ncai is the largest, the oldest, and organization in washington, d.c. representing the tribal governments across the country. i would look to welcome our distinguished guests to washington, d.c. we have many folks listening to us across the country. to watch the state of 2012 state -- state of indian nations address. across the country we have students, tribal citizens, and leaders, and have gathered in the schools, and sent tircenter watch together. among many events across the country we are pleased mr. star's history class in santa fe, new mexico is joining us. we have university of oklahoma, college of law, center for native american youth in washington, d.c., the tribal office and the indian tribe of wisconsin, leaders of tomorrow, and today's event, that are watching. and there are many other more watching events across the country. we're glad and happy that they're all joining us. we have an incredible turn out here today. we would look to acknowledge some of the guests in the audience. among those guests, special guests we have board members of