for restoring the language rights and the congress which we finally got passed and working with maynard jackson and he came up and gave a speech to a large national, american indian group and they were upset that a african american was talking to them and he said don't worry, i'll tell you why it is important that i'm here. he gave his speech talking about affirmative action, political rights and then at the end of his speech, he said and by the way, i'm from a small tribe in africa. and my base has always been tribal and i'm glad to be back home. so, this process has been going on now for a while. and when i think about san francisco, i was with several of the congressional community members about a week ago and they said what makes you proud of being san francisco? i said one of the things that makes me very proud is the process in which recognition of cultural rights and heritage is retained and sustained by the public policy people who serve in commissions and on the board of supervisors. the indigenous recognition several weeks ago passed, came to one. so, the whole history of philosophy i