we focus on the difficulties that native americans have. so is this humor in spite of those difficulties or is it woven into the culture itself? >> i think it's both. i think native americans are not the only people to have gallows humor about the situation. part of it is gallows humor. a part of it -- i could be way off here, but native americans are americans-americans, too. america in general, i think, is a humorous country often. i mean, that's what people say -- that's the reputation of americans in other countries. that we're funny. so why wouldn't native americans be funny, too? but some are just hysterical. this one woman in yakima, she's so funny. i tell her a joke she's heard it. and i said have you lived on the reservation your whole life and she will say, not yet. [laughter] >> just a take off on other jokes but in generally, i found that native people laugh at each other, certainly at nonnative people and at some of these assumptions and sometimes they just get absolutely outraged at the rudeness of nonnative people towards them

twenty sixth was yesterday and it may not be a day that stands out to all americans as the very important day of remembrance but for native americans it is remembered very well as the day of anguish is the anniversary of a shootout that erupted between the f.b.i. and the residents on the pine ridge reservation in south dakota now the incident led to the conviction of american indian movement activist leonard peltier who three decades later more than that is still in prison today f.b.i. post here is the murderer of two of their agents but to many a post here supporters ranging from foreign parliaments to the dalai lama in the late mother teresa he is a political prisoner at an unfair trial and deserves clemency earlier we spoke with one of those supporters brian becker he is of the national the national coordinator of the answer coalition and he has organized protests on called here we have i asked him you know talk here is in his sixty's is there more than three decades in prison he's had a stroke has diabetes is partially blind on humanitarian grounds as many of his supporters call for what is wrong with clemency clemenc

the culture itself? >> i think it's both. native americans are not the only one to have humor of the situation. part of it, i could way off here, but native americans are american americans too, and america in general, i think, is a humorous country often. i mean, that's what people say. that's the reputation of americanss in other countries that we're follow-upny. why wouldn't native americans be funny too? some are just hysterical. this one woman i interviewed, oh, she's so funny. every time i tell her a joke, she's already heard it. she asked have you lived on a reservation all your life? she'll say, not yet. [laughter] it's a take off from other jokes, but in general i found that native people laugh at each other, certainly at non-native people, and at some of the assumptions, and sometimes they are just absolutely outraged at the rudeness of non-native people towards them, and they make that into a joke. for instance, i interviewed an osage woman lawyer who is very sophisticated, works in washington, d.c., has her own law firm there, goes home to oklahoma to the reservation, but she said so

justice, as the native american says, is just us, to it the native establishment. for the native american, the white power system. for us in contemporary time, there is no justice. there is no justice in the courts. and that's sad commentary. and it's mainly predicated, from my perspective, on the swollen power and control that the executive class has now administered on the judicial class. the judicial power, discretion, separateness now has been vastly, vastly inroaded. the kind of final comment, and i'll put it into contemporary setting, is when it is said the law is fair, it applies to everyone equally. no one is above or below the law. the rule of frame is the street people cannot sleep under the bridge, but the chief of police and the district attorney cannot sleep und

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

justice, as the native american says, is just us, to it the native establishment. for the native american, the white power system. for us in contemporary time, there is no justice. there is no justice in the courts. and that's sad commentary. and it's mainly predicated, from my perspective, on the swollen power

justice, as the native american says, is just us, to it the native establishment. for the native american, the white power system. for us in contemporary time, there is no justice. there is no justice in th

which really is culpable for the murder of many a scores of native american activists and trying to say historically if there was violence it was all because of of the indigenous people not the f.b.i.'s ongoing covert war against the indian people i don't happen thing that that supporters like yourself argue what is the most compelling piece that i have a chance at that well well we know from the from the church hearings in one thousand nine hundred sixty s. or senate hearings that the cointelpro operation by the f.b.i. targeted political activists they targeted them for assassination surveillance they tried to create divisions within groups in the case of the american indian movement that was rampant that's all part of the record and we can see from the evidence from the trials that the the the the prosecution in the f.b.i. asserted that these agents had been executed a chart range that wasn't true they said that the that they that the vehicle belonged to one of the peltier that was untrue all of the evidence turned out in subsequent hearings to be untrue but nonetheless leonard peltie

respect the trees of the native american nations. >> more transitional services for the population because it is not only by their homelessness, but by their sexual orientation. he received of lot of discrimination. the second they walked in, the readiness programs in the community into being leaders. and just give them big opportunities. >> they will run for reelection soon. democracy can grow and everyone can be represented equally. >> adobe a dream of being passed because it will be more of a parent's decision. >> prioritize education, providing more of grants and students that are unable to afford college and provide funding for colleges have not spending enough for people that can meet the threshold for other states. >> to fund more non-profit organizations and programs along with java will keep people off the streets and keep them busy working. >> of the tribes of the forum, a delegate to say thank you to the national and local leaders here in you guys are the ones that make this happen. there is lunch for you. thanks.

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

missouri is the native american pronunciation. in their language it is the people of the big boats. one word means all of that. missouri. frenchman who came up

like the native american people, you will always deal with us. we are connected. you cannot displace a population. the maintenance on the property is a horrendous. they have painted the garden apartments. the gardners are butchers. they are not maintaining the broilers. we want a limited equity callo- op. god help us, we will save this property for the people in san francisco that need affordable housing. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. pete anderson, helen thomas. >> hi. my name is michelle. i'm a journalist and attorney and a proud residents of our city. i'm here today because i'm concerned about the legal violations that have committed, particularly those involving procedural due process and state and federal anti-housing discrimination laws. i only have two minutes. the parkmerced redevelopment plan, as currently written, will never be implemented in our city. i can guarantee that if city officials approve this plan, it will be handcuffed by lawsuits from our city's civil rights community and affordable housing advocates. this is san francisco. we are ble

. >> could you tell us a little bit about the native americans that were found in 1733? >> these were the yemen crockery people's, a lesser brands of the nation which pretty much covered what we call the southeast. the cherokees would start appearing in tennessee. said to be 7 feet tall. we don't know better, but that's not the case. he was said to live to be 100 years old. certainly open-minded. the creek indians with the leaders were very helpful to the early colonists in terms of trying to help them with planning and all the positive things we could think of. savannah's first 60. he died in 17 thirtysomething. he was buried. .. >> a giant gordon monument up over the grave, the gordon family have always said every time they have bad luck or anything well, there's the curse getting us again. and the creeks disappeared. they weren't part of the trail of tears. and they just kept going westward, westward, westward. >> preston, in your review, you said that savannah is owned by the jews, run by the irish and enjoyed by the crackers. i like you am a hillbilly from the hills

>> can you tell about the native americans that ogelthorp found when he arrived in 1733? >> these were the creek people a lesser branch of the large nation which pretty much covered what we called the southeast and appearing in tennessee, my home state, etc.. he is said to be 7 feet tall. we don't know better but we surmise that is not the case and it was said to live 100-years-old but he was certainly open-minded towards the settlement and the creek indians with of the leadership of tom were very helpful to the early colonists in terms of trying to help with planning and all the policy things you could think of and as a matter of fact, he was savanna's first savitt he wrote and died in 1730 something, 1740, and he was buried in which square? right, thank you. and then see in the 19th century a member of the gordon family and this is a little cycle i hope it works the founder of the girl scouts in 1912 is [inaudible] , and during her reception when she was married, it went out one year and subsequently over the years she became blind, excuse me, deaf in one ear. so since t

it's one of the last intact and accessible native american burial grounds in the bay area.y want to construct walking and biking trails that will form a ring around the bay. it also calls for bathrooms, parking lots and paved trails on top of this spiritual site. >> and a lot of us were inspired by what we saw up there and thought the best thing we can do, most of us are from the east bay and san francisco, would be to come here and tell bay trail to stop immediately and make sure they're not funding the desecration of sacred sites. >> many people in the group are bicyclists who frequently use the existing portions of the bay trail. they want to keep the native american grounds protected. >>> a bit of health news for you. patients with pre-existing conditions like cancer, diabetes or asthma who have signed up for federal health care will get their premiums cut by some 40%. that announcement today will apply to people living in two dozen states. california may be added to the list eventually, but it's not on it yet. so far 18,000 people have signed up, well short of governme

end with jesus ascending to heaven, it ends with jesus coming to the americas to speak to the native americansis message. this is what is different about the book of mormon, and it's used as a tool in mormonism, as christians think about the bible. for them it's a very important book. >> how is jesus -- you spoke of joseph smith and referred to him as a profit. >> let me back up a little bit. before joseph smith finds the book of mormon, he has a vision of god, the father, which in mormonism is called heavenly father and jesus, and jesus is the son of god. he's not the way christians think about this as god himself, although in mormonism you can become a god but that's another piece of theology. you need to think of them as two different entities. god and jesus both have physical form. that's a very important distinction between mormonism and what i would consider to be mainstream christiananity. >> give us the differences between christians and the beliefs of mormans? point out some of the key differences. >> first, mormons believe in a pre-existence life. you have a soul before you come to e

quote, the cultural aggression of white america against african and native americans is not based on skin color or belief of racial superiority. whatever ideological clothing may be used to rationalize it, but on the white man's awareness that the african and native american as people with deep roots in if a resonating ec cochamber of the interrelated tribal world are actually psychically and socially superior to the fragmented, alienated and dissociated men of western civilization. such a recognition which stabs at the heart of the white man's entire social values system inevitably generates violence and genocide. it has been the sad fate of african and native americans to be a tribal people in a fragmented culture born ahead of rather than behind their time. end of quote. and we also feel that there is no doubt that mclewin's explanation about the african and native americans' dilemma applies equally to the tribal people of ireland and afghanistan. over the last century, the united states has built a reputation as a leader in science, technology, justice and individual human rights.

one of the commonalities as an educator and as a counselor is, i was, 10 years ago. i was working with native american students, i am from the midwest and i moved out here 6 years ago. prior to that, however, i was, the counseling department for a native american therapeutic school. we had 260 students grades 4 through 8. 75 percent were on special education ie p's. 90 percent were already enrolled in the juvenile system and in the drug and alcohol programs. later on, i would show up and be a counselor at the betty ford center with attorneys and other professionals. the one commonality that the children at therapeutic school and the professionals at the betty ford center had in common was no clue about feelings and how to be aware of their feelings and how to address them. what mr. dierck has done is one of the things that we as educators, it's the one thing we have missed. it's the absolutely one thing we missed to teach our children to recognize and be aware of their own feelings and work with children with similar feelings. we can teach them all the math. we don't have clue one to teach them how to

watching us on ktvz news channel 21 in bend, oregon, learn about the history of native american cultures in the columbia river plateau at by hand through memory, at the high desert museum, your pacific event of the day. >> thanks so much. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. sarah palin has found unlikely support when it comes to her ongoing battle with the media. ashton kutcher and demi moore backed obama in 2008, but they both tweeted their disapproval of the media's hunger over the recent release of thousands of palin's emails as alaska's governor. kutcher found it repulsive. >>> "variety" reports russell crowe beat out sean penn and clive owen signing to play superman's biological father in the franchise reboot of "man of steel." >>> english singer joss stone, a friend of prince william and guest at his wedding, was reportedly the target of a robbery-murder plot by two men arrested by police in possession of swords, rope, and a body bag. disturbing there. >>> finally, jennifer lopez recently told the bbc she's not so sure about returning to "american

funding we want to direct to the appropriate place and the native americans are exactly the place this can go. this is economic development they need and they are in the process to get that and trying to build that infrastructure and that is where that fund can be. and i yield to mr. gibson. gibgib i thank the -- mr. gibbs: i thank the the gentleman from arizona. there is significant need for expanding broadband. we have over 60 districts that have 10% of their population that aren't in the high-speed broadband and i want to remind my colleagues. this reduces by $2 million in 012. this program should not be zer oed out and we should have we should accept this amendment and urge my colleagues to accept this amendment to continue to make progress with broadband and i yield back. the chair: does the the gentleman from georgia yield back? king kings -- mr. kingston: yield back. mrs. lummis: move to strike the requisite number of words. respectfully, my chairman and i disagree on this issue. i raised this in the committee on appropriations and his superior abiliti

her books focus on the native american issues and the environment. join our three-hour conversation, taking your phone calls, e-mails, and tweets for the pulitzer prize finalist linda hogan. >> this morning, chairman of the -- former chairman of the house intelligence committee, peter hoekstra, joined us to talk about the mission and afghanistan and libya. "washington journal" continues. host: former congressman pete hoekstra and now a senior adviser at a public policy and law practice. he also is doing education worked at heritage. welcome back. guest: good to be here. thank you. host: let me begin with afghanistan. here is "the washington post." this was guarded primarily by afghan security. what you make of this going forward and implications of it for the transition? guest: if you look at any single event and say now this is going to redefine our strategy for the next six months or 12 months. afghanistan was a broken state when we went in there. when we went in there. kabul was governing the capitol and appear there was no unified police force th

i think it's a testament to the native americans across the country, the support they provide on the border. i've watched them in action, participated with them in action, it was with shadow wolves that we did a train with blackhawks on the lookouts that i spoke about previously. this amendment will encourage those five shadow wolves continue and help them grow. if they go to less than five, they are probably gone forever. i yield back my time. the chair: who seeks time? the gentleman from alabama. mr. aderholt: i withdraw the point of order and accept the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the reservation is withdrawn. are there other members seeking time on this amendment? if not, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from iowa, those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the ayes have it, the amendment is adopted. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. barrow of georgia.

the all-american guard in. you can just see the shrubbery legislative native species and if this is not a celebration of the american landscape and species, but i don't know what else should be. john adams and jefferson experience something very similar when they go on a garden tour 1786 england. the american minister and the did it in paris. and to assist with the trade negotiations. but the british hated the americans and what-- to dallas is the former colonies. jefferson even speculated it bb the amount of meat consumed by the british that made their character insusceptible of civilization. [laughter] budget epperson despite the diversion that they had actually created the best garden. they looked like an odd pair walking through the gardens because tall and gangly in towering almost 7 inches above john adams. despite the truth of the compared to being held accountable but despite they're differences it was the adored garden. maybe in a slightly different ways so you have adams who loves to get his the and sturdy and whenever he is away from the guarded guarded, it is terribly missing his farm and discarded it al

centerpiece of the ornamental landscape which was of flat, huge, beautiful lawn which was literally embraced by the american forest. so where washington had gone into the forest to take a native species out and plant them in the shrubbery, madison is going a step further : the force come very, very close to his house and release celebrating the american forest the most extraordinary of all , they did a rather bad job on the trees. ignore those. but have a look at the building on the right-hand side. what you would see right in the middle of this ornamental landscape would be a model slave village. these buildings, these six buildings are very unlike the usual slave cabins with mud floors which medicine to by the way, and elsewhere on his plantation. these were buildings which were very sturdily built. there was glass and the windows. slaves eight here off decorative plates. we know from visitors accounts that it were very much part of the entertainment of guests to wander over to the slave village and have a look around. so were other plantation owners had separated their slave quarters from the main garden by replacing them elsewhere or by fences or walls, madison places tha