1 00:00:13,646 --> 00:00:15,382 MY NAME IS MARTA IDOWU WITH THE CITY 2 00:00:15,448 --> 00:00:19,185 OF SEATTLE, AND WE HAVE A CANOES 3 00:00:19,252 --> 00:00:21,488 CANOES GROUP THAT WE GET TOGETHR 4 00:00:21,554 --> 00:00:23,089 AND PUT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 5 00:00:23,156 --> 00:00:25,892 DAY EVERY YEAR. I WANT TO THANK 6 00:00:25,959 --> 00:00:28,161 ALL MY GROUP THAT ARE HERE TODAY 7 00:00:28,228 --> 00:00:32,665 TODAY FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY 8 00:00:32,732 --> 00:00:35,969 THEY HAVE DONE TO PUT THIS 9 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:37,404 TOGETHER TODAY. IT TAKES A 10 00:00:37,470 --> 00:00:40,040 VILLAGE TO DO ALL THIS, AND WE 11 00:00:40,106 --> 00:00:43,710 HAVE HAD IT AND WE REALLY 12 00:00:43,777 --> 00:00:44,744 APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAVE SPONSOS 13 00:00:44,811 --> 00:00:48,515 AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THEM. 14 00:00:48,581 --> 00:00:51,184 WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANT TO 15 00:00:51,251 --> 00:00:53,153 GO AHEAD ON AND START THE PROGR. 16 00:00:53,219 --> 00:01:03,763 FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO CALL 17 00:01:07,734 --> 00:01:09,402 UP KEN WORKMAN. HE'S GOING TO 18 00:01:09,469 --> 00:01:17,577 COME UP AND DO A PRAYER FOR US. 19 00:01:17,644 --> 00:01:22,782 [ APPLAUSE ] 20 00:01:43,002 --> 00:01:48,808 GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. [ SPEAKIG 21 00:01:48,875 --> 00:01:50,009 NATIVE LANGUAGE ] 22 00:02:23,409 --> 00:02:25,211 AND IT IS MAGIC TO HEAR THE 23 00:02:25,278 --> 00:02:28,414 BEATING OF THE DRUMS AGAIN AND 24 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:29,549 HEAR YOUR VOICES. I WOULD LIKE 25 00:02:29,616 --> 00:02:31,417 TO SAY THANK YOU. WE HAVE SO 26 00:02:31,484 --> 00:02:35,388 MANY PEOPLE HERE FROM ALL AROUND 27 00:02:35,455 --> 00:02:40,593 AROUND THE WORLD, AND WE KNOW 28 00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:44,197 THE WORD OF THANK YOU. WHEN WE 29 00:02:44,264 --> 00:02:47,800 SAY THIS WORD, PEOPLE KNOW THATE 30 00:02:47,867 --> 00:02:53,139 IN THIS PLACE RECOGNIZE THEM AND 31 00:02:53,206 --> 00:02:56,676 AND WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR 32 00:02:56,743 --> 00:02:59,145 PRESENCE AND FOR THEIR HEARTS 33 00:02:59,212 --> 00:03:03,616 AND THEIR MINDS AND THEIR SOULS. 34 00:03:03,683 --> 00:03:04,117 MINDS AND THEIR SOULS. 35 00:03:14,260 --> 00:03:17,497 >> WE APPRECIATE THAT THEY ARE 36 00:03:17,564 --> 00:03:21,501 HERE ON THIS LAND NAMED AFTER MY 37 00:03:21,568 --> 00:03:24,370 MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRAN. 38 00:03:24,637 --> 00:03:35,114 THEM IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE FOR 39 00:04:08,014 --> 00:04:14,254 THEIR HEARTS, FOR THEIR 40 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:18,491 STRENGTH, FOR THEIR WISDOM. RIGT 41 00:04:18,558 --> 00:04:21,361 HERE IN THIS PLACE. [ SPEAKING E 42 00:04:21,427 --> 00:04:27,133 LANGUAGE ] 43 00:04:32,939 --> 00:04:36,843 WALKING DOWN THE STREETS OF 44 00:04:36,909 --> 00:04:42,215 SEATTLE TO GET HERE TODAY. TO OR 45 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:52,825 NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH, YOU KNOW 46 00:04:53,760 --> 00:05:02,268 KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE. WE 47 00:05:02,335 --> 00:05:07,073 EXPRESS OUR SAME THANKS. EAST OE 48 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:08,207 ROCKIES, SAY [ SPEAKING NATIVE E 49 00:05:08,274 --> 00:05:18,818 ] BECAUSE THIS IS HOW THEY SAY 50 00:05:19,319 --> 00:05:23,923 THANK YOU HERE. WE EXPRESS 51 00:05:23,990 --> 00:05:25,958 THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT 52 00:05:26,025 --> 00:05:28,828 BECAUSE THIS INDIGENOUS DAY IS E 53 00:05:28,895 --> 00:05:30,897 HERE IN SEATTLE. [ SPEAKING NATE 54 00:05:30,963 --> 00:05:38,971 LANGUAGE ] IF YOU SHOULD FIND 55 00:05:39,038 --> 00:05:42,208 YOURSELF WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE 56 00:05:42,275 --> 00:05:44,377 OF THIS TURTLE ISLAND AND END UP 57 00:05:44,444 --> 00:05:50,116 END UP IN THE LAND OF THE 58 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:53,486 QUEBEC, THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE 59 00:05:53,553 --> 00:05:57,423 TOO. WE EXPRESS OUR THANKS IN AS 60 00:05:57,490 --> 00:06:03,930 AS MANY WAYS AS WE CAN. AND WE 61 00:06:03,996 --> 00:06:05,565 EXPRESS THANKS TO THE CREATOR WN 62 00:06:05,631 --> 00:06:08,201 WE SAY [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAE 63 00:06:08,267 --> 00:06:18,745 ] BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE OUR 64 00:06:21,581 --> 00:06:23,216 RELATIVES ARE IN THE GROUND, IN 65 00:06:23,282 --> 00:06:25,418 THE SOIL, IN THE VERY TREES, AND 66 00:06:25,485 --> 00:06:28,121 AND THAT WE ARE ALL A PAT OF TH. 67 00:06:28,187 --> 00:06:31,924 WHEN WE GIVE THANKS TO THE CREAR 68 00:06:31,991 --> 00:06:32,625 AND SAY [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUE 69 00:06:32,692 --> 00:06:41,334 ] THAT WE SEE YOU GRANDMOTHER 70 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:43,136 AND GRANDFATHER IN THE FOOD 71 00:06:43,202 --> 00:06:44,971 THAT'S ON THE TABLE TODAY, SO WE 72 00:06:45,037 --> 00:06:48,641 WE GIVE THANKS TO OUR CREATOR 73 00:06:48,708 --> 00:06:51,978 FOR ALL OF OUR BLESSINGS. FINAL, 74 00:06:52,044 --> 00:06:56,082 WE RECOGNIZE THE WORLD IS A VERL 75 00:06:56,149 --> 00:06:59,919 PLACE TODAY. AS MY GRANDFATHER D 76 00:06:59,986 --> 00:07:02,221 ON THE SHORES 171 YEARS AGO ANDD 77 00:07:02,288 --> 00:07:07,593 [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ], 78 00:07:07,660 --> 00:07:12,632 COME ASHORE MY FRIENDS ONTO THIS 79 00:07:12,698 --> 00:07:16,636 THIS LAND OF THE ANCIENT, YOU AE 80 00:07:16,702 --> 00:07:21,741 INVITED HERE, TODAY IT IS MY 81 00:07:21,808 --> 00:07:22,742 HONOR TO REPEAT THOSE WORDS [ 82 00:07:22,809 --> 00:07:31,150 SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ] THIS 83 00:07:31,217 --> 00:07:36,889 MEANS THE WHOLE WORLD IS WELCOME 84 00:07:36,956 --> 00:07:40,526 WORLD IS WELCOME HERE. I WOULD E 85 00:07:40,593 --> 00:07:43,196 TO SAY QUICKLY [ SPEAKING NATIVE 86 00:07:43,262 --> 00:07:53,506 ] THANK YOU. 87 00:08:05,518 --> 00:08:09,722 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO 88 00:08:09,789 --> 00:08:12,325 SAY ABOUT KEN, HE'S A NATIVE 89 00:08:12,391 --> 00:08:16,062 AMERICAN AND FIFTH GENERATION 90 00:08:16,128 --> 00:08:17,897 GRANDSON OF CHIEF SEATTLE. HE 91 00:08:17,964 --> 00:08:20,600 RETIRED FROM THE BOEING 92 00:08:20,666 --> 00:08:21,801 COMPANY'S FLIGHT ENGINEERING 93 00:08:21,868 --> 00:08:24,136 OPERATIONS GROUP WHERE HE WORKED 94 00:08:24,203 --> 00:08:27,273 WORKED AS A SYSTEMS DATA 95 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:30,576 ANALYST, AND HE'S A BOARD MEMBER 96 00:08:30,643 --> 00:08:32,512 BOARD MEMBER OF TRIBAL SERVICES, 97 00:08:32,578 --> 00:08:34,580 SERVICES, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT 98 00:08:34,647 --> 00:08:45,291 ARM OF THE TRIBE. HE'S A FORMERD 99 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:57,003 MEMBER. NOW I WANT TO CALL UP 100 00:08:58,471 --> 00:09:07,880 KAYLA TO GIVE OUR LAND ACKNOWLET 101 00:09:07,947 --> 00:09:18,524 GIVE OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. SE 102 00:09:30,536 --> 00:09:32,672 COAUTHORED A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT 103 00:09:32,738 --> 00:09:34,640 LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR THE 104 00:09:34,707 --> 00:09:38,945 INGRAM COMMUNITY AND WAS IN 105 00:09:39,011 --> 00:09:41,881 COLLABORATION WITH THE BISHOP 106 00:09:41,948 --> 00:09:46,419 LEGACY CLUB FOR THEIR MONKERY 107 00:09:46,485 --> 00:09:50,423 MOVE. AS FAR AS THE FUTURE, SHES 108 00:09:50,489 --> 00:09:59,031 ON WORKING IN EDUCATION AND 109 00:09:59,098 --> 00:10:09,642 NONPROFIT MOVEMENTS. THANK YOU. 110 00:10:18,918 --> 00:10:26,892 >> WE RAISE OUR HANDS TO HONOR 111 00:10:26,959 --> 00:10:29,261 ALL THE DUWAMISH PEOPLE AND FOR 112 00:10:29,328 --> 00:10:32,231 OUR USE OF THEIR HOMELAND. WE 113 00:10:32,298 --> 00:10:35,201 RECOGNIZE THE OFTEN UNRECOGNIZED 114 00:10:35,267 --> 00:10:35,868 OFTEN UNRECOGNIZED CONTRIBUTIONS 115 00:10:35,935 --> 00:10:38,204 CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES OF 116 00:10:38,270 --> 00:10:40,506 THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND ACKNOE 117 00:10:40,573 --> 00:10:44,143 THE ONGOING RACISM AND UP 118 00:10:44,210 --> 00:10:44,710 POLITICAL DISPARITIES 119 00:10:44,777 --> 00:10:47,413 EXPERIENCED BY PEOPLES OF THIS . 120 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:57,990 >> THANK YOU AGAIN, KAYLA. WE 121 00:11:09,135 --> 00:11:10,002 LOVE OUR YOUTH COMING TO 122 00:11:10,069 --> 00:11:12,038 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY TO SPEAK 123 00:11:12,104 --> 00:11:13,539 AND WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE THERE'S 124 00:11:13,606 --> 00:11:20,413 A PLACE FOR THEM AT THE PODIUM.K 125 00:11:20,479 --> 00:11:21,914 YOU AGAIN, KAYLA. NOW WE GET 126 00:11:21,981 --> 00:11:25,584 INTO THE OFFICIAL PART OF OUR 127 00:11:25,651 --> 00:11:34,960 PROGRAM, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO 128 00:11:35,027 --> 00:11:36,595 HAVE SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR 129 00:11:36,662 --> 00:11:42,068 MONEISHA HARRELL HERE TODAY TO 130 00:11:42,134 --> 00:11:43,469 GIVE THE GREETING AND 131 00:11:43,536 --> 00:11:45,871 PROCLAMATION. DEPUTY HARRELL IS 132 00:11:45,938 --> 00:11:49,742 RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING DEFINE 133 00:11:49,809 --> 00:11:51,310 AND IMPLEMENT MAYOR BRUCE 134 00:11:51,377 --> 00:11:52,778 HARRELL'S AGENDA, WORKING WITH 135 00:11:52,845 --> 00:11:59,151 MAJOR STAKE HOLDERS AND ON KEY 136 00:11:59,218 --> 00:12:00,119 PRIORITIES INCLUDING PUBLIC 137 00:12:00,186 --> 00:12:02,021 SAFETY. THE GOVERNOR AND 138 00:12:02,088 --> 00:12:03,255 ATTORNEY HAVE APPOINTED HER TO 139 00:12:03,322 --> 00:12:07,159 SERVE ON TASK FORCES AND WORKING 140 00:12:07,226 --> 00:12:11,097 WORKING GROUPS ADDRESSING POLICE 141 00:12:11,163 --> 00:12:11,797 POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, 142 00:12:11,864 --> 00:12:12,364 INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS 143 00:12:12,431 --> 00:12:16,035 INVOLVING POLICE, POLICE USE OF 144 00:12:16,102 --> 00:12:18,771 FORCE AND HATE CRIMES. SHE ALSO 145 00:12:18,838 --> 00:12:21,807 SERVES AS BOARD CHAIR FOR EQUAL 146 00:12:21,874 --> 00:12:25,111 RIGHTS WASHINGTON AND IS A MEMBR 147 00:12:25,177 --> 00:12:27,880 OF THE NATIONAL LGBT TASK FORCE 148 00:12:27,947 --> 00:12:33,586 ACTION FUND. IT IS WITH MY 149 00:12:33,652 --> 00:12:35,154 PLEASURE, I ASK SENIOR DEPUTY 150 00:12:35,221 --> 00:12:36,722 HARRELL TO COME FORWARD. GIVE 151 00:12:36,789 --> 00:12:37,857 HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE. 152 00:12:37,923 --> 00:12:38,424 ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE. 153 00:13:01,213 --> 00:13:06,552 IS ONE THAT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY 154 00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:07,586 TROUBLED. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE 155 00:13:07,653 --> 00:13:08,788 THE HISTORY AND THE STRUCTURE 156 00:13:08,854 --> 00:13:12,491 THAT WE ARE BUILT ON IS DEEPLY 157 00:13:12,558 --> 00:13:14,426 FLAWED, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN 158 00:13:14,493 --> 00:13:16,328 THAT WE CANNOT DO EVERYTHING WE 159 00:13:16,395 --> 00:13:18,330 CAN TO MAKE IT BETTER. THAT'S 160 00:13:18,397 --> 00:13:21,867 PART OF OUR WORK AND PART OF OUR 161 00:13:21,934 --> 00:13:24,036 OF OUR MISSION. AS A 162 00:13:24,103 --> 00:13:26,038 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF 163 00:13:26,105 --> 00:13:28,874 SEATTLE, I WOULD LIKE TO IMPRESS 164 00:13:28,941 --> 00:13:30,843 IMPRESS UPON ALL OF YOU THAT WED 165 00:13:30,910 --> 00:13:34,446 THAT THE WORK OF THE CITY IS 166 00:13:34,513 --> 00:13:37,016 THAT TO NOT JUST ACKNOWLEDGE OUT 167 00:13:37,082 --> 00:13:42,321 BUT REPAIR IT, TO DO EVERYTHING 168 00:13:42,388 --> 00:13:44,356 THAT WE CAN ON BEHALF OF OUR 169 00:13:44,423 --> 00:13:48,294 PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE 170 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,963 AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE 171 00:13:51,030 --> 00:13:59,505 BEFORE THIS CITY WAS ACTUALLY A 172 00:13:59,572 --> 00:14:01,841 CITY. THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEING 173 00:14:01,907 --> 00:14:03,776 ALL PEOPLE AND SEEING WHAT WE 174 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:07,012 OFFER IS NOT TO MAKE IT A 175 00:14:07,079 --> 00:14:08,881 MELTING POT BUT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 176 00:14:08,948 --> 00:14:10,883 THOSE THINGS THAT INDIVIDUALLY 177 00:14:10,950 --> 00:14:12,551 MAKE US BETTER. IT'S NOT TO 178 00:14:12,618 --> 00:14:15,688 BECOME THE GRAY IN THE MIDDLE, 179 00:14:15,754 --> 00:14:18,958 BUT TO ENHANCE AND INVITE AND 180 00:14:19,024 --> 00:14:20,593 HIGHLIGHT THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE 181 00:14:20,659 --> 00:14:24,496 MAKE US UNIQUE AND SPECIAL. OUR 182 00:14:24,563 --> 00:14:25,931 NATIVE CULTURES THAT OCCUPIED 183 00:14:25,998 --> 00:14:30,870 THIS LAND EACH HAD THEIR OWN 184 00:14:30,936 --> 00:14:36,308 HISTORIES, THEIR OWN CULTURES, 185 00:14:36,375 --> 00:14:38,677 THINGS THAT THEY BROUGHT TO THIS 186 00:14:38,744 --> 00:14:41,247 TO THIS AREA THAT MADE THE 187 00:14:41,313 --> 00:14:42,047 PACIFIC NORTHWEST SPECIAL. IT IS 188 00:14:42,114 --> 00:14:45,251 IS NOT TO BLEND THEM TOGETHER, T 189 00:14:45,317 --> 00:14:48,687 TO ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OF THE 190 00:14:48,754 --> 00:14:50,656 CULTURES AND WHAT THEY BROUGHT 191 00:14:50,723 --> 00:14:52,491 TO SEATTLE. IT IS WITH HONOR 192 00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:58,464 TODAY I BRING TO YOU THE CITY OF 193 00:14:58,530 --> 00:14:59,865 CITY OF SEATTLE'S PROCLAMATION 194 00:14:59,932 --> 00:15:07,640 FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. I 195 00:15:07,706 --> 00:15:08,741 WANT TO SHOUTOUT TO 196 00:15:08,807 --> 00:15:11,110 COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR KEEPING 197 00:15:11,176 --> 00:15:16,081 FOR KEEPING THESE ISSUES AT THE 198 00:15:16,148 --> 00:15:18,817 FOREFRONT. THAT YOU THINK. THE Y 199 00:15:18,884 --> 00:15:21,754 OF SEATTLE RECOGNIZES THAT THE 200 00:15:21,820 --> 00:15:23,656 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE LAND 201 00:15:23,722 --> 00:15:25,991 HAVE OCCUPIED THESE TIMES AND 202 00:15:26,058 --> 00:15:32,932 THAT SEATTLE IS BUILT UPON THE D 203 00:15:32,998 --> 00:15:35,434 AND VILLAGES OF THE HOMELANDS OE 204 00:15:35,501 --> 00:15:37,603 CITY AND WHEREAS THE CITY VALUES 205 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:39,605 VALUES THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO 206 00:15:39,672 --> 00:15:43,375 MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH 207 00:15:43,442 --> 00:15:45,377 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES KNOWLEDGE, 208 00:15:45,444 --> 00:15:47,913 LABOR, TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, 209 00:15:47,980 --> 00:15:48,948 PHILOSOPHY, ARTS AND DEEP 210 00:15:49,014 --> 00:15:51,116 CULTURAL CONTRIBUTION THAT HAS Y 211 00:15:51,183 --> 00:15:54,853 SHAPED THE CHARACTER OF THE CITF 212 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:56,288 SEATTLE, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF 213 00:15:56,355 --> 00:16:01,927 OF SEATTLE HAS A RESPONSIBILITYO 214 00:16:01,994 --> 00:16:08,701 OPPOSE THE SYSTEMIC RACISM IN 215 00:16:08,767 --> 00:16:11,403 THE UNITED STATES, WHICH 216 00:16:11,470 --> 00:16:13,439 PERPETUATES INEQUALITY AND WHERS 217 00:16:13,505 --> 00:16:17,543 THE CITY PROMOTES THE CLOSING OE 218 00:16:17,609 --> 00:16:20,346 WEALTH GAP FOR INDIGENOUS 219 00:16:20,412 --> 00:16:23,949 PEOPLES THROUGH POLICIES AND 220 00:16:24,016 --> 00:16:27,453 PRACTICES THAT ENSURE GREATER 221 00:16:27,519 --> 00:16:28,387 ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY, HONOR OR 222 00:16:28,454 --> 00:16:33,993 NATION EARS HISTORY AND 223 00:16:34,059 --> 00:16:35,027 CONTRIBUTIONS, AND WHEREAS 224 00:16:35,094 --> 00:16:39,264 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY WAS FIRST 225 00:16:39,331 --> 00:16:40,666 DAY WAS FIRST PROPOSED IN 1977 226 00:16:40,733 --> 00:16:44,269 TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 227 00:16:44,336 --> 00:16:45,804 ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST 228 00:16:45,871 --> 00:16:47,272 INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS IN THE 229 00:16:47,339 --> 00:16:49,174 AMERICAS, AND WHEREAS IN 2014, 230 00:16:49,241 --> 00:16:52,077 THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF SE 231 00:16:52,144 --> 00:16:59,184 AND SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS 232 00:16:59,251 --> 00:17:01,820 COMMISSION DECLARED THE SECOND 233 00:17:01,887 --> 00:17:11,597 MONDAY OF OCTOBER TO PROMOTE 234 00:17:11,663 --> 00:17:13,332 TOLERANCE AND ELIMINATE 235 00:17:13,399 --> 00:17:19,071 DISCRIMINATION. MARCH 29th THE 236 00:17:19,138 --> 00:17:23,776 CITY PASSED ORDINANCE 126559 237 00:17:23,842 --> 00:17:24,476 ESTABLISHING THE LEGAL HOLIDAY.W 238 00:17:24,543 --> 00:17:26,545 THEREFORE, THE SEATTLE CITY 239 00:17:26,612 --> 00:17:32,618 COUNCIL AND MAYOR OF SEATTLE PRM 240 00:17:32,684 --> 00:17:33,385 OCTOBER 10th, 2022 TO BE INDIGES 241 00:17:33,452 --> 00:17:34,286 PEOPLES DAY. 242 00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:50,836 BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS AND 243 00:17:50,903 --> 00:17:51,336 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND 244 00:17:51,403 --> 00:17:52,571 RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE THAT DAY 245 00:17:52,638 --> 00:17:57,910 AND HONOR TO LEGACY AND 246 00:17:57,976 --> 00:18:01,980 CONTRIBUTION OF SEATTLE'S 247 00:18:02,047 --> 00:18:02,581 INDIAN-AMERICAN, ALASKAN AND 248 00:18:02,648 --> 00:18:03,315 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE 249 00:18:03,382 --> 00:18:04,716 BEEN HERE SINCE TIME AND MEMORI. 250 00:18:04,783 --> 00:18:06,452 THANK YOU. 251 00:18:38,150 --> 00:18:42,654 >> NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR 252 00:18:42,721 --> 00:18:46,291 INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, 253 00:18:46,358 --> 00:18:49,862 COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT. EVY 254 00:18:49,928 --> 00:18:53,365 KNOWS WHO SHE IS. WE LOVE HER 255 00:18:53,432 --> 00:18:55,968 AND WE THINK SHE'S AMAZING. SHES 256 00:18:56,034 --> 00:18:58,637 WORKED IN THE URBAN NATIVE 257 00:18:58,704 --> 00:19:02,641 COMMUNITY TO PAS THE FIRST 258 00:19:02,708 --> 00:19:03,742 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY 259 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:07,946 LEGISLATION IN 2014, THE YEAR 260 00:19:08,013 --> 00:19:08,780 AFTER SHE SPONSORED LEGISLATIONG 261 00:19:08,847 --> 00:19:11,450 THE TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE OF THE 262 00:19:11,517 --> 00:19:12,351 INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS. SHE'S D 263 00:19:12,417 --> 00:19:18,423 AND SPOKEN AT INDIGENOUS PEOPLEY 264 00:19:18,490 --> 00:19:27,499 EVERY YEAR SINCE IT BEGAN. SEATE 265 00:19:27,566 --> 00:19:28,400 CITY COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA 266 00:19:28,467 --> 00:19:30,035 SAWANT, PLEASE COME UP AND SAY W 267 00:19:30,102 --> 00:19:33,972 WORDS. 268 00:19:39,211 --> 00:19:44,483 I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND HEARING ME 269 00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:49,988 ME ONCE AGAIN AND DON'T GET 270 00:19:50,055 --> 00:19:52,224 BORED. SOLIDARITY WITH THE 271 00:19:52,291 --> 00:19:55,527 DUWAMISH AND ALL THE PEOPLES OF 272 00:19:55,594 --> 00:19:57,563 THE SEATTLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, 273 00:19:57,629 --> 00:20:01,867 WE WANT THE END OF COLUMBUS DAY 274 00:20:01,934 --> 00:20:02,734 CELEBRATION IN 2014 AND 275 00:20:02,801 --> 00:20:05,771 INSTITUTED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 276 00:20:05,837 --> 00:20:08,373 DAY IN SEATTLE. THAT CAME AFTER 277 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:12,844 YEARS OF THE INDIGENOUS 278 00:20:12,911 --> 00:20:14,446 COMMUNITY AND LEADERS, MANY 279 00:20:14,513 --> 00:20:16,148 LEADERS HAVING, YOU KNOW, ASKED 280 00:20:16,215 --> 00:20:19,384 OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN CITY HALL 281 00:20:19,451 --> 00:20:24,323 HALL AND GETTING A CLOSED DOOR.N 282 00:20:24,389 --> 00:20:31,697 IN 2014, WE WON ONLY BECAUSE MYT 283 00:20:31,763 --> 00:20:35,667 OFFICE, WE TOOK THE APPROACH 284 00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:39,738 WHERE WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT CHAE 285 00:20:39,805 --> 00:20:44,243 CAN BE WON ON THE BASIS OF A FEW 286 00:20:44,309 --> 00:20:45,510 FEW ELECTED OFFICIALS MAKING 287 00:20:45,577 --> 00:20:50,482 BOOK ROOM DEALS AND SELLING OUT 288 00:20:50,549 --> 00:20:52,251 WORKING PEOPLE, AND MAYBE 289 00:20:52,317 --> 00:20:53,485 GETTING THE BARE MINIMUM. INSTE, 290 00:20:53,552 --> 00:20:57,155 THE REAL WAY TO WIN IS FOR THE 291 00:20:57,222 --> 00:20:58,223 MOVEMENT, FURTHER COMMUNITIES TO 292 00:20:58,290 --> 00:21:02,094 TO HAVE THEIR OWN ELECTED OFFICE 293 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:06,431 ELECTED OFFICE THAT FIGHTS ALONE 294 00:21:06,498 --> 00:21:08,734 THE COMMUNITY, AS OPPOSED TO 295 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:10,969 WITH PEOPLE IN POWER. FINALLY WE 296 00:21:11,036 --> 00:21:16,174 ABLE TO WIN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES . 297 00:21:16,241 --> 00:21:19,745 THEN ON THE BASIS OF THAT 298 00:21:19,811 --> 00:21:24,816 VICTORY, WE WERE ABLE TO WIN MAY 299 00:21:24,883 --> 00:21:25,484 DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS. IN 2015, 300 00:21:25,550 --> 00:21:30,489 WE GOT THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTES 301 00:21:30,555 --> 00:21:34,626 ON CONDEMNING THE UNITED STATES' 302 00:21:34,693 --> 00:21:36,895 STATES' BOARDING SCHOOL POLICY.N 303 00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:41,066 2016, WE PASSED SOLIDARITY WITH 304 00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:42,467 STANDING ROCK IN THEIR FIGHT 305 00:21:42,534 --> 00:21:46,071 AGAINST THE SOUTH DAKOTA ACCESS 306 00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:48,573 PIPELINE AND WE WON IN 2017 307 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,576 LEGISLATION FORCING THE CITY 308 00:21:51,643 --> 00:21:59,885 COUNCIL TO DIVERT MORE THAN $3 309 00:21:59,951 --> 00:22:01,119 MILLION FROM WELLS FARGO, THAT'S 310 00:22:01,186 --> 00:22:03,121 THAT'S THAT'S THE BACKPACKING 311 00:22:03,188 --> 00:22:08,760 THAT PROVIDED THEM FUEL AND 312 00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:12,631 OTHER PROJECTS. IN 2020, WE WON 313 00:22:12,698 --> 00:22:13,999 $15,000 A YEAR OF STABLE IF YOU 314 00:22:14,066 --> 00:22:15,667 WOULDING FOR THIS CELEBRATION. S 315 00:22:15,734 --> 00:22:17,102 CELEBRATION AND THE LUNCH THAT 316 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:20,205 WE WILL HAVE, THE CELEBRATION 317 00:22:20,272 --> 00:22:22,641 WE'LL HAVE LATER THIS EVENING, 318 00:22:22,708 --> 00:22:24,643 THIS IS ALL PRODUCT OF WHAT WE E 319 00:22:24,710 --> 00:22:29,147 WON TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, 320 00:22:29,214 --> 00:22:32,417 FORCING THE CITY ESTABLISHMENT 321 00:22:32,484 --> 00:22:34,186 TO ACKNOWLEDGE INDIGENOUS 322 00:22:34,252 --> 00:22:37,923 PEOPLES. AS WE KNOW, THIS IS NOT 323 00:22:37,989 --> 00:22:39,991 NOT SYMBOLIC FOR US. WE KNOW THT 324 00:22:40,058 --> 00:22:43,995 OUR CELEBRATION FOR INDIGENOUS 325 00:22:44,062 --> 00:22:46,298 PEOPLES DAY IS INTERLINKED WITH 326 00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:49,701 OUR ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR 327 00:22:49,768 --> 00:22:50,268 SOCIETY. ALL PEOPLE CAN GET 328 00:22:50,335 --> 00:22:58,543 RESPECT, DIGNITY AND A HIGH 329 00:22:58,610 --> 00:22:59,978 STANDARD OF LIVING. AND RIGHT 330 00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:00,946 NOW UNFORTUNATELY THE CITY 331 00:23:01,012 --> 00:23:03,882 COUNCIL AT THIS MOMENT IS SET TO 332 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:07,853 TO PASS A BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR 333 00:23:07,919 --> 00:23:10,389 THAT CUTS CRITICAL FUNDING FROM 334 00:23:10,455 --> 00:23:13,358 SOCIAL SERVICES AND LET ALONE 335 00:23:13,425 --> 00:23:15,894 EXPAND THE FUNDS OF PUBLIC 336 00:23:15,961 --> 00:23:20,799 SCHOOL NEEDS OR SOCIAL HOUSING R 337 00:23:20,866 --> 00:23:22,601 ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS OR THE 338 00:23:22,667 --> 00:23:25,003 OPIOID CRISIS OUR COMMUNITIES 339 00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:26,505 FACE. NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE 340 00:23:26,571 --> 00:23:29,508 ARE GOING TO REALLY BE 341 00:23:29,574 --> 00:23:34,012 ADDRESSED, AND FUNDING IS GOING 342 00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:37,416 TO BE CUT. YOU'LL HEAR 343 00:23:37,482 --> 00:23:39,518 POLITICIANS SAYING THEY'RE DOING 344 00:23:39,584 --> 00:23:43,288 DOING GREAT THINGS, BUT THEY'RE 345 00:23:43,355 --> 00:23:45,290 NOT. LET'S FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS, 346 00:23:45,357 --> 00:23:46,258 RIGHTS, MEANING COMPLETELY 347 00:23:46,324 --> 00:23:49,361 PUSHING BACK AND MAKING OUR OWN 348 00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:50,429 DEMANDS. TOMORROW AT 4:15, WE 349 00:23:50,495 --> 00:23:54,599 ARE GOING TO BE GATHERING FOR 350 00:23:54,666 --> 00:23:58,170 THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 351 00:23:58,236 --> 00:24:01,106 BUDGET. I URGE YOU ALL TO JOIN 352 00:24:01,173 --> 00:24:02,174 US BECAUSE THE ONLY THING WON 353 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:08,246 ANYTHING IN THE BUDGET IS 354 00:24:08,313 --> 00:24:10,348 THROUGH THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET 355 00:24:10,415 --> 00:24:11,550 CAMPAIGN. THE MAYOR'S BUDGET WOT 356 00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:14,152 CUT A PENNY FROM THE SEATTLE 357 00:24:14,219 --> 00:24:18,557 POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THIS IS 358 00:24:18,623 --> 00:24:20,192 IMPORTANT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY 359 00:24:20,258 --> 00:24:24,129 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW 360 00:24:24,196 --> 00:24:28,567 INCOME AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE 361 00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:30,135 AND THE POOR HAVE SEEN THE BRUNT 362 00:24:30,202 --> 00:24:31,736 BRUNT OF POLICE VIOLENCE. WE 363 00:24:31,803 --> 00:24:35,674 HAVE SHOWN THROUGH OUR PAST 364 00:24:35,740 --> 00:24:41,346 EXPERIENCE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLYH 365 00:24:41,413 --> 00:24:43,482 BACK. HOWEVER, DESPITE THE GEORE 366 00:24:43,548 --> 00:24:46,585 FLOYD REBELLION BEING THE 367 00:24:46,651 --> 00:24:48,520 LARGEST PROTEST IN U.S. HISTORY, 368 00:24:48,587 --> 00:24:49,521 IN U.S. HISTORY, THE VICTORIES 369 00:24:49,588 --> 00:24:53,358 THAT HAVE BEEN WON BY THE 370 00:24:53,425 --> 00:24:54,326 MOVEMENT NOT COMMENSURATE WITH 371 00:24:54,392 --> 00:24:58,830 THE SCALE OF THE MOVEMENT. THATS 372 00:24:58,897 --> 00:25:01,867 A REMINDER THAT, WHETHER WE ARE 373 00:25:01,933 --> 00:25:04,402 TALKING ABOUT ELECTED OFFICIALS 374 00:25:04,469 --> 00:25:07,305 OR UNELECTED PEOPLE, WE HAVE TOD 375 00:25:07,372 --> 00:25:12,944 ACCOUNTABLE. THE ONLY WAY TO GET 376 00:25:13,011 --> 00:25:18,183 GET THAT IS TO ORGANIZE AND INDY 377 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:23,522 BUILD MASS MOVEMENTS THAT PUT 378 00:25:23,588 --> 00:25:25,156 FORWARD CONCRETE DEMANDS. WE 379 00:25:25,223 --> 00:25:27,158 NEED OUR OWN ELECTED LEADERS WHD 380 00:25:27,225 --> 00:25:35,867 UP TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND WORE 381 00:25:35,934 --> 00:25:39,137 US, NOT THINKING THEY WILL GET G 382 00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:42,674 BY COZYING UP TO THE ELITE. THAS 383 00:25:42,741 --> 00:25:46,278 THE APPROACH WE NEED IF WE ARE O 384 00:25:46,344 --> 00:25:49,281 WIN ANYTHING CLOSE TO THE GREEN 385 00:25:49,347 --> 00:25:52,350 NEW DEAL. YOU KNOW, IT WAS SAIDO 386 00:25:52,417 --> 00:25:55,554 END CLIMATE PRODUCE IN THE CITY 387 00:25:55,620 --> 00:25:57,155 BY 2030. THAT'S JUST EIGHT YEARS 388 00:25:57,222 --> 00:26:00,592 YEARS AWAY, AND WE ARE NOWHERE E 389 00:26:00,659 --> 00:26:10,268 TO IT. IN FACT, THE RESULTS HAVE 390 00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:14,539 BACKWARD. THIS WILL BE NECESSARR 391 00:26:14,606 --> 00:26:17,776 US TO DEFEAT THE GROWING ATTACKS 392 00:26:17,842 --> 00:26:20,111 GROWING ATTACKS ON WOMEN AND THQ 393 00:26:20,178 --> 00:26:22,314 COMMUNITY. AND WE KNOW THIS IS 394 00:26:22,380 --> 00:26:25,250 VERY MUCH AND INDIGENOUS ISSUE, 395 00:26:25,317 --> 00:26:31,089 A BLACK ISSUE AND A WORKING 396 00:26:31,156 --> 00:26:32,390 CLASS ISSUE. THE INDIGENOUS 397 00:26:32,457 --> 00:26:34,159 MISSING WOMEN MOVEMENT HAVE MANS 398 00:26:34,225 --> 00:26:36,428 THAT SHOW US THE CRISIS IS BAD.T 399 00:26:36,494 --> 00:26:40,932 LOOK AT THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP E 400 00:26:40,999 --> 00:26:43,568 HAVE. THE SUPREME COURT, THE 401 00:26:43,635 --> 00:26:45,770 REACTIONARY SUPREME COURT JUST 402 00:26:45,837 --> 00:26:48,106 CARRIED OUT THE MOST SEVERE 403 00:26:48,173 --> 00:26:54,813 ATTACK ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS BY 404 00:26:54,879 --> 00:26:57,882 REPEALING ROE v. WADE. HOW ARE 405 00:26:57,949 --> 00:27:02,120 WE GOING TO PUSH BACK? WE NEED 406 00:27:02,187 --> 00:27:03,355 MASS MOVEMENTS WITH THE CURRENTE 407 00:27:03,421 --> 00:27:08,026 OF LEADERSHIP AND WE HAVE TO PUT 408 00:27:08,093 --> 00:27:09,661 PUT FORWARD CONCRETE DEMANDS THT 409 00:27:09,728 --> 00:27:14,132 CAN WIN VICTORIES IN THE 410 00:27:14,199 --> 00:27:16,067 PROCESS. THAT'S WHYLY P MY 411 00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:26,778 OFFICE FOUGHT IN JULY TO MAKE SE 412 00:27:27,779 --> 00:27:38,223 THE FIRST ABORTION SANCTUARY 413 00:27:39,090 --> 00:27:40,291 CITY IN THE COUNTRY. AND 414 00:27:40,358 --> 00:27:43,862 REMEMBER WISCONSIN IS A RIGHT 415 00:27:43,928 --> 00:27:50,769 WING STATE, AND SOCIAL LISTS 416 00:27:50,835 --> 00:27:54,472 COURAGEOUSLY TOOK ON THE REPUBLN 417 00:27:54,539 --> 00:27:55,707 ESTABLISHMENT THERE. THIS YEAR 418 00:27:55,774 --> 00:28:00,345 THE CAMPAIGN, MY OFFICE AND PEOS 419 00:28:00,412 --> 00:28:03,682 BUDGET ACTIVISTS HAVE BROUGHT 420 00:28:03,748 --> 00:28:05,116 FORWARD A DEMAND THAT ABORTION 421 00:28:05,183 --> 00:28:07,719 ACCESS SHOULD BE MADE FREE FOR 422 00:28:07,786 --> 00:28:10,822 ALL, WHETHER YOU LIVE IN SEATTLE 423 00:28:10,889 --> 00:28:16,494 SEATTLE OR COME TO SEATTLE FOR 424 00:28:16,561 --> 00:28:17,262 ABORTION SERVICES. THAT FREE 425 00:28:17,328 --> 00:28:20,031 ABORTION ACCESS SHOULD BE FUNDED 426 00:28:20,098 --> 00:28:22,834 FUNDED BY EXPANDING THE AMAZON 427 00:28:22,901 --> 00:28:26,438 TAX, WHICH IS A TAX ON BIG 428 00:28:26,504 --> 00:28:27,572 BUSINESSES. DO YOU THINK THIS I? 429 00:28:27,639 --> 00:28:37,248 SO IF YOU THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, 430 00:28:37,315 --> 00:28:39,484 IMPORTANT, THEN JOIN US TOMORROW 431 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:46,391 US TOMORROW AT 4:15 HERE IN THEY 432 00:28:46,458 --> 00:28:52,197 HALL THEN GOING TO THE CHAMBERSE 433 00:28:52,263 --> 00:28:56,267 EACH OF YOU WILL HAVE ONE OR TWO 434 00:28:56,334 --> 00:28:58,870 TWO MINUTES. LET'S MAKE SURE OUR 435 00:28:58,937 --> 00:29:00,171 OUR VOICES ARE HARD. THE ONLY 436 00:29:00,238 --> 00:29:05,009 WAY WE HAVE WON IS BY HUNDREDS 437 00:29:05,076 --> 00:29:06,578 OF PEOPLE, ORDER PEOPLE SHOWING 438 00:29:06,644 --> 00:29:09,280 UP TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENT. I 439 00:29:09,347 --> 00:29:16,321 COMMENT. I URGE YOU TO JOIN US 440 00:29:16,387 --> 00:29:18,189 TOMORROW PEOPLE'S BUDGET 441 00:29:18,256 --> 00:29:18,790 CAMPAIGN. LET'S MAKE VOICES 442 00:29:18,857 --> 00:29:23,795 HEARD, AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE 443 00:29:23,862 --> 00:29:26,331 SAYING WE WANT THE ABORTION 444 00:29:26,397 --> 00:29:27,866 ACCESS. IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED 445 00:29:27,932 --> 00:29:30,735 THE PETITION, GO AHEAD AND MAKE 446 00:29:30,802 --> 00:29:33,471 SURE YOU SIGN THE PETITION SO WE 447 00:29:33,538 --> 00:29:37,142 WE CAN GET ORGANIZED FOR 448 00:29:37,208 --> 00:29:38,743 TOMORROW. THE FINAL BUDGET VOTE 449 00:29:38,810 --> 00:29:40,411 WILL HAPPEN ON THE MONDAY BEFORE 450 00:29:40,478 --> 00:29:41,980 BEFORE THANKSGIVING, SO WE HAVET 451 00:29:42,046 --> 00:29:52,423 OVER A MONTH OR SO TO WIN THIS 452 00:29:52,490 --> 00:29:55,093 THING, SO SHOW UP TOMORROW. IN , 453 00:29:55,160 --> 00:30:02,634 AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'M FROM 454 00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:05,703 INDIA. I'M NOT THAT KIND OF 455 00:30:05,770 --> 00:30:09,574 INDIAN, BUT WE HAVE A COMMON 456 00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:11,709 BOND AND I DON'T MEAN THE 457 00:30:11,776 --> 00:30:14,546 COMMUNITY HERE AND INDIA, BUT 458 00:30:14,612 --> 00:30:16,514 OPPRESSED AND WORKING PEOPLE 459 00:30:16,581 --> 00:30:18,383 INTERNATIONALLY SHARE A BOND 460 00:30:18,449 --> 00:30:22,120 BECAUSE WE ARE ALL EXPRESSED AND 461 00:30:22,187 --> 00:30:25,056 AND EXPLOITED BY CHRISTOPHER 462 00:30:25,123 --> 00:30:28,560 COLUMBUS. WE NEED TO BUILD 463 00:30:28,626 --> 00:30:31,229 SOLIDARITY BUT THE RIGHT KIND, 464 00:30:31,296 --> 00:30:34,599 SOLIDARITY NOT WITH THE POLITICS 465 00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:39,504 WHO UPHOLD A BAD SYSTEM, NOT WIH 466 00:30:39,571 --> 00:30:41,840 THE BILLIONAIRES WHO EXPLOIT OUR 467 00:30:41,906 --> 00:30:51,282 OUR LAND AND OUR PEOPLE, BUT 468 00:30:51,349 --> 00:30:51,916 SOLIDARITY WITH PEOPLE ON THE 469 00:30:51,983 --> 00:30:55,854 GROUND IF THEY ARE WORK PEOPLE 470 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,856 EXPLOITED AND OPPRESSED BY US, 471 00:30:57,922 --> 00:30:59,624 THAT'S WHO THE SOLIDARITY NEEDS 472 00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:09,767 TO BE WITH, AND WE NEED TO 473 00:31:09,834 --> 00:31:16,274 DEFEAT THE DIVIDE AND CONQUER 474 00:31:16,341 --> 00:31:22,046 STRATEGY THEY USE AGAINST US. I 475 00:31:22,113 --> 00:31:24,382 HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE SOUNDS OF E 476 00:31:24,449 --> 00:31:30,088 DRUMS, AND REMEMBER THEY ARE TOD 477 00:31:30,154 --> 00:31:32,891 OURSELF OURSELVES OF HOW MUCH 478 00:31:32,957 --> 00:31:35,593 THE FIGHT LIES AHEAD OF US. I 479 00:31:35,660 --> 00:31:37,495 HOPE YOU WILL ALL JOIN ME. SOLI. 480 00:31:37,762 --> 00:31:48,072 A HAND. [ APPLAUSE ] 481 00:32:10,828 --> 00:32:21,306 TALINA IVES IS AN EDUCATOR AND 482 00:32:27,211 --> 00:32:30,114 AUTHOR, AND CARRIES HER 483 00:32:30,181 --> 00:32:35,053 ANCESTRAL NAME AS A GOAL 484 00:32:35,119 --> 00:32:38,156 ORIENTED WOMAN. SHE'S A TWO-TIME 485 00:32:38,222 --> 00:32:40,058 A TWO-TIME IRON MAN TRIATHLETE, 486 00:32:40,124 --> 00:32:43,394 BOSTON MARATHON FINISHER, 487 00:32:43,461 --> 00:32:45,196 MOTHER, DAUGHTER AND SISTER 488 00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:48,633 LIVING ON THE PORT MADISON 489 00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:51,102 RESERVATION. SHE'S SERVED IN 490 00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:57,342 MANY LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN 491 00:32:57,408 --> 00:33:01,412 BOTH STATE AND TRIBAL 492 00:33:01,479 --> 00:33:02,714 GOVERNMENTS AND COMFORTABLE 493 00:33:02,780 --> 00:33:04,315 SERVES AS THE TRIBAL RELATIONS 494 00:33:04,382 --> 00:33:06,317 DOCTOR FOR THE WASHINGTON STATET 495 00:33:06,384 --> 00:33:15,760 OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIESE 496 00:33:15,827 --> 00:33:26,371 CURRENTLY TEACHES AS AN ADJUNCT 497 00:33:28,272 --> 00:33:28,806 AT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSIT. 498 00:33:28,873 --> 00:33:34,012 HER CHILDREN'S BOOK BECAME 499 00:33:34,078 --> 00:33:40,918 AVAILABLE IN 2014, DEVELOPED 500 00:33:40,985 --> 00:33:50,661 THROUGH A SERIES OF CONVERSATIOS 501 00:33:50,728 --> 00:33:59,637 WITH THE LOCAL MOTHERS. IT IS MY 502 00:33:59,704 --> 00:34:06,711 IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO 503 00:34:06,778 --> 00:34:07,712 YOU, SALIA IVES. 504 00:34:32,804 --> 00:34:35,740 GRAMMING CLASS OF THE STYLE HEA. 505 00:34:35,807 --> 00:34:38,443 ANY OTHER HEAD START GRADS HERET 506 00:34:38,509 --> 00:34:41,779 TO ALL THE HEAD START GRADS, TO 507 00:34:41,846 --> 00:34:46,684 ALL THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS, TL 508 00:34:46,751 --> 00:34:48,286 OUR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WHO ARE E 509 00:34:48,352 --> 00:34:51,189 TODAY. WHAT A BLESSING TO HAVE 510 00:34:51,255 --> 00:34:55,593 THE CHILDREN BLESS US WITH A DA. 511 00:34:55,660 --> 00:35:06,204 I RAISE MY HAND TO YOU. BEING IN 512 00:35:13,945 --> 00:35:19,951 . BEING IN HEAD START WAS AN 513 00:35:20,017 --> 00:35:24,489 IMPORTANT URINE IN MY LIFE. I 514 00:35:24,555 --> 00:35:26,290 ALSO LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 515 00:35:26,357 --> 00:35:28,126 LEADERSHIP FROM THOSE EARLY DAYS 516 00:35:28,192 --> 00:35:30,461 DAYS MEDICINE I REMEMBER BEING 517 00:35:30,528 --> 00:35:35,833 ABLE TO TEACH MY FAMILY PADDLE 518 00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:44,175 DANCE AT HEAD START. IT'S FROM 519 00:35:44,242 --> 00:35:47,545 THAT, THAT WE LEARN IMPORTANT 520 00:35:47,612 --> 00:35:48,813 DIFFERENCES. AND THE PADDLE DANE 521 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:55,853 TEACHES US THAT IN THE WIND, THE 522 00:35:55,920 --> 00:36:02,193 THE RAIN AND THE WATER OR OTHER 523 00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:04,262 ELEMENTS, THAT WE DRAW ON OUR 524 00:36:04,328 --> 00:36:07,532 STRENGTHS TO DIG DEEP, PULL HARD 525 00:36:07,598 --> 00:36:15,473 HARD AND WORK TOGETHER TOWARD A 526 00:36:15,540 --> 00:36:16,274 COMMON DESTINATION. THE PADDLE 527 00:36:16,340 --> 00:36:20,244 DANCE IS A WAY TO PREPARE US FOR 528 00:36:20,311 --> 00:36:27,852 FOR LIFE IN AND OUT CANOE. WE AE 529 00:36:27,919 --> 00:36:29,854 THE STRONG AND CLEVER PEOPLE AND 530 00:36:29,921 --> 00:36:33,491 PEOPLE AND WE CAN FIGHT THE 531 00:36:33,558 --> 00:36:35,359 THUNDER TO STEER LIFE'S 532 00:36:35,426 --> 00:36:35,960 JOURNEYS. THE PADDLE DANCE 533 00:36:36,027 --> 00:36:37,895 TEACHES US THIS WE ARE PART OF A 534 00:36:37,962 --> 00:36:42,133 A AND THAT WE ARE ALL CONNECTEDE 535 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:47,638 BELONG TO EACH OTHER, AND WE HAE 536 00:36:47,705 --> 00:36:49,073 SACRED RESPONSIBILITIES TO EACH 537 00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:57,648 OTHER AS MEMBERS OF OUR 538 00:36:57,715 --> 00:37:00,418 COMMUNITIES. OUR STORIES, OUR 539 00:37:00,484 --> 00:37:05,856 SONGS, DANCES GUIDE US IN TRIBAL 540 00:37:05,923 --> 00:37:09,493 LEADINGS. TRIBAL NATIONS HAVE A 541 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,396 A RIGHT OVER HOW TO EDUCATE 542 00:37:12,463 --> 00:37:15,533 THEIR CHILDREN IN A CULTURALLY T 543 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:19,170 MANNER. I HAVE FELT THE SUCCESSF 544 00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:21,606 THIS AS A TRIBAL HEAD START 545 00:37:21,672 --> 00:37:23,941 GRADUATE, WHERE MY IDENTIFY 546 00:37:24,008 --> 00:37:26,811 IDENTITY WAS AFFIRMED, SUPPORTED 547 00:37:26,877 --> 00:37:28,412 SUPPORTED AND NURTURED. IT IS 548 00:37:28,479 --> 00:37:35,286 WHERE I'VE FELT THE BENEFIT OF 549 00:37:35,353 --> 00:37:41,025 HEALING FROM CULTURE AND 550 00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:41,792 TRADITIONS. EDUCATION IS TRULY . 551 00:37:41,859 --> 00:37:47,898 I'VE BEEN INVITED HERE TODAY TO 552 00:37:47,965 --> 00:37:50,835 ADD A TERM THAT WE USE THAT 553 00:37:50,901 --> 00:37:55,539 CONNECTS US TO THIS PLACE AS WE 554 00:37:55,606 --> 00:37:56,807 ARE TOLD BY CREATION STORIES 555 00:37:56,874 --> 00:37:58,709 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME. ITS 556 00:37:58,776 --> 00:38:04,982 ALSO THE LEGISLATION, THE LAW 557 00:38:05,049 --> 00:38:09,520 THAT REQUIRES THE TEACHING OF WN 558 00:38:09,587 --> 00:38:12,757 TRIBAL HISTORY, CULTURE AND 559 00:38:12,823 --> 00:38:13,824 SOVEREIGNTY N. I WANT TO KNOWLEE 560 00:38:13,891 --> 00:38:16,093 THAT THE LAND WE ARE ON, WHERE R 561 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,329 FEET STAND TODAY, I WOULD LIKE O 562 00:38:18,396 --> 00:38:24,035 ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE IN THE 563 00:38:24,101 --> 00:38:26,404 TRADITIONAL LANDS OF MY 564 00:38:26,470 --> 00:38:29,907 ANCESTORS, TWO SEPARATE TRIBES 565 00:38:29,974 --> 00:38:34,812 THAT AGREED UNDER COLONIAL 566 00:38:34,879 --> 00:38:38,449 ADDRESS TO SEE SEED IN EXCHANGE 567 00:38:38,516 --> 00:38:42,420 FOR PEACE, EDUCATION, HEALTH CAE 568 00:38:42,486 --> 00:38:45,589 AND MONETARY SAYINGS AMONG OTHER 569 00:38:45,656 --> 00:38:46,324 OTHER THINGS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, 570 00:38:46,390 --> 00:38:56,000 THEIR RIGHTS TO ACCESS NATURAL 571 00:38:56,067 --> 00:38:56,867 RESOURCES AND HUNTING, FISHING 572 00:38:56,934 --> 00:38:58,235 LOCATION, GREECED TO BE RESERVED 573 00:38:58,302 --> 00:39:02,406 RESERVED FOR A TIME ABOUT TO 574 00:39:02,473 --> 00:39:03,507 CONTINUE LIVING AS THE SOVEREIGN 575 00:39:03,574 --> 00:39:04,275 SOVEREIGN ENTITIES THEY WERE SIE 576 00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:14,985 TIME AND MEMORIAL. THIS RETCH RD 577 00:39:15,319 --> 00:39:25,796 LANDLAND NEVER APPEARED FOR THE 578 00:39:32,136 --> 00:39:34,505 DUWAMISH. SOME CHOSE TO MOVE AND 579 00:39:34,572 --> 00:39:37,074 AND INTEGRATE INTO OTHER TRIBESE 580 00:39:37,141 --> 00:39:40,578 CHOSE TO STAY HERE IN KING 581 00:39:40,644 --> 00:39:43,547 COUNTY AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN 582 00:39:43,614 --> 00:39:49,854 THEIR DISTINCT IDENTITY AND 583 00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:51,622 FIGHT FOR THEIR TREATY RIGHTS. E 584 00:39:51,689 --> 00:39:56,227 ARE ENCOURAGED TO KNOW THIS 585 00:39:56,293 --> 00:39:57,094 HISTORY. SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE 586 00:39:57,161 --> 00:39:59,697 REQUIRED TO COVER RIPS WITH 587 00:39:59,764 --> 00:40:00,931 LOCAL TRIBES, YET MANY PEOPLE DO 588 00:40:00,998 --> 00:40:04,268 DO NOT KNOW THE LAND THAT THEY 589 00:40:04,335 --> 00:40:11,575 ARE ON. THEY FORGET THEY ARE ON 590 00:40:11,642 --> 00:40:12,777 INDIGENOUS LAND. ERASING OUR 591 00:40:12,843 --> 00:40:15,980 HISTORY HAS GONE ON TOO LONG ANE 592 00:40:16,046 --> 00:40:21,819 ARE REFERRED TO IN THE PAST SEN, 593 00:40:21,886 --> 00:40:29,260 NEGLECTING THE WAYS IN WHICH WE 594 00:40:29,326 --> 00:40:32,029 STILL STRIVE TODAY. SINCE TIME 595 00:40:32,096 --> 00:40:35,499 AND MEMORIAL USES A SPACE-BASED 596 00:40:35,566 --> 00:40:37,935 APPROACH, BASED ON TRIBES IN 597 00:40:38,002 --> 00:40:40,371 THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. WHEN I 598 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:42,072 BECAME A NEW MOM, I HAD 599 00:40:42,139 --> 00:40:45,910 TREPIDATIONS ABOUT LEAVING MY 600 00:40:45,976 --> 00:40:51,615 DAUGHTER IN HER HEAD CLASS. I 601 00:40:51,682 --> 00:40:54,885 VOLUNTEERED OFTEN AND I WANTED 602 00:40:54,952 --> 00:40:57,655 MY CHILDREN TO HAVE THAT STRING 603 00:40:57,721 --> 00:41:03,294 BEGINNING IS THAT I DID. I FOUNT 604 00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:08,065 FOUND US FRUSTRATING THAT 605 00:41:08,132 --> 00:41:12,870 LANGUAGE WAS NOT BEING TAUGHT 606 00:41:12,937 --> 00:41:16,874 DURING THEIR IMPORTANT AREAS. I 607 00:41:16,941 --> 00:41:18,476 WAS HIRED AS THE SPECIALIST FOR 608 00:41:18,542 --> 00:41:20,444 THE TRIBAL HEAD START AND IT WAS 609 00:41:20,511 --> 00:41:23,981 WAS MY GOAL TO HELP CHILDREN 610 00:41:24,048 --> 00:41:28,219 FEEL WELCOME, SEEN, AT HOME IN 611 00:41:28,285 --> 00:41:30,020 THEIR OWN CLASSROOMS. LANGUAGE 612 00:41:30,087 --> 00:41:32,456 AND STORIES NURTURE OUR CHILDRE. 613 00:41:32,523 --> 00:41:34,925 I NOW SERVE AS THE CHARACTER OF 614 00:41:34,992 --> 00:41:36,160 TRIBAL RELATIONS FOR THE 615 00:41:36,227 --> 00:41:40,064 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH 616 00:41:40,130 --> 00:41:42,833 AND FAMILIES. IN MY PROFESSION I 617 00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:45,202 I RECOMMEND THAT OUR NATIVE CHIN 618 00:41:45,269 --> 00:41:47,505 RECEIVE AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY IN 619 00:41:47,571 --> 00:41:52,810 IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 620 00:41:52,877 --> 00:41:53,711 EDUCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OR 621 00:41:53,777 --> 00:41:55,079 OR STATE-FUNDED PRESCHOOL. I 622 00:41:55,145 --> 00:42:00,017 WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO JOIN AND SY 623 00:42:00,084 --> 00:42:05,422 THIS WITH ME IN SAYING FREE 624 00:42:05,489 --> 00:42:06,090 PRESCHOOL FOR ALL TRIBAL CHILDR. 625 00:42:06,323 --> 00:42:16,834 MY PROUDEST AREAS OF IMPACT IN E 626 00:42:30,714 --> 00:42:36,186 WORK I'VE HAD THE DRIVELING OF 627 00:42:36,253 --> 00:42:40,758 DOING IS THE ABILITY INFLUENCE 628 00:42:40,824 --> 00:42:43,527 POLICIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE 629 00:42:43,594 --> 00:42:46,497 RELATED TO STATE FUNDED 630 00:42:46,564 --> 00:42:47,898 PRESCHOOL, WHERE WE LOOK AT POIS 631 00:42:47,965 --> 00:42:53,137 GIVEN TO CHILDREN AN WITHIN THET 632 00:42:53,203 --> 00:42:56,674 YEAR WHO HAVE HAD A RELATIVE 633 00:42:56,740 --> 00:42:58,576 THAT ATTENDED BOARDING SCHOOL. E 634 00:42:58,642 --> 00:43:01,412 RESEARCH SHOWS A DIRECT 635 00:43:01,478 --> 00:43:03,647 CORRELATION BETWEEN THE TRAUMA 636 00:43:03,714 --> 00:43:09,853 ENDURED BY BOARDING SCHOOL 637 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:14,725 SURVIVORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS 638 00:43:14,792 --> 00:43:16,493 AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. EDUCAN 639 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:18,362 IS HEALING. COLONIALISM HAS 640 00:43:18,429 --> 00:43:21,065 TAUGHT US TO HATE OURSELVES. FOR 641 00:43:21,131 --> 00:43:27,771 OURSELVES. FOR SOME OF US IT'S 642 00:43:27,838 --> 00:43:30,174 STRIPPED OUR LANGUAGE AND USED 643 00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:40,784 THIS AS A WEAPON AGAINST US. MY 644 00:43:42,886 --> 00:43:45,356 GRAM ATTENDED A SCHOOL AND WHEN 645 00:43:45,422 --> 00:43:48,359 SHE SHOWED UP, SHE BECAME THE 646 00:43:48,425 --> 00:43:52,529 TEACHER. WHILE THE FIGHT THAT 647 00:43:52,596 --> 00:43:55,766 WHITE MAN FROM THE BIA SLEPT IN 648 00:43:55,833 --> 00:43:58,669 THE BACK TOTAL CLASSROOM. HOME 649 00:43:58,736 --> 00:44:00,904 WORK INCLUDED BRINGING IN INDIAN 650 00:44:00,971 --> 00:44:04,642 INDIAN ARTIFACTS, WHICH HER 651 00:44:04,708 --> 00:44:06,877 TEACHER KEPT AND SOLD. TODAY ON 652 00:44:06,944 --> 00:44:10,481 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, I SHARE 653 00:44:10,547 --> 00:44:21,091 WITH YOU MY FAVORITE INDIGENOUS 654 00:44:24,728 --> 00:44:27,331 PERSON, MY GRANDMOTHER, GENEVA E 655 00:44:27,398 --> 00:44:30,834 WENT ONTO BECOME THE FIRST INDIN 656 00:44:30,901 --> 00:44:34,038 TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL 657 00:44:34,104 --> 00:44:37,141 NEAR IN 1943 AND IT WASN'T FOR 658 00:44:37,207 --> 00:44:38,409 ANOTHER 20 YEARS THAT ANOTHER 659 00:44:38,475 --> 00:44:42,179 NATIVE GRADUATED FROM HIGH 660 00:44:42,246 --> 00:44:43,147 SCHOOL. SHE DID THIS WHEN RACISM 661 00:44:43,213 --> 00:44:47,151 RACISM WAS RAMPANT AND POLICIES 662 00:44:47,217 --> 00:44:49,620 WERE CREATED, THE CURRICULUM 663 00:44:49,687 --> 00:44:51,321 DIDN'T REFLECT WHO SHE'S, AND 664 00:44:51,388 --> 00:44:58,529 EVERYTHING ABOUT SCHOOL 665 00:44:58,595 --> 00:45:01,065 THREATENED TO EXTINGUISH HER ID. 666 00:45:01,131 --> 00:45:04,001 SINCE THEN ZEST PAVED THE WAY 667 00:45:04,068 --> 00:45:04,835 FOR HER CHILDREN AND 668 00:45:04,902 --> 00:45:08,706 GRANDCHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO 669 00:45:08,772 --> 00:45:10,374 FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS. WHILE E 670 00:45:10,441 --> 00:45:14,445 EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION T I WOULD 671 00:45:14,511 --> 00:45:23,954 LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER CALL FOR AN 672 00:45:24,021 --> 00:45:28,759 ANOTHER CALL FOR ACTION THE HIGH 673 00:45:28,826 --> 00:45:32,362 HIGH SCHOOL TO BE RENAMED MY 674 00:45:32,429 --> 00:45:34,064 UPGRADAL SAID HIS NONNATIVE 675 00:45:34,131 --> 00:45:39,770 TEACHER SHARED THAT THE PEOPLE 676 00:45:39,837 --> 00:45:43,107 WERE BASICALLY DEAD. HE WAS TEN 677 00:45:43,173 --> 00:45:44,842 AND RAISED HIS HANDS IN 678 00:45:44,908 --> 00:45:46,410 OBJECTION. THE TEACHER SAID, IF 679 00:45:46,477 --> 00:45:49,613 YOU WRITE A REPORT AND DOCUMENT 680 00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:51,982 THE HISTORY OF YOUR TRIBE, I'LL 681 00:45:52,049 --> 00:45:53,617 BELIEVE YOU. MY UNCLE WENT OUT 682 00:45:53,684 --> 00:45:56,653 TRYING TO FIND THE WRITTEN 683 00:45:56,720 --> 00:45:59,757 RECORDS OF HIS COMMUNITY BUT 684 00:45:59,823 --> 00:46:01,225 COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. HE THEN 685 00:46:01,291 --> 00:46:11,869 WENT HOME TO HIS MOM IN TEARS. E 686 00:46:13,137 --> 00:46:15,606 MUST TELL OUR STORIES, AS 687 00:46:15,672 --> 00:46:22,780 SOVEREIGNTY IS NOT JUST ABOUT DG 688 00:46:22,846 --> 00:46:25,682 OUR FUTURE BUT THE HISTORY, 689 00:46:25,749 --> 00:46:27,651 TELLING OUR STORIES. I ASK YOU 690 00:46:27,718 --> 00:46:29,987 HERE TODAY TO SPEND TIME WITH 691 00:46:30,053 --> 00:46:33,490 OUR ELDERS AND CHILDREN TO PASS 692 00:46:33,557 --> 00:46:36,727 ON THE RICHNESS OF WHO WE ARE. N 693 00:46:36,794 --> 00:46:41,398 THE COUNT OF THREE, REPEAT AFTE. 694 00:46:41,465 --> 00:46:47,237 [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ] 695 00:47:17,301 --> 00:47:19,970 AND MO'NIQUE HAS WRITTEN LOTS OF 696 00:47:20,037 --> 00:47:24,274 OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS ABOUT 697 00:47:24,341 --> 00:47:25,409 CHILDREN RECONCILIATION. IT 698 00:47:25,475 --> 00:47:33,116 SEEPS LIKE QUITE A BIG CONCEPT 699 00:47:33,183 --> 00:47:40,324 FOR CHILDREN TO UNDERSTAND WHATN 700 00:47:40,390 --> 00:47:45,195 IS. WHEN I HAD THE PLEASURE OF G 701 00:47:45,262 --> 00:47:48,232 MO'NIQUE, SHE SAID THE LASTING 702 00:47:48,298 --> 00:47:51,969 IMPACT IN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS 703 00:47:52,035 --> 00:47:53,904 FOR SEVEN GENERATIONS, THERE ARN 704 00:47:53,971 --> 00:47:58,208 WHO LEFT SCHOOL WHO ARE NOT ABLO 705 00:47:58,275 --> 00:48:05,249 ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS: WHO AM 706 00:48:05,315 --> 00:48:05,415 I? 707 00:48:05,482 --> 00:48:09,519 >> WHERE AM I GOING? WHAT IS MY? 708 00:48:09,586 --> 00:48:11,588 HOW DO I CONTRIBUTE TO THE 709 00:48:11,655 --> 00:48:12,256 WELLNESS OF THE WORLD. THESE ARE 710 00:48:12,322 --> 00:48:19,563 ARE THE QUESTIONS WE ARE 711 00:48:19,630 --> 00:48:26,937 ADDRESSING IN OUR OWN 712 00:48:27,004 --> 00:48:31,141 RECONCILIATION. AND THERE'S A 713 00:48:31,208 --> 00:48:35,279 NEW ADOLESCENT VERSION OF SWEET. 714 00:48:35,345 --> 00:48:45,889 LOOK FOR IT IN LOCAL BOOKSTORES. 715 00:49:03,740 --> 00:49:03,807 . 716 00:49:03,807 --> 00:49:07,411 >> THE CHRISTMAS LUCK PROVIDERSN 717 00:49:07,477 --> 00:49:10,614 PLANS THAT FACILITY AT A TIME 718 00:49:10,681 --> 00:49:13,083 LEARNING WITH NATIVE PEOPLE 719 00:49:13,150 --> 00:49:14,384 RATHER THAN ABOUT THEM. IT 720 00:49:14,451 --> 00:49:25,062 REMINDS OF NOTHING ABOUT US WITT 721 00:49:25,862 --> 00:49:36,473 US. IN ADDITION TO ENHANCES EDUL 722 00:49:40,811 --> 00:49:41,912 EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS, THIS 723 00:49:41,979 --> 00:49:44,448 PROVIDES THE GROUND WORK TO 724 00:49:44,514 --> 00:49:49,186 SHIFT THE MAINSTREAM THINKING IG 725 00:49:49,252 --> 00:49:51,555 TRIBES, ENCOURAGING GREATER 726 00:49:51,621 --> 00:49:57,060 PROTECTION OF SOVEREIGNTY BY 727 00:49:57,127 --> 00:49:58,829 NONNATIVES. THERE'S BENEFITS FOR 728 00:49:58,895 --> 00:50:02,232 FOR EVERYONE. THIS IS A STEP 729 00:50:02,299 --> 00:50:04,968 TOWARD JUSTICE, HELPING US BE 730 00:50:05,035 --> 00:50:06,670 MINDFUL OF THE CURRICULUM, 731 00:50:06,737 --> 00:50:08,305 CHOICE OF MATERIALS AND POLICIES 732 00:50:08,372 --> 00:50:10,640 AND POLICIES AND TEACHER 733 00:50:10,707 --> 00:50:14,778 INTERACTIONS WITH THE CHILDREN 734 00:50:14,845 --> 00:50:18,415 AND FAMILIES, AND DISRUPTS 735 00:50:18,482 --> 00:50:21,284 MISCONCEPTIONS AND LEADS TO 736 00:50:21,351 --> 00:50:27,724 EQUITY IN OUR CLASSROOMS. IN A 737 00:50:27,791 --> 00:50:32,095 STUDY IN 2018, A SURVEY SHOWED 738 00:50:32,162 --> 00:50:36,133 72% OF AMERICANS HAVE NEVER 739 00:50:36,199 --> 00:50:38,402 SOUGHT INFORMATION ON NATIVE 740 00:50:38,468 --> 00:50:42,773 AMERICANS. 27 STATES MAKE NO 741 00:50:42,839 --> 00:50:46,476 MENTION OF A SINGLE NATIVE 742 00:50:46,543 --> 00:50:49,713 AMERICAN IN THE K-12 CURRICULUM% 743 00:50:49,780 --> 00:50:53,183 OF STANDARDS DO NOT MENTION 744 00:50:53,250 --> 00:50:54,317 NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY AFTER 745 00:50:54,384 --> 00:50:58,155 1900, YET THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY 746 00:50:58,221 --> 00:51:02,025 OPPORTUNITY FOR HOPE. PEOPLE 747 00:51:02,092 --> 00:51:04,428 WANT TO KNOW MORE. 75% OF 748 00:51:04,494 --> 00:51:06,763 AMERICANS BELIEVE IT IS 749 00:51:06,830 --> 00:51:11,701 NECESSARY TO MAKE CHANGES TO 750 00:51:11,768 --> 00:51:16,740 SCHOOL CURRICULUM ON NATIVE 751 00:51:16,807 --> 00:51:18,975 CULTURE. IN WASHINGTON, WE ARE 752 00:51:19,042 --> 00:51:20,510 MAKING STEPS TOWARD THAT CHANGEE 753 00:51:20,577 --> 00:51:22,379 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH 754 00:51:22,446 --> 00:51:24,414 AND YOUTH AND FAMILIES SUPPORTS 755 00:51:24,481 --> 00:51:28,085 THE TRAINING TO OUR YOUNGEST 756 00:51:28,151 --> 00:51:31,955 LEARNERS. IN 2017, THE CURRICULM 757 00:51:32,022 --> 00:51:42,332 WAS DEVELOPED BY THE PEUGEOT 758 00:51:42,399 --> 00:51:44,901 SOUND DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL 759 00:51:44,968 --> 00:51:47,304 PROJECTS. HOW AMAZING IS THAT, 760 00:51:47,370 --> 00:51:48,705 THAT CONCEPTS ARE INTRODUCED ASY 761 00:51:48,772 --> 00:51:55,912 AS PRESCHOOL? [ APPLAUSE ] 762 00:51:55,979 --> 00:51:56,113 >> AND 763 00:51:56,179 --> 00:52:02,285 WE ALSO SEE THIS IN COLLEGES AND 764 00:52:02,352 --> 00:52:07,824 AND UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE A RE. 765 00:52:07,891 --> 00:52:18,401 REREQUIREMENT. PROGRAMS WILL 766 00:52:21,004 --> 00:52:22,873 USE THE CURRICULUM. I WAS ABLE 767 00:52:22,939 --> 00:52:26,376 TO TEACH A COUPLE OF THESE AT 768 00:52:26,443 --> 00:52:27,444 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN 769 00:52:27,511 --> 00:52:38,054 IN THEIR BA PROGRAM IN EARLIED 770 00:52:41,791 --> 00:52:42,325 CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATN 771 00:52:42,392 --> 00:52:42,993 CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATN 772 00:52:43,059 --> 00:52:43,660 CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATN 773 00:52:43,727 --> 00:52:44,327 CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATN 774 00:52:44,394 --> 00:52:44,995 CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATN 775 00:52:45,061 --> 00:52:45,662 CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATN 776 00:52:45,729 --> 00:52:46,329 CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATN 777 00:52:46,396 --> 00:52:46,997 CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATN 778 00:52:47,063 --> 00:52:47,664 CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATN 779 00:52:47,731 --> 00:52:48,498 CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATN 780 00:52:48,565 --> 00:52:51,168 . AND ABE LINCOLN HUNG 39 NATIVS 781 00:52:51,234 --> 00:52:55,472 BEFORE SIGN THERMAL IMAGING ACT 782 00:52:55,539 --> 00:52:55,939 THAT SAME YEAR. THIS 783 00:52:56,006 --> 00:52:59,176 REDISTRICTED 10.7 MILLION ACRES 784 00:52:59,242 --> 00:53:03,413 OF LAND, THE SIZE OF DENMARK, FM 785 00:53:03,480 --> 00:53:05,415 MORE THAN 250 TROUBLE NATIONS 786 00:53:05,482 --> 00:53:12,589 FOR THE NEARLY HALF BILLION 787 00:53:12,656 --> 00:53:19,129 DOLLARS THAT WENT TO BENEFIT 52 788 00:53:19,196 --> 00:53:20,864 LAND GRANT ENDOWMENT 789 00:53:20,931 --> 00:53:22,132 SCHOLARSHIPS. FOR MY PEOPLE, 790 00:53:22,199 --> 00:53:24,834 THAT LAND GRAB FROM THE 1855 791 00:53:24,901 --> 00:53:27,470 TREATY, IT WAS TAKEN AND SOLD FR 792 00:53:27,537 --> 00:53:30,407 THE BENEFIT OF 12 UNIVERSITIES, 793 00:53:30,473 --> 00:53:34,177 SOME AS FAR AWAY AS SOUTH 794 00:53:34,244 --> 00:53:38,448 CAROLINA. YET THAGEST SHARE OF 795 00:53:38,515 --> 00:53:43,653 THE LAND TAKING WAS TO 796 00:53:43,720 --> 00:53:48,458 WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY. WAN 797 00:53:48,525 --> 00:53:51,828 STATE UNIVERSITY HAS 717 TIMES 798 00:53:51,895 --> 00:53:56,700 RETURN ON THE LAND THEY GRABBEDO 799 00:53:56,766 --> 00:53:58,335 BESIDES THE CALL TO NATION, I 800 00:53:58,401 --> 00:54:02,272 ASK YOU TO JOIN ME IN GETTING 801 00:54:02,339 --> 00:54:04,808 LOUTED ABOUT THE TRUTH AND OF 802 00:54:04,874 --> 00:54:13,149 MONEY COLLEGES TONIGHT TO MAKE 803 00:54:13,216 --> 00:54:13,883 FROM EXAPPROPRIATED LAND. STOLE 804 00:54:13,950 --> 00:54:19,689 ELLEN INDIGENOUS LAND MUST BE 805 00:54:19,756 --> 00:54:23,193 TOLD IN STORY TELLING AND STUDET 806 00:54:23,260 --> 00:54:24,160 TUITION WAIVERS. [ SPEAKING NATE 807 00:54:24,227 --> 00:54:34,437 LANGUAGE ] 808 00:54:34,704 --> 00:54:36,406 >> THANK YOU. I HOPE THAT FROM 809 00:54:36,473 --> 00:54:39,909 TODAY, MY STORIES WILL BE ABLE 810 00:54:39,976 --> 00:54:44,014 TO SHOW HOW SCIENCE AND MEMORIAL 811 00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:46,650 MEMORIAL STRENGTHENS THE 812 00:54:46,716 --> 00:54:49,719 RELATIONSHIPS WITH TRIBES AND 813 00:54:49,786 --> 00:54:52,122 STATE AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES, 814 00:54:52,188 --> 00:54:53,823 ROUSES STEREOTYPES AND IGNORANCE 815 00:54:53,890 --> 00:54:58,261 IGNORANCE ABOUT NATIVE PEOPLE, 816 00:54:58,328 --> 00:55:01,231 AND HELPS WITH MULTICHURL 817 00:55:01,298 --> 00:55:02,432 UNDERSTANDING, EMPATHY AND 818 00:55:02,499 --> 00:55:05,969 RESPECT. JOIN ME BY FINDING WAYT 819 00:55:06,036 --> 00:55:12,509 WE CAN MAKE ADDITIONAL IMPACTFUL 820 00:55:12,575 --> 00:55:18,081 CHANGES. FREE PRESCHOOL FOR TRL 821 00:55:18,148 --> 00:55:18,748 CHANGES. FREE PRESCHOOL FOR TRIL 822 00:55:18,815 --> 00:55:19,416 CHANGES. FREE PRESCHOOL FOR TRIL 823 00:55:19,482 --> 00:55:20,083 CHANGES. FREE PRESCHOOL FOR TRIL 824 00:55:20,150 --> 00:55:20,750 CHANGES. FREE PRESCHOOL FOR TRIL 825 00:55:20,817 --> 00:55:21,418 CHANGES. FREE PRESCHOOL FOR TRIL 826 00:55:21,484 --> 00:55:22,085 CHANGES. FREE PRESCHOOL FOR TRIL 827 00:55:22,152 --> 00:55:22,752 CHANGES. FREE PRESCHOOL FOR TRIL 828 00:55:22,819 --> 00:55:23,420 CHANGES. FREE PRESCHOOL FOR TRIL 829 00:55:23,486 --> 00:55:24,087 CHANGES. FREE PRESCHOOL FOR TRIL 830 00:55:24,154 --> 00:55:24,487 CHANGES. 831 00:55:24,554 --> 00:55:25,021 CHILDREN, NATIVE TUITION 832 00:55:25,088 --> 00:55:30,493 STUDENT WAIVERS FOR ALL INDIGENS 833 00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:32,629 STUDENTS. HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPS 834 00:55:32,696 --> 00:55:41,171 DAY. 835 00:56:15,205 --> 00:56:19,309 POINT WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE 836 00:56:19,376 --> 00:56:22,579 CALLING UP OUR GROUPS TO 837 00:56:22,645 --> 00:56:33,123 PERFORM. YOU GUYS READY OUT 838 00:56:34,524 --> 00:56:37,127 THERE? READY TO COME UP? MATT 839 00:56:37,193 --> 00:56:47,737 REMLEY, ARE YOU HERE? YOU GUYS 840 00:57:01,184 --> 00:57:11,661 HAVE TO COME UP HERE. AND LET'S 841 00:57:17,567 --> 00:57:18,001 GIVE LEGAL CAUSE FOR THEM. 842 00:57:18,067 --> 00:57:28,611 >> [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ] 843 00:57:30,880 --> 00:57:32,315 >> GOOD TO BE HERE TODAY. WE ARE 844 00:57:32,382 --> 00:57:37,954 ARE GOING TO OFFER UP A FEW SON. 845 00:57:38,021 --> 00:57:38,488 THANK YOU. 846 01:23:51,593 --> 01:23:54,963 >> HAPPY GOOD BUSINESS TEE. I 847 01:23:55,030 --> 01:23:57,032 HEAP EVERYONE HAS HAD A DAY. ITS 848 01:23:57,098 --> 01:23:59,034 BEEN WONDERFUL. YOU HAVE ALL 849 01:23:59,100 --> 01:24:00,935 BEEN GREAT OUT THERE. WE HAVE 850 01:24:01,002 --> 01:24:04,105 HAD A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL DAY.I 851 01:24:04,172 --> 01:24:11,179 WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMIG 852 01:24:11,246 --> 01:24:14,682 AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE 853 01:24:14,749 --> 01:24:25,460 APPRECIATIVE OF THE COOS COMING. 854 01:24:29,064 --> 01:24:36,037 I FOUND IT, 855 01:24:36,104 --> 01:24:41,076 LIVINGATFLAVOR@MAIL.COM, E-MAIL 856 01:24:41,142 --> 01:24:43,445 HER. I HOPE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO 857 01:24:43,511 --> 01:24:45,280 ENJOY IT. ONE THING I WANTED TO 858 01:24:45,346 --> 01:24:50,118 SAY, THAT WE HAVE A 4:00 AT 859 01:24:50,185 --> 01:24:53,254 DAYBREAK THAT WE WANT YOU TO 860 01:24:53,321 --> 01:24:55,356 HAVE A CELEBRATION AS MORE FOOD 861 01:24:55,423 --> 01:25:02,464 TO EAT AS THE SALMON STAR WILL 862 01:25:02,530 --> 01:25:04,732 BE AT DAYBREAK, STAR UNITED 863 01:25:04,799 --> 01:25:06,868 TRIBE OF ALL TRIBES. SOME OF THS 864 01:25:06,935 --> 01:25:08,570 WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH 865 01:25:08,636 --> 01:25:10,538 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, WE WANT 866 01:25:10,605 --> 01:25:13,007 TO REFLECT ON OUR COMMUNITY AND 867 01:25:13,074 --> 01:25:16,711 REFLECT ON THE HISTORY AND MAKEE 868 01:25:16,778 --> 01:25:21,616 THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS SO 869 01:25:21,683 --> 01:25:23,618 MANY LANGUAGES, THAT THEY DO AT 870 01:25:23,685 --> 01:25:26,688 LEAST 7 TO 10 WHEN WE ARE 871 01:25:26,754 --> 01:25:33,962 EMPLOYEES USE WHEN WE ARE 872 01:25:34,028 --> 01:25:38,233 REACHING TOUT TO THE COMMUNITY.D 873 01:25:38,299 --> 01:25:46,074 WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS ON. 874 01:25:46,141 --> 01:25:56,718 NANCY TRANSLATED THIS FLIER FORS 875 01:25:57,485 --> 01:26:02,991 AND SHE DID AN INTERPRETATION OF 876 01:26:03,057 --> 01:26:04,893 F THE PROCLAMATION. PEOPLE ARE 877 01:26:04,959 --> 01:26:07,896 SO TALENTED, THERE'S A HISTORY 878 01:26:07,962 --> 01:26:10,231 OF WEALTH AND UTILIZING EVERY PE 879 01:26:10,298 --> 01:26:18,606 OF EVERY PART OF THE ANIMAL OR 880 01:26:18,673 --> 01:26:19,807 WHATEVER WE'RE TRYING TO 881 01:26:19,874 --> 01:26:22,410 HARVEST. THE LAND IS CARED FOR 882 01:26:22,477 --> 01:26:24,612 AND LOVED, AND SEEMS LIKE 883 01:26:24,679 --> 01:26:25,880 EVERYONE IS BEING SO DESTRUCTIVD 884 01:26:25,947 --> 01:26:27,649 NOT CARING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY 885 01:26:27,715 --> 01:26:38,059 AND THE LAND, AND WE WANT TO 886 01:26:38,126 --> 01:26:41,496 FOCUS ON THAT. I WANT TO THROW 887 01:26:41,563 --> 01:26:49,003 THAT OUT THERE. AND FOR THE 888 01:26:49,070 --> 01:26:53,942 FOLKS HELPING US, THE CANOES. WE 889 01:26:54,008 --> 01:26:55,944 CANOES. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE 890 01:26:56,010 --> 01:26:59,881 SEATTLE CITY COUNCILMEMBER DEBOA 891 01:26:59,948 --> 01:27:03,284 JUAREZ, SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOODS, 892 01:27:03,351 --> 01:27:06,254 POT LATCH FUND, THE RSJI SUMMIT, 893 01:27:06,321 --> 01:27:10,124 SUMMIT, ARTS AND CULTURE, SEATTE 894 01:27:10,191 --> 01:27:14,028 PUBLIC LIBRARY, COUNCILMEMBER 895 01:27:14,095 --> 01:27:18,766 KSHAMA SAWANT, SEATTLE CITY COU, 896 01:27:18,833 --> 01:27:22,036 AND JUST A LOCAL GROUP THAT I 897 01:27:22,103 --> 01:27:25,173 CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF. I 898 01:27:25,240 --> 01:27:26,407 APOLOGIZE. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE 899 01:27:26,474 --> 01:27:28,009 THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING AND 900 01:27:28,076 --> 01:27:31,946 AND DOING THINGS IN THE 901 01:27:32,013 --> 01:27:32,880 COMMUNITY, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL 902 01:27:32,947 --> 01:27:36,084 ALL THE COLLABORATION WE HAVE 903 01:27:36,150 --> 01:27:39,520 WITH ALL THE GROUPS THAT WE HAVE 904 01:27:39,587 --> 01:27:44,259 WE HAVE TO PUT ON THIS EVENT. TS 905 01:27:44,325 --> 01:27:45,693 REPAIR THE PROGRAM TODAY. I WANT 906 01:27:45,760 --> 01:27:48,096 WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR 907 01:27:48,162 --> 01:27:51,232 COMING. I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDEL 908 01:27:51,299 --> 01:27:54,469 DAY AND HOPE YOU HAVE MANY MORE 909 01:27:54,535 --> 01:27:56,604 CELEBRATIONS. BE SAFE AND TAKE 910 01:27:56,671 --> 01:28:02,277 CARE OF YOURSELVES, AND WE'LL SE 911 01:28:02,343 --> 01:28:05,580 YOU AN EX YEAR INDIGENOUS 912 01:28:05,647 --> 01:28:07,015 PEOPLES DAY 2023. HAVE A GREAT , 913 01:28:07,081 --> 01:28:14,689 EVERYBODY.