mr. brightman has testified in two u.s.enate 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 indian people. he's a former football and track star at oklahoma state university where he has earned a b.a. degree. he has an m.a. deling from -- degree from the university of california at birkly. mr. brightman is an ex-marine, served one year in the korean conflict where he was wounded in action. he was a disinterested student going through the motions during high school and college in order to play football. however, when he joined

mr. brightman is writing a book on the history of indian civil rights movement from the 1960's to the present. i'd also like to add a note that helen would like to thank lehman. he was called upon to advocate and represent the friendship house when they were fighting for parity in funding from the city and county of san francisco. they did receive their grants from the city and county of san francisco for substance abuse treatment and because of lee brightman's efforts, we thank you, lee, appreciate that very much. at this time i'd like to call up on his son to say a few words on behalf of our honoree. >> god, you know, there's a lot of heroes here today that really need honoring. this month is very important for all of our people. this is, of course, native american heritage month. we have a lot of work still left to do. because the trail blazers, likemy father, lehman brightman. he's done so much work. he's done so many things that he's never asked for a dime. he's never asked for an award. he's never wanted money. he's never done it for the money. he's never done it for the fame. he did it