we also have the community center in richmond. a large population of native americans has allowed us to extend our services. we will be building a brand new clinic in san francisco. the clinic will be located near the friendship house association of american indians. it will be one-stop shopping for the clinic. one of the things i would like to talk about, we talk about the clinic and the services they provide. we have been reforming health care to native americans. we will continue to do that and we appreciate your support as we build our new clinic for the native american population. it is my pleasure to introduce the third honoree. they are enrolled member of the great nation of montana. she is a great wife, sister, mother. the teacher and practitioner of cultural traditional wellness and spirituality. she has worked in various roles at the native american health center in san francisco. some of these roles include hiv outrage, medical assistance, and prevention work. she has had critical roles in spirituality and practitioners. she helps the agency addres

office of neighborhood services, and the native american aids project. hosts probably do not realize the impact that this event has on the native american community. but it is something we look forward to every year. these four honorees -- i have had the pleasure, the privilege of working with them on a professional level. i do not know if i have an unprofessional level, but as well as in any powwow irina, so it gives me great pride and pleasure as well toemcee -- to emcee this event. how many native americans in the san francisco bay area? let's see -- one, two -- [laughter] over 60,000. how many in oakland? 29,000. it is just really need for the san francisco bay area, northern california, california -- it is really neat to recognize native american heritage month with these four that we on this day. again, i know them well. and i can call them my friends, even though one of them is lakota. at this time, i would like to turn the microphone over to john of kqed. >> thanks, carol -- banks, ea -- thanks, earl. i'm president of kqed media. i'm glad you are

so, it is very necessary for us to have the native plants for the native wildlife. services provided by hanc go beyond recycling with native plants and the nursery. i think that it is time for the city to acknowledge the services provided by hanc. doing something to highlight the services provided by this organization. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> is this usable? no? my name is pam, i have lived in haight for 35 years. hanc has been an invaluable resource. have concluded that the time has come to terminate 10 employees and close a fully functional service. the recreational recycling facility. for no reason other than to push against the progressive stance, generally. in the eviction of low-income folks, beyond that issues should not be confused. typically the folks that are defecating in our entryways and living in our driveways, lying on our sidewalks, are not those the one -- are not the ones working tirelessly. as a society we need to provide to the homes more affordable housing, solving our mental health service issues. rec

so, it is very necessary for us to have the native plants for the native wildlife. services provided by hanc go beyond recycling with native plants and the nursery. i think that it is time for the city to acknowledge the services provided by hanc. doing something to highlight the services provided by this organization. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> is this usable? no?

so, it is very necessary for us to have the native plants for the native wildlife. services provided by hanc go beyond recycling with native plants and the nursery. i think that it is time for the city to acknowledge the services provided by hanc.

i started the native plant nursery at the recycling center. not only does the recycling center not charge an admission fee, but it is the only golden gate park attraction that pays patrons to use the facility. hanc has always been at the forefront of green issues. hanc was founded to save mount sutro and to stop a freeway that would have destroyed the panhandle and much of golden gate park's. the rec and park commission supported the freeway. in 1974, there was no place to recycle in the haight ashbury, so hanc started a recycling operation. now, all san franciscans recycle, but there is still a desperate need for more redemption centers in san francisco. state law requires that consumers be refunded their deposits for beverage containers. sustaining the earth's biological system cannot be accomplished without native plants. therefore, a native plant nursery was created at the recycling center. we propagate over 60 species of san francisco native plants to support native birds, insects, and other wildlife. the nursery supplies plans to numerou

civic clubs, the native hawaiian bar association, the council for native hawaiian advancement and two state agencies which represent the interests of native hawaiian people, the office of hawaiian affairs and the department of hawaiian homelands. i have also received support from national organizations such as the american bar association and from president obama, the department of justice, and the department of interior. i encourage all of my colleagues to stand with me and support this legislation. i welcome any of my colleagues with concerns to speak with me so i can explain how important this bill is for the people of hawaii. the people of hawaii have waited far too long. the united states has federal aid, recognized government-to-government relationships with 565 tribes across our country. it is time to extend this policy to native hawaiians. madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the text of this bill be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. akaka: today, i will also be introducing legislation addressing the supreme court ruling in cozierv.

i would like to thank our host for this month, native american aids project, the mayor's office, the francisco native american health center, and kqed public broadcasting. how about a big round of applause for our host? thank you. at this time, when indian people -- when we gather, we throw on our regalia, our outfits. we do not call them costumes. if you are from oklahoma, we call them in being close -- clothes. it is good to see all these dancers and singers as well, their families. when we gather like this, we start out with prayer, so please stand if you are able. creator, grandfather, we give thanks this day for the many blessings for this beautiful day, this opportunity to honor our own here in san francisco city hall. we give thanks to native and non-native alike, those that are here today. when this ends, we hope that they travel safe, that they continue this relationship, creator. we remember the words spoken here by the leaders of our native american community. creator, blessings upon them. our seniors, are dancers, everyone in attendance. remember those that have passed tha

i started the native plant nursery. of course, i support the proposed resolution. i hope we can get the votes from the full board. i understand it will not overturn the rec and parks commission vote, but it is an opportunity to go in another direction. when you actually combine the recycling, native plant nursery, a native plant gardens, composting, that ecological classes that we have at this site, the end result is really the golden gate park because center. that is what the facility is, and eco center. the rec and parks department, the department of environment, and hanc should be partners in sustainability. all stakeholders should negotiate and find common ground. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> kevin bayuk. member of the hanc recycling center council. it is clear this is not about community garden spirit to do the retrofit at frederick and make it a community garden, you would have to remove asphalt, soil testing for chemicals and tens of thousands of dollars of additional cost, which you would not have to do any of the other applications appr

we know the native americans, they used it to make bread, they used the oil for their hair.made coffee with the meal after they pressed it, and they also would take jojoba seed, which contains simmondsin, which is an appetite suppressant so when they went from blythe to coachella, they would eat these seeds, because on the 100-mile trek, instead take food that would-- the animals would wanna get, or whatever, you know. >> can you eat one of these? >> this has got the skin on it, right? >> uh-huh. >> and so we got a machine that will break and blow that off-- >> now, can i eat this? >> --and it's ready to go, >> what does that taste like? >> tastes like maybe a hazelnut, little bit bitter, very hard. >> but, the native americans ate these. >> absolutely. >> i've never heard of eating jojoba before. >> man, you've gotta get-- get up to speed on this one. >> wow, i'm getting up to speed, i'm trying. i just ate my first jojoba-- what do you call 'em, nut? >> seed, whatever. >> seed-- >> you know what? >>--they're good. >> they're delicious. >> we eat 'em all the time. they remin

you can't say the native americans were wrong for saying missouri. you can't say the french were wrong for pronouncing it in their language, just different ways of pronouncing the same word. that is where we have the problem with the word different. different isn't a synonym of the word wrong. we have to be careful how we use it and our children. it answers the question, why do you write that? i write to tell the story. one that has fallen through the cracks, one marginalized by main stream history. either misrepresented or represented to the way in which it is a stereo typical, write to take those stereotypes, reshape them and give them back to you dressed in a new dress. i mean when i say different is not a synonym for wrong, it means that we should celebrate those things. everyone in this room is different in some way. but you should not feel bad about that. your uniqueness, as my grandson who loves to make up words, that is your wonderment. [laughter]. it answers that question that we get asked most often is why do you write? you can say pat is wr

. >> why am i advocating for keeping the native plant recycling nursery center open. the recreation and park commission makes it sound so, this, and industrial operation in golden gate park. this is a common sense and laudable effort. a local effort to think globally have an act locally. with the other side, you have to pay attention. voting for their wishes. i am certainly swayed. wanting to make it public comment. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i was hoping to be last, but thankfully near the end of public comment. we have heard no opposition to the resolution. so, please go ahead, pass the resolution, and then helped convince her colleagues on the board to support it. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. when reckoned parts on this on the community, they created the immediate impression that there was broad scale support for deploying hanc -- for evicting hanc from the center. i started asking around to people in the neighborhood and everyone that i spoke to supported keeping hanc firmly in place. we deci

on a summer day and seven hundred forty one scores of the natives of the land set out on a hunting expedition in canada they spotted an odd looking ships on the horizon. those big sailboats a belongs to an expedition led by a russian explorers bearing and cherokee. that was how kodiak island made its appearance on russian maps the first colonists were. guided by those maps the landed on the island more than forty years later seventeen eighty four the city of kodiak was the capital of russian america for fifteen years. streets serve as a reminder of that time. many of them still bear the names of russian travelers and merchants. there is still the street name a shell a cult who founded with his wife ned tell us the very first russian permanent settlement in alaska and then there's still a coffs son in law. named after nikolai was. who are was representing the government of russia and also the russian american company. the russian american company was founded in seventeen. primarily with the hunting and the selling of sea others which dwelt in large colonies on the alaskan coast. this building

the house has passed native hawaiian recognition bills three times. first in 2000, again in 2007 and most recently just last year. the goals and purposes of a native hawaiian government re-organization act are consistent with the history of the native hawaiian people and the united states involvement in hawaii. the bill is also consistent with over 188 existing federal laws that promote the welfare of native hawaiian people. i know there are members that question these authorized programs simply because native hawaiians is in the title which is exactly why we need this bill. it will formalize the very special political and legal relationship between the united states and the native hawaiians by providing a process through which the native hawaiian community can re-organize its governing entity within this relationship. this is how we treat alaskan natives and american indians and this is how we should treat native hawaiians. the kingdom of hawaii was overthrown in 1893. hawaii's last monarch, the queen, was deposed by an armed group of businessmen and

it was the most uniformly native born of all the regions of the country. is it a new place now? >> it's my contention that the dispersal, the outpouring of people in the south, in fact, the pressure on the south and the north helped to change the south, and maybe the more welcoming place which occurred since the civil rights era, and in many places made it a more welcoming place for african-americans to return to their homeland, but for lateen opens and even northern whites and finding a place that is more to their liking. more open and more welcoming. and i think it's a positive thing, in a way. it's a dispersal of people who have been parjinalized and concentrateed in one area. so now you have people all over the country who have been marginalized before concentrated in one area. now mainstreaming into the rest of the country. >> mar >> suarez: mark lopez with the numbers show declining in chicago and new york, are latinos taking their place? >> in some places latino growth across the country. in many cases lateen opens had a large presence, and their presence increased such a

the quality of this nation. [applause] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: the markers say our blood will shed for you. [applause] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: so what was announced on thursday were not decisions. decisions are not made twice. decisions are made once, and those are the decisions that we made back in 2005. why do we talk about them in on thursday? one is about the recent crisis and another -- the first one is not related to the crisis. it's due to our need for reform. when we talked about this in 2005 there were no pressures. in 2004, and in the arab summit it was the first after the invasion of iraq. it was a total collapse and surrender to the americans, and there were parties that the americans were trying to impose reforms on us. and we thought very adamantly against the summit and we brought it down. the same in 2005 suggested forms for our country, democratization, and these are pressure that have to do with iraq, with resistance and others. these were the reasons behind the pressure that the syria came under. when we talk about the link between the crisis and reform,

because now you will have a much broader coalition calling the shots the latest word we have is that the native leaders who are meeting in brussels and who are discussing the way to actually move forward they're essentially looking at taking over the. full leadership of the military operations from the coalition of the british the french and the americans on sunday morning there was a military committee meeting of nato members held and the decision from that meeting was that they would go forward with the overall you to ship they seem to be discussed of that meeting the nuts and bolts the military command who would be in charge and that is what is being put forward to this enlarge the nato meeting so what they're really looking for there is some kind of consensus the significance of this is that what we've seen until now is almost two parallel operations these operations will not be brought together under one umbrella and those parallel operations are on the one hand under the leadership of nato the enforcement of a no fly zone and the enforcement of an arms embargo and under the leadership of

. >> that was the native secretary-general. i began by asking if he can confirm that it was making concrete plans to impose a no- fly zone over libya. >> it is hard to say, fnkly. there has been a lot of talk today on this very subject. the secretary-general was just saying that it needs a un mandate. it needs a support of the region by the arab league. and there needs to be a demonstrable sign of a trigger for such action. i am not sure that is right. i honestly do not know. it is very difficult. it is difficult for the nato allies. never before have these diplomats and politicians been meeting when the issue they're discussing is moving so quickly on the ground. that is what people were having a big summit on this issue. it is so difficult to predict the way things will go. it is hard to say. plans are certainly being made, but it all depends on theioions. >> how do you see what france did today, recognizing the rebels as the only representative force of the libyan people. is that a diplomatic bomb exploding where you are? >>

>>catherine: rubbles and libya are getting hammered, even with help from the native coalition they areosing ground again in the fight against khaddafi. these are scenes of the rebels near tripoli today. they might not able to oppose the libyan leader on less international air strikes go even further in taking out the forces. secretary of state hillary clinton is in london, world leaders are there and trying to decide how best help the rebels and protect civilians. if clinton suggested air strikes will continue as long as khaddafi is in power. she did stop short recommending in giving arms directly to the rebels. 45 people killed in iraq today, they took over government buildings a suicide car bombing also reported. authorities say the attack looks like the work of all tied up. among the dead, local council members, a police official and a journalist. defense lawyers want george clooney and his italian girlfriend to be witnesses at his upcoming trial. that's apparently because the couple came to one of the prime minister's party. he's accused of having paid for sex with an underage girl

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not at this stage last year and then the natives at the last sixteen stage of this competition for the last six seasons. says both sides with a regression to. a single passion of life. competition produce not all competition everybody knows that. after the match one team goes through another team goes home everybody knows that the next rounds one team another team will watch on t.v. and that's. the pressure that applies to these. he does not. move into the europa league press three russian club spots and soon he will be back into trying to get into the last eight on thursday spots i pads the best chance of all three after winning one and that's my x. in the first leg the dutch power has controlled most of that game but still travel to the luzhniki stadium and one away goal deficit the red lights haven't won in moscow in the last three european fiction is having lost twice in two months however spots over egypt's president strong performance after very embarrassing for no demolition across the league oh that's. how it may be on stage sky and the only man suffered a dramatic defeat in th

i, like most of my neighbors, no longer use the recycling center except for going to purchase the native plants. have not used it for quite some time, and i think that is also why there is not more of my neighbors year. they simply are not using it and are not involved. i think what is critical that met the park is offering is to convert this site to a garden. the city has taken 30 years under the open space fund to acquire 100 acres of park land. 2/3 of an acre is a lot. most of the little parks we have acquired are very small like this, so 2/3 is very important. times have changed, and one of the things that change is a huge interest in urban agriculture. this site is very important to the future and to many citizens in our city. i hope you will consider that. i think the opportunity to grow food is not only a nice recreation. it is going to be a vital part of food security in our city, and this central location and some of the materials that will be available will be very useful around the city. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker please. >> supervisors, good afte

quite a good project. >> they will eat the fish eggs that are in the rivers and they will also kick the native crayfish out of their habitats. >> their students are learning about invasive species while learning about science. >> reporter: after caring for their crayfish for months, the children often aren't wild about killing them. but they're learning that may be the only responsible option. >> sometimes we'll just wait until they die of old age. >> we actually put them in a bag and put them in a freezer. and that was a very painless way for them to go and we didn't have to put them out into the ecosystem that we have over here. >> reporter: wildlife officials say it's against state and federal law to ship these crayfish into oregon or washington. oregon wildlife officials sent warning letters a couple of years ago to the major supply companies. the shipments have continued. but officials have not chosen to aggressively enforce the law. a couple of years ago even professor olden discovered how easy it was to obtain an illegal shipment of invasive crayfish. >> that was probably the most shock

somewhere down the line, all of us came here at some point, except the native americans. but yeah, i think like my mom said, just getting our voice out there, really are part of the same society, and i think our society has faced a real moral crisis where we have family values that are opposed to what our policies and laws say, and we are splitting up families. i have friends who were born here and don't speak a word of spanish and could be deported and couldn't communicate with anyone. i think putting these faces out there and showing people that immigrants are a vibrant part of civic life, that that is a really important thing for the cause. thanks. >> thank you for your comments. they are duly noted. commissioners, we are coming to close here. are there commissioners who would like to make any comments? ok. commissioner? >> first of all, i want to thank everyone who is here tonight. i want to thank the centers. but i especially want to take time to thank the people from the immigrant rights movement who are here tonight and who are not here tonight for other reasons. i

not be able to retain the pressure and there will cause possibly be a third explosion or death by the native plants to power. still reassuring the public that there is no point that there is the opportunity for them out in the nuclear plant and one thing can not rob a day of theirs or dorothy and fell unaware of death or think of that. historically i can tell you that in every situation like this when there is a nuclear industrial accident there's a very there's two different programs underway one is the program to control the problem and the other is the program to manage public opinion in the case of managing public opinion there is always a desire to present the opinion to present a perception that the government is in control that there is no undue danger and there's no reason to panic often the need to control this kind of perception runs counter to the actual information which may be useful to people about whether they're in danger or not you can rely on the government to give them accurate in formation about what the threats are so there's never been a case where the information has b

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the native countries continued drawing up contingency plans in case the international community decidespose an air embargo nato has said that any move like that would require a clear mandate this is unlikely because russia which has veto power house rejected the idea military leaders in establishing a no-fly zone would be challenging. they're trying to give president obama the full range of options for dealing with the crisis. the uprising in the middle east is having an effect on the middle eaststock market. althouh prices are hovering yesterday the dow finished down 168. it starts the day at 12,058, trading will begin in one hour. s&p 500 and the nasdaq also had a bad day taking a look here at the san mateo bridge this shows you go weather story though wind. you can see is shaking the camera traffic is moving ok. it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn thi