[inaudible] michael durant, come on out. join our dancers.e on out and then joined our dancers. nathan, come on out. those four honorees, joined our dancers. and good to see all these dancers out here rocking. san francisco, looking good. go, dancing good singers. oh, yeah. ♪ all right, one more time, put it together for our dancers and our singers. coming to you live. all right. have our dancers get ready for their exit, so we will have larry harrison, will you lead our dancers out? robert leroy will be the last one to exit. and we do that because after our dancers leave, as they are making their way out, a veteran should be the last one to leave that arena. when you are ready. please stand if you are able as our dancers make their exit. i want to thank each and every one of these dances for coming out, helping us to honor our own. no. traditional dancers, string dancers, grass dancers, no. -- northern traditional, southern coif, gene will dancers, seven traditional as well. our bets the war dancer. thank you. good singing, good dancing, all

[inaudible] michael durant, come on out. join our dancers.on out and then joined our dancers. nathan, come on out. those four honorees, joined our dancers. and good to see all these dancers out here rocking. san francisco, looking good. go, dancing good singers. oh, yeah. ♪ all right, one more time, put it together for our dancers and our singers. coming to you live. all right. have our dancers get ready for their exit, so we willh

it is my pleasure to introduce our second honoree, michael durant. chael joined the indian health center as a substance abuse prevention counselor. he was promoted in -- to department director. he earned his master's degree at san jose state university. he completed his undergraduate work in history with an emphasis on native american studies at the university of california at santa cruz. he was previously employed at the center for training and careers as a center for youth services, and after 18 years of substance abuse and several years of incarceration, michael decided to dedicate his life to helping youth and adults find alternative ways to deal with substance use. michael is of apache-chicano and dissent and said this very thing -- "understanding my culture has helped me understand my identity." those words could not be more true, michael, and john would like to say a few words about michael. if i could invite you to the podium please. [applause] >> it is a pleasure for me to represent the indian health center of santa clara valley. we are so th

. >> se conocieron durante un par de meses y sucediÓ lo que sucediÓ. >> michael fue acusado por ofensas, yo quiero que la escuche tu mamÁ. >> tÚ has hablado con esta persona? >> preferÍ no hablar con ella y decirle has lo que tengas que hacer. >> explica que su hijo trabajaba en ese momento. >> Él estÁ estudiando peluquerÍa y estaba trabajando como lavaplatos. >> y dice sentirse aÚn mÁs ofendida porque dicen que se trata de una publicidad. >> ninguna madre quiere ver a su hijo asÍ, es mi hijo, saliÓ de mÍ. y es por eso que cuando dicen que es un truco publicitario me duele. no vale la pena ningÚn tipo de publicidad al ver a tu hijo esposado asÍ. >> michael estÁ libre bajo fianza. >> a finales de marzo tendrÁ su prÓxima audiencia. >> por quÉ crees que la vida te ha dado tantos golpes? >> la vida me ha dado muchos golpes porque dios sabe que me voy a levantar de ellos. siempre salgo triunfante al final. y entonces no soy la vÍctima... no soy... la mujer pobrecita, no! soy la que sobrevive y triunfadora. ♪ ♪ [ aplausos ] >> sin duda, una mujer con pantalones, como decimos nosotros. >> por