>> guest: turn of the sently, you know -- century, you know, basically after the massacre at wounded knee in 1890-'91, that period -- which happened on the plains, and it happened to the lakota, but writ large, the turn of the century was the low point for tribes across the cup. our numbers were down, our traditional forms of leadership had in many ways been compromised or completely destroyed, culture was under assault through boarding schools and forced assimilation. it was -- we had no economic systems in place to replace our tribal way of living. it was the low point. it was like the worst point of our history, i think. since 1900 or since 1890-1900, we have been climbing out of the hole of history. our numbers have been increasing. our power, we've been consolidating our power, making our own government, we've been revitalizing our culture and our languages. and we're on the rise, i have to say. and this is nowhere more keenly felt than in an issue than, say, the issue of mascots for the washington redskins, you know? the team has enjoyed that racial slur in peace for a long tim