice that this is going to continue into 1:00 in the morni

to set the day in a good mode we're l going to pause for a moment of reflection from larry wright juniormr. wright is an enrolled member of the tribe of nebraska. served as tribal chairman for 11 years and is currently the executive director of the national congress of american indians which describes itself as the oldest, largest most representative american indian and alaska native organization. serving the broad interest of tribal governments and communities. in this position mr. wright is responsible for managing the organization day-to-days success and its public education arm. he is a military veteran and a former social studies teacher from lincoln, nebraska. [applause] click she should have said recovering social studies teacher. were still working on that. but it is an honor to be here this morning and to be asked to give the invocation. i will say this in my language and then i will translate. so with all due respect i ask you to pray in your own way will he do this. so thank you. [speaking in native tounge]. [speaking in native tounge]. [speaking in native tounge]. [speaking i

to set the in a good mood, we are going to pause for a moment of reflection from larry wright mr.s an enrolled member of the ponca tribe of nebraska, served as tribal chairman for 11 years and is currently the executive director of the national congress of american indians, which describes itself as the oldest, largest and most representative american indian and alaska native organization, serving the broad interests of tribal governments and communities. in this position, mr. wright is responsible for managing the organization's day to day success and public education arm. he's a military veteran and a former studies teacher from lincoln, nebraska. mr. wright. she she should have said recovering social status teacher to still working on that. but it's an honor to be sworn in and honored to be asked to give the invocation. i'll say this in my language and they'll translate. and so with all respect, just ask you to. pray in your own way while i do. so thank you. oh, okay. then on the whole holding on by the wood, i guess they will last you that she they go along with the we will en

to set the day in a good mode, we are going to for a moment of reflection from larry wright, jr. mr. wright is an enrolled member of the tribe of nebraska, served as tribal chairman for 11 years and is currently the executive director of the national congress of american indians, which describes itself as the oldest, largest and most representative american indian and alaskan native organization serving the broad interest of tribal governments and communities. in this position mr. wright is responsible for managing the organizations d day-to-day succs and its publication arm. he's a military veteran and a former social studies teacher from lincoln, nebraska. mr. wright. [applause] >> she should it's a recovering social studies teacher. still working on that. but it's honored to be her this morning, honor to be asked to give the invocation. i'll say this fori' my language and i'll translate, and so with all due respect just i ask you to pray in your own way while i do this, so thank you. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> great spirit, we thank you for thee