these are navajo. they'll serve as a warning as to what will happen to other navajo that try to enter ute country. you've got until sundown to make your decision. no more time is necessary, mr. mccullough, he can have our answer now. sister rita, as long as i am superior here, i will decide what we will tell rico, and when. ( all whooping ) don't look, ma'am. oh, my god, forgive them. rico thought this would help us make up our minds. i'm quite aware of that. it would have been monstrous even to consider rico's proposal. but mr. mccullough has pointed out that every hour of delay brings the wagon train nearer. i wouldn't count on that now, sister. you understand, mr. mccullough, that for us there can only be one answer. we will all leave together... or we will all die together. surely not all, sister. we have it in our power to save two innocent lives. the boy and his mother must be sent back to their people. onger justifies the means. sister, you think far too much with your heart and far too little w

he comes from arizona, navajo, his grandmother a navajo -- his grandfather a navajo code talker. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on sunday, the u.s. army corps of engineers tonight energy transfer partners, the comedy behind the dakota access pipeline from a permit to drill underneath the missouri river officially halting construction. the announcement came as thousands of native and non-native military veterans dissented on standing rock, bound to form a human shield around the protectors who have faced an increasingly violent police crackdown that is injured hundreds of people and caused -- cost the state of north dakota more than this is navy veteran $10 million. rob mchaney. >> i am here because i saw in television what was taking place and i saw it on bbc, non-american news, because they were not showing it. there are doing things to people there that we don't even do in town that. i cannot stand by by taking a nose for this country and see what is happening here and not stand up for it.

the area was home to the navajo reservation. "most of the100,000 navajos on this barren section of the southwest, live in isolated log hogans, tending a few sheep. they are used to hard winters but nothing like this worst blizzard in a generation. the snow has piled into huge drifts blocking roads and stranding hundreds of navajo families." the najavo nation lived in an incredibly remote area of the state. as the snow fell non-stop, piling up to five feet in some areas, roads became impassable and hundreds were trapped in their cars. the governor ordered the national guard to drop medicine and supplies to those folks. but by the eighteenth, the u.s. air force stepped in and began rescue missions for the families trapped. "only now are the sick and hungry survivors beginning to straggle in." "public health service doctors and nurses treated a group of some 30 navajos mostly women and children. in broken english, they explained they had been on a hike when the storm closed in. with little warm clothing and very little food, they s

navajo nation president russell begay joins us now.ow you got the news of president obama's decision, and how you felt when you heard that news? >> well, thank you again for being on your show. [ speaking in indian ] >> we received the news yeerday, a we were excited. we got the a and we did some prep work. i was wanting to tell people it was going to occur that day, but there was an embargo, saying they wanted to make sure the announcement was made after the president signs on the proclamation. there was a lot of joy across navajo nation and southwest, but i got announcements from all over the nation and leaders in canada, so excited that this was a collaborative effort by indian leaders, indian people, wanting to see this happen, and finally, 80 years of work and lobbying, this has taken place. so a day of celebration, historic, and just the way it was designated really makes it worth the effort, long years of waiting, unadministrati waiting, one administration after another. this was truly a native-american effort. so thank you. >>

the land in the bears ears area of utah was where some members of the navajo nation hid from the u.s. cavalry when the united states was forcibly rounding up navajo men, women and children and marching them at gunpoint hundreds of miles away from their homes. russell begay, the president of the navajo nation said today the land is, quote, a sacred place of prayer, shelter and fortitude. he thanked president obama for preserving the tribal lands, saying this land will be finally given the legal reverence and protection it deserves. president begay also said president obama has done, quote, more than any other president in history to set aside more land and water for the future. tribal efforts at federal protection for these lands began 80 years ago during the administration of president franklin roosevelt. president obama made the designation under the authority granted him in the 1906 antiquities act. that law does not grant any authority to future presidents to reverse that designation. >>> coming up, benjamin netanyahu is very thankful today to donald trump for doing nothing in his

it is usually navajo or hopi that people resonate with. we are a proud people and i want people to understand we have been here for thousands of years. we are strong. we are proud. and we are not going anywhere. we are happy to share our story with anybody who comes. >> this weekend we're featuring the history of scott will -- scottsdale, arizona. learn more about scottsdale and other stops on our cities tour at c-span.org/citiestour. watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> follow the transition of government on c-span, as president-elect donald trump selects his cabinet and the republicans and democrats prepare for the next congress. we will take you to key events as they happen without interruption. watch live on c-span, watch on-demand at c-span.org, or listen on our free c-span radio app. each week, american history tvs "reel america" brings you archival films that help provide context for today's public affairs issues. ♪ in the cities, in the towns together,ies, we work we are many races and religions a

it is usually navajo or hopi experience that people resonate with. but we are a proud people and i want people to understand we have been here for thousands of years. we are strong. we are proud. and we are not going anywhere. we are happy to share our story with anybody who comes to visit us. >> this weekend, we are featuring the history of scottsdale, arizona. learn more about scottsdale and other stops on our cities tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> each week, "reel america" brings you archival films that help explain public affairs issues. >> in the cities, the towns and , we work together. we are many races and religions and nationalities. we are the men and women of america. we are also the children of america. children of the city. and the country. light hair, light eyes. dark hair, dark eyes. the children of america. the children of america. the infants, the youth, the old and the young. that's us. her ancestors came over on the mayflower, while he came himself from i

it is usually navajo or hopi that people resonate to wait.e are a proud people and i want people to understand we have been here for thousands of years. we are strong. we are proud. and we are not going anywhere. we are happy to share our story with anybody who comes. we are the history of scottsdale, arizona together with cox communications cable partners. learn more about scottsdale and other stops on www.c-span.org /citiestour. you're watching american history tv, all week and, every weekend on c-span3. >> according to the national institute on drug abuse, harold when overdoses increased six fold between 2001 and 2014 with more than 2000 deaths in 2014. of next un-american history tv's reel america, "seduction of the innocent," a 10 minute cautionary feel -- film. >> this is america in the second half. , a choice in the time -- the phase of modern teenage. the need to belong. associations are quickly and easily made of. boy meets girl. it takes maturity to arise and wise decisions. a friendly outstretched hand and engaging smile, second or

of course, the southwest indians, the apaches and navajo history and a lot of people enjoy reading about tombstone, the wyatt earp and the doc holiday, and the supersition mountains south of here looking for the lost dutchman mine, but they're also interested in cowboys. there are a lot of early cowboy recollections. how-toes. >> custer again, a great selection of custer and then the civil war. scottsdale has one of the largest civil war round tables so we have people interested in the civil war here. we have a small connection to the actual events during the civil war. lincoln created the separate territory of arizona in 1863. he wanted to be sure that our mining properties, the gold and silver, stayed with the union. arizona was part of new mexico territory. it was more leaning towards the confederate. there had been a large texas contingency in there. they came over, did a little bit of an invasion into southern arizona, had a battle at the peak. very small, but it presents an opportunity for arizonians to go and have a reenactment where there are more soldiers and the reenactment has

it is usually navajo or hopi that people resonate to wait.e are a proud people and i want people to understand we have been here for thousands of years. we are strong. we are proud. and we are not going anywhere. we are happy to share our story with anybody who comes. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring scottsdale, arizona. many sites, showcasing its history. the city of scottsdale is ,urrounded by the desert approximately 100,000 square miles. learn more about got all weekend here on american history tv. >> the heard has this incredible collection of art, so our story is about the people who made the artwork, some of the people who work for the fred harvey company, and how they help that business to become a success. the thing that the harvey company brought to this was the concept that native peoples could be encountered, and art could be purchased, and native peoples were really presented as the exotic other. their photos were used and their drawings of them were used on promotional literature, brochures, booklets, packets, as

albert hosteen: to the navajo, the earth and its creatures have great influence over our existence.ies passed from generation to generation help us to understand the reason for our tears of sadness and tears of joy.

. >> i met with president of navajo nation about a year and a half ago he did not know where beer bear's ears was. >> and they said no either did the president, using a wrong picture. prochinpicture. >> with hundreds of other unilateral moves, the new congress hopes to enlist support of new president to undo this one. tom: a big oops there thank you. >> we're coming right back with much more stay with us. >> president-elect trump is looking to privatize department of veterans affairs, promising better treatment for our great veterans. >> i've been saying we're going to take care of our vets, we're going to take care of our vets. tom: charl hurt and lee carter my guests next. >> and this trio taking their passion for danger to scary heights, thrillseekers rejoice, the hair raising jump up next. stay with us, we'll be right back. the end zone. the goal of every team. we know you have goals. like getting exposure for your idea or business. with godaddy website builder, you can easily create an awesome mobile-friendly, get you more exposure website. we call that...a website builder touchdown

. >> i met with president of navajo nation about a year and a half ago he did not know where beer bear'sars was. >> and they said no either did the president, using a wrong picture. prochinpicture. >> with hundreds of other unilateral moves, the new congress hopes to enlist support of new president to undo this one. tom: a big oops there thank you. >> we're coming right back with much more stay with us. >> president-elect trump is looking to privatize department of veterans affairs, promising better treatment for our great veterans. >> i've been saying we're going to take care of our vets, we're going to take care of our vets. tom: charl hurt and lee carter my guests next. >> and this trio taking their passion for danger to scary heights, thrillseekers rejoice, the hair raising jump up next. tom: president-elect trump is reportedly moving towards privatizing the department of veterans affairs. the so-called private-public option would allow vets to opt out of the va and seek private care. >> i don't want to see vets waiting in line for two weeks. >> joining me now, ask charlie hurt and l

. >> my name is martina johnson [speaking in native tongue] i am navajo. i am from arizona from the navajo reservation. my husband is from northern california. we have two girls and she is pursuing a degree in theater and english, and right now she has a part in a play at the capitol theater in sacramento so she could not be here today. i will read the part where she, this is a poem she wrote about her experiences >> with my professor at sacramento state university said genocide is not what happened to native americans, genocide implies a purposeful dissemination, most natives were wiped out by diseases. it was not genocide silence was not an option. genocide is more than bloodshed, it is, in present-day, denial of the truth, repression of those, the denial of truth and repression of those who fought for it. genocide is undoubtedly the fight that is taking place right now at sacred stone camp in north dakota. genocide is the reason natives have been fighting for the right to exist for the past 500 years. it is the reason we exist in visibly, but also the r

you would want to know whether the cavalry was navajo or -- i would want to know, hen you say these people, what despeak of the grew or the -- let me tell you a secret. the autor said. you ready? here it is. no one gives a shit. he was amused by my wordlessness. to see me without words is like seeing one of those egyptian fee lyles without hair. how could i be so dense? i thought i could divert the hollywood from the goal. hollywood did not just make horror movies monster is was its open horror movie monster, smashing me under its afford. and the autor would make the hamlet as he intendeds with my countrymen merely raw material from epic about white men savins good yellow people from bad yellow people. i pity at the french for the anyway eve day thinking they had to visit a country to exploit it. hollywood was much more inventive, inventing the country to exploit. his air i.r.a. air -- his arrogance -- curtsy of most efficient propaganda machine ever created, will awe do respect to nazis, they'll never achieve global dodges. anytime madison, right?on hollywood types understand the observat

[speaking in native language] i am navajo, i'm from arizona from the navajo reservation.y husband is my due and he is from northern california. we have two girls and one is pursuing a degree in theater in english and right now she got a part in one of the place that is going on at the capitol theater in sacramento. she cannot be here today. so i will read the part where, this is a poem she wrote about her experiences. when my professor at sacramento state university said genocide is not what happened to admit native americans, genesis implies of purposeful dissemination most natives were wiped out by diseases. it was not genocide. silence silence was not an option. genocide is more than bloodshed, it is, in present-day denial of the truth, repression of those, it is the denial of truth and the repression of those who fought for. genocide is undoubtedly the fight that is taking place right now is sacred stone camp in north dakota. genocide is a reason natives have been fighting for the right to exist for the past 500 years. it is the reason we existthe re invisibly. but al

. >> when i met with the president of the navajo nation about a year and a half ago, he didn't know where bears ears was. >> reporter: critics contend neither does the president. in a tweet, the white house used the wrong picture of arches national park. it prompted orin hatch to tweet back. if you take 1.3 million acres of utah land, use the right photo. with hundreds of other moves by the present administration, the new congress hopes to enlist the support of the new president to undo this one. back to you. >> thank you, doug. >>> the dow drops 14. the s&p 500 lost a fraction today. nasdaq was down six. >>> the united states has established itself as the strongest military in the world. now some say more must be done to keep it that way. lucas tomlinson reports on what the air force reports it must get to keep up with global demand. >> reporter: earlier this year, top air force officials sounded the alarm saying they were 700 pilots and 4,000 mechanics short. now they warn the problem is worse. the air force chief of staff now says he needs 30,000 airmen. in a statement general david go

there's the pipeline that the navajo nation is facing, the pipeline in new york. so many pipelines, but what this movement has done is shown that native-americans for far too long, like you mentioned in our country, have been silenced, have been ignored. the media hasn't paid attention, the government hasn't paid attention. and now that millions of people are watching, i pray that moving forward those millions of people continue to watch and continue to support. and i think that was the feeling that a lot of people were experiencing yesterday, this moment of celebration and also knowing that we have to keep our boot traps buckled. there's a lot of work to do. and we cannot, we cannot ignore the fact that there is that work to do, and how do we move forward in a good way now that we are united and stay in a place of listening and stay in a place of humility to honor the indigenous populations in our country and support them in the issues that they're facing. >> dave, to shailene's point of getting media attention to this, this was the first national television prog

you want to know whether the navajo, comanche, let me tell you a secret. you ready? here it is. no one gives a shit. he was amused by my wordlessness. to see me without words is like seeing one of those egyptian sea lions without hair. how can it be so dense, how can i be deluded. hollywood did not just make horror movie monsters, it was his own horror movie monster smashing me under its foot. i had failed. epic about white men from good yellow people from bad yellow people.me i pity the french, hollywood, was much more efficient. [laughter] >> inventing the country they wanted to exploit. i was maddened by my helplessness. has arrogance marked something new in the world for this was the first war where the losers would write history instead of the vÍctors courtesy of the most propaganda machine ever created, with all due respect to joseph and the nazis who never achieved global domination. madison, right? it was better to rule in heaven than to serve heaven, better than loser or antihero than extra so long as one commanded the bright lights of center stage. in all the vietnames

you would want to know whether the caliber was under the navajo, apache or or , likewise i would want to know, whether we speak of the group or the young, or the tape. let me tell you a secret he said, are you ready? here it is, no one gives a -- expletive. it was like without hair, how can i be so dense and deluded, i may believe with simultaneous pickpocket it. hollywood did not just make movie monsters, it was his own for movie monster smashing me under its foot. i failed, and he would make the hamlet as he intended with my countrymen serving nearly as raw material from epic about white men hitting good people from bad yellow people. i pitted the french from the naÏvetÉ of the country in order to exploit it. hollywood, it was much more efficient, in the countries that wanted to exploit. i was mad and by my helplessness. had arrogance sparked something new of the world for this was the first war where the losers would write history instead of the victors. courtesy of the most efficient propaganda machine ever created, with all due respect with global domination. hollywood high pries

a locally elected democrat from the navajo nation, she's opposed to it.there is not a single person in any elect official that represents the area that's in favor of it but the president did it any way. >> he's completely in his right to do so as you heard from doug, this falls under the 1906 antiquities act which gives the president the power to designate national moniments without approval from congress. but why now, do you think? what is there, just 20 days left in the term. >> well, i think the argrogance of what he did is going to provide an opportunity for us to challenge that. the antiquities act in the early 1900s was put in place to save small areas. it actually says small designations. you can take hundreds of acres and go protect bears ears and a couple other sites that are probably worthy of protection. but 1.35 million acres? are you kidding me? this is a state of utah where nearly 70% of our land is already controlled by the federal and state government. >> there's a lot of concern about not being able -- for energy development in some of th

service has not issued a freeze warning but they could have because we have numbers below freezing navajo, plenty of sunshine and high clouds. notice that 62 degrees. san jose at 5 degrees bf average. jessica? >> thank you. >>> a gunman is still on the loose this morning after killing a former marine monday night in oakland. it happened right around brook dale and 35th avenues. police say 23 kristopher killian was visiting friends and killed. neighbors say the area is usually safe and quiet. one resident we spoke with who doesn't want his face shown describes what he heard. >> four shots. evenly spaced. pause. about four more shots evenly spaced, pause. about eight shots evenly spaced. keep my eyes open a little bit more in and out of the house but no. pit's -- those things happen. >> killian's sister set up a go fund me page to help with funeral services. we have a link on our website if you would like to help. >>> 5:03 now. the family living here cannot wait for 2016 to end. this is the second time this year a truck has smashed into their garage and yesterday's truck was carrying suppli

but then she goes, but i, but i wouldn't get an indian, talking about the local navajo indian tribe. as i've gone around the world, i see in different societies there are different hierarchies. different groups of people at the top of the bottom. sometimes based on religion, sometimes ethnicity, and these ones social innovation that we do to figure out i don't have an answer how to get rid of the human hierarchies. it is not until we are able to do that at all these problems we see in our country that people aren't a part of the enterprise. they don't fit into the enterprise. we are not going to solve those problems until we solve that problem. as i said before, there's no shortage of innovation. but the real problem that identify the right problems. once you identify the right problems and inhuman set their minds to solving problems, we typically find in it there. so that is it. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much. plenty of time for questions, so please step to the microphone. all at once. >> remember, you can ask me anything about the universe. >> hi, my name is

talking about the local navajo indian tribe. as i go around the world, i see that in different societies, there are different hierarchies. different groups of people at the top and the bottom. sometimes it is based on race, religion, ethnicity. one social innovation the i don't know how to answer is how to get rid of the human hierarchies and it is not until we are able to do that and all the problems we are seeing in our country right now, and his problem has that. people are not part of the enterprise. people with identities do not fit into the enterprise. we will not solve those problems until we solve that problem. as i said before, there is no shortage of innovation. the real problem is identifying the right problem. when you identify the right problem and when humans set their mind to solving problems, we typically find an answer. that is it. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much. time for questions. plenty of time for questions so please step to the mic. all at once. >> remember, you can ask me anything a

of course southwest wind indians, the apache navajo history.ot of of people enjoy reading about tombstone, wyatt earp and doc holliday characters. sometime superstition mountains which are south of here looking for the lost dutchman mines. they're also interested in cowboys and early cowboy collections and how to's. custer again a great selection of custer. and then the civil war. scott still has one of the largest civil war roundtables. so you people interested in the civil war. we have a small connection of the events during the civil war. lincoln created the separate territory of arizona in 1863. he wanted to be sure that our mining properties, the gold and silver stayed with the union. arizona was part of new mexico territory. it was more leaning toward the confederate. there had been a large texas contingency in there. they came over, did a bit a bit of invasion into southern arizona. had a battle, a very small but it presents an opportunity for arizonans to go and have a reenactment where there's more soldiers in the reenactment. as peopl

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but then she goes, but i wouldn't date an if indian, taking about the local navajo indian tribe.as i i've gone around the world, i see that in different societi societies, there are different hierarchy and sometimes it is based on race or religion or ethnicity and these one social innovation that we need to figure out, i don't have an answer, is how to get rid of these human hierarchies. and it is not until we are able to do that that all of these problems that we're seeing happening in our country right now and this problem that we have that people aren't a part of the enterprise, that people's identifies don't fit into the enterprise, we don't solve those problems until we solve that problem. and so as i said before, there is no shortage of innovation. right. but the real problem is identifying the right problem. and once you identify the right problem, and when humans set their mind to solving problems, we typically find an innocence. so that is it. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. this is the time for questions. plenty of time for questions so please