but in his time, in his my grandmother, his mother's tribe, she was ponca in his time he was born ponca then totally wasn't indian. and to live through that and be there and you know i was born, not born. ponca didn't exist in. 1991 we got reinstated to know that he saw that full circle and in my children were born ponca and see the work that my elders and those that came before did until i came into in 2002 and then to see how much we've grown based on that and when do you when you look i mean really truly rebuilding a tribal nation and to part of that is something i always be proud and really helped me transition this role, knowing that we have 574 federally recognized tribes that nci represents and they're all going, we're not monolithic. they all we all have the similar issues, but we all have our have our specific issues that we deal. and to bring that collective together and know that that's what ncai represents and to be part of that is something i'm very honored be in and do. and so i tell my staff and they probably get tired of hearing, but both of those for me, i get to do thi