greetings from the navajo land. i want to extend my greetings to secretary sebelius, secretary napalitano, secretary duncan, and the state government and also all you're distinguished ladies and gentlemen. again i am from the navajo nation and the executive director of the lahood division of health and i'm honored to be here and speak to the distinguished group here. would like to do is alan flag to a high that some of the things we have worked on it in navajo land. i want to give you a sense of where we're coming from by doing , the nomination is only one of over 500 indian nations in this country so i wanted give you a sense of how the indian nations operate, the land base. also wanted to share with you the lessons learned from our perspective and then also with some recommendations. again in the navajo nation is only one of the over 500 indian nations in the country. and each nation is different. it has its own culture, it has its own way of looking at things, on values and a own way of dealing with the emergencie