my name is mark macarro. nation is both a place and a people. there is a duality that characterizes what i'm about to talk about. public pechango. see in thewhat you casinos and the wine country. and then there is the other pechanga. and it's the head bob, leave us alone pechanga. the stop destroying our cultural landscape pechanga. i hope to convey a nation of the effect of treating on ratification on the pechanga. i'm speaking to the tribal people out there. have you ever wondered white -- what your world might look like if they treaty got lost in its way to washington dc or was never ratified? what it matter? that is what happened to us. 1852, a treaty was signed. it was the 17th of 18 treaties that was negotiated with indian tribes in california. upon the return of these treaties to washington dc in september of that year, 1852, notunited states senate only failed to ratify these treaties, but under pressure from the california congressional delegation and others, they placed an injunction of secrecy on these treaties. nobody saw them for 53