it's my pleasure to introduce our first honoree, lehman brightman. i've known lehman since i first arrived in san francisco in 1962. if fact, he got me my first shore side job when he was a director at the san francisco indian center. and he is a very upstanding individual, he's a member of the sioux and creek tribes. he was born on the cheyenne river sioux reservation in south dakota. he's the father three boys, lehman jr., gall and qwona here with me. he currently lives in pinot, california. he's the founder of the national president of the united founder and president of the national united native americans incorporated, a nonprofit indian organization formed in 1968 to promote the progress and general welfare of american indians. in his capacity of president of u.n.a., mr. brightman has testified in two u.s. senate hearings on the deplorable conditions of indian boarding schools and hospitals on reservations. he's also led investigations of seven indian boarding schools, three indian hospitals, due to the poor service and abusive treatment of indi