MY NAME IS MARTA IDOWU WITH THE CITY
OF SEATTLE, AND WE HAVE A CANOES
CANOES GROUP THAT WE GET TOGETHR
AND PUT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
DAY EVERY YEAR. I WANT TO THANK
ALL MY GROUP THAT ARE HERE TODAY
TODAY FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY
THEY HAVE DONE TO PUT THIS
TOGETHER TODAY. IT TAKES A
VILLAGE TO DO ALL THIS, AND WE
HAVE HAD IT AND WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAVE SPONSOS
AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THEM.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANT TO
GO AHEAD ON AND START THE PROGR.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO CALL
UP KEN WORKMAN. HE'S GOING TO
COME UP AND DO A PRAYER FOR US.
[ APPLAUSE ]
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. [ SPEAKIG
NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
AND IT IS MAGIC TO HEAR THE
BEATING OF THE DRUMS AGAIN AND
HEAR YOUR VOICES. I WOULD LIKE
TO SAY THANK YOU. WE HAVE SO
MANY PEOPLE HERE FROM ALL AROUND
AROUND THE WORLD, AND WE KNOW
THE WORD OF THANK YOU. WHEN WE
SAY THIS WORD, PEOPLE KNOW THATE
IN THIS PLACE RECOGNIZE THEM AND
AND WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR
PRESENCE AND FOR THEIR HEARTS
AND THEIR MINDS AND THEIR SOULS.
MINDS AND THEIR SOULS.
>> WE APPRECIATE THAT THEY ARE
HERE ON THIS LAND NAMED AFTER MY
MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRAN.
THEM IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE FOR
THEIR HEARTS, FOR THEIR
STRENGTH, FOR THEIR WISDOM. RIGT
HERE IN THIS PLACE. [ SPEAKING E
LANGUAGE ]
WALKING DOWN THE STREETS OF
SEATTLE TO GET HERE TODAY. TO OR
NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH, YOU KNOW
KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE. WE
EXPRESS OUR SAME THANKS. EAST OE
ROCKIES, SAY [ SPEAKING NATIVE E
] BECAUSE THIS IS HOW THEY SAY
THANK YOU HERE. WE EXPRESS
THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
BECAUSE THIS INDIGENOUS DAY IS E
HERE IN SEATTLE. [ SPEAKING NATE
LANGUAGE ] IF YOU SHOULD FIND
YOURSELF WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THIS TURTLE ISLAND AND END UP
END UP IN THE LAND OF THE
QUEBEC, THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE
TOO. WE EXPRESS OUR THANKS IN AS
AS MANY WAYS AS WE CAN. AND WE
EXPRESS THANKS TO THE CREATOR WN
WE SAY [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAE
] BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE OUR
RELATIVES ARE IN THE GROUND, IN
THE SOIL, IN THE VERY TREES, AND
AND THAT WE ARE ALL A PAT OF TH.
WHEN WE GIVE THANKS TO THE CREAR
AND SAY [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUE
] THAT WE SEE YOU GRANDMOTHER
AND GRANDFATHER IN THE FOOD
THAT'S ON THE TABLE TODAY, SO WE
WE GIVE THANKS TO OUR CREATOR
FOR ALL OF OUR BLESSINGS. FINAL,
WE RECOGNIZE THE WORLD IS A VERL
PLACE TODAY. AS MY GRANDFATHER D
ON THE SHORES 171 YEARS AGO ANDD
[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ],
COME ASHORE MY FRIENDS ONTO THIS
THIS LAND OF THE ANCIENT, YOU AE
INVITED HERE, TODAY IT IS MY
HONOR TO REPEAT THOSE WORDS [
SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ] THIS
MEANS THE WHOLE WORLD IS WELCOME
WORLD IS WELCOME HERE. I WOULD E
TO SAY QUICKLY [ SPEAKING NATIVE
] THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO
SAY ABOUT KEN, HE'S A NATIVE
AMERICAN AND FIFTH GENERATION
GRANDSON OF CHIEF SEATTLE. HE
RETIRED FROM THE BOEING
COMPANY'S FLIGHT ENGINEERING
OPERATIONS GROUP WHERE HE WORKED
WORKED AS A SYSTEMS DATA
ANALYST, AND HE'S A BOARD MEMBER
BOARD MEMBER OF TRIBAL SERVICES,
SERVICES, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT
ARM OF THE TRIBE. HE'S A FORMERD
MEMBER. NOW I WANT TO CALL UP
KAYLA TO GIVE OUR LAND ACKNOWLET
GIVE OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. SE
COAUTHORED A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR THE
INGRAM COMMUNITY AND WAS IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE BISHOP
LEGACY CLUB FOR THEIR MONKERY
MOVE. AS FAR AS THE FUTURE, SHES
ON WORKING IN EDUCATION AND
NONPROFIT MOVEMENTS. THANK YOU.
>> WE RAISE OUR HANDS TO HONOR
ALL THE DUWAMISH PEOPLE AND FOR
OUR USE OF THEIR HOMELAND. WE
RECOGNIZE THE OFTEN UNRECOGNIZED
OFTEN UNRECOGNIZED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES OF
THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND ACKNOE
THE ONGOING RACISM AND UP
POLITICAL DISPARITIES
EXPERIENCED BY PEOPLES OF THIS .
>> THANK YOU AGAIN, KAYLA. WE
LOVE OUR YOUTH COMING TO
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY TO SPEAK
AND WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE THERE'S
A PLACE FOR THEM AT THE PODIUM.K
YOU AGAIN, KAYLA. NOW WE GET
INTO THE OFFICIAL PART OF OUR
PROGRAM, AND I'M SO EXCITED TO
HAVE SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR
MONEISHA HARRELL HERE TODAY TO
GIVE THE GREETING AND
PROCLAMATION. DEPUTY HARRELL IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING DEFINE
AND IMPLEMENT MAYOR BRUCE
HARRELL'S AGENDA, WORKING WITH
MAJOR STAKE HOLDERS AND ON KEY
PRIORITIES INCLUDING PUBLIC
SAFETY. THE GOVERNOR AND
ATTORNEY HAVE APPOINTED HER TO
SERVE ON TASK FORCES AND WORKING
WORKING GROUPS ADDRESSING POLICE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY,
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS
INVOLVING POLICE, POLICE USE OF
FORCE AND HATE CRIMES. SHE ALSO
SERVES AS BOARD CHAIR FOR EQUAL
RIGHTS WASHINGTON AND IS A MEMBR
OF THE NATIONAL LGBT TASK FORCE
ACTION FUND. IT IS WITH MY
PLEASURE, I ASK SENIOR DEPUTY
HARRELL TO COME FORWARD. GIVE
HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE.
ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE.
IS ONE THAT IS OBVIOUSLY VERY
TROUBLED. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE
THE HISTORY AND THE STRUCTURE
THAT WE ARE BUILT ON IS DEEPLY
FLAWED, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT WE CANNOT DO EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO MAKE IT BETTER. THAT'S
PART OF OUR WORK AND PART OF OUR
OF OUR MISSION. AS A
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, I WOULD LIKE TO IMPRESS
IMPRESS UPON ALL OF YOU THAT WED
THAT THE WORK OF THE CITY IS
THAT TO NOT JUST ACKNOWLEDGE OUT
BUT REPAIR IT, TO DO EVERYTHING
THAT WE CAN ON BEHALF OF OUR
PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE
AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE
BEFORE THIS CITY WAS ACTUALLY A
CITY. THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEING
ALL PEOPLE AND SEEING WHAT WE
OFFER IS NOT TO MAKE IT A
MELTING POT BUT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THOSE THINGS THAT INDIVIDUALLY
MAKE US BETTER. IT'S NOT TO
BECOME THE GRAY IN THE MIDDLE,
BUT TO ENHANCE AND INVITE AND
HIGHLIGHT THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE
MAKE US UNIQUE AND SPECIAL. OUR
NATIVE CULTURES THAT OCCUPIED
THIS LAND EACH HAD THEIR OWN
HISTORIES, THEIR OWN CULTURES,
THINGS THAT THEY BROUGHT TO THIS
TO THIS AREA THAT MADE THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST SPECIAL. IT IS
IS NOT TO BLEND THEM TOGETHER, T
TO ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OF THE
CULTURES AND WHAT THEY BROUGHT
TO SEATTLE. IT IS WITH HONOR
TODAY I BRING TO YOU THE CITY OF
CITY OF SEATTLE'S PROCLAMATION
FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. I
WANT TO SHOUTOUT TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR KEEPING
FOR KEEPING THESE ISSUES AT THE
FOREFRONT. THAT YOU THINK. THE Y
OF SEATTLE RECOGNIZES THAT THE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE LAND
HAVE OCCUPIED THESE TIMES AND
THAT SEATTLE IS BUILT UPON THE D
AND VILLAGES OF THE HOMELANDS OE
CITY AND WHEREAS THE CITY VALUES
VALUES THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO
MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES KNOWLEDGE,
LABOR, TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE,
PHILOSOPHY, ARTS AND DEEP
CULTURAL CONTRIBUTION THAT HAS Y
SHAPED THE CHARACTER OF THE CITF
SEATTLE, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF
OF SEATTLE HAS A RESPONSIBILITYO
OPPOSE THE SYSTEMIC RACISM IN
THE UNITED STATES, WHICH
PERPETUATES INEQUALITY AND WHERS
THE CITY PROMOTES THE CLOSING OE
WEALTH GAP FOR INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES THROUGH POLICIES AND
PRACTICES THAT ENSURE GREATER
ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY, HONOR OR
NATION EARS HISTORY AND
CONTRIBUTIONS, AND WHEREAS
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY WAS FIRST
DAY WAS FIRST PROPOSED IN 1977
TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS IN THE
AMERICAS, AND WHEREAS IN 2014,
THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF SE
AND SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION DECLARED THE SECOND
MONDAY OF OCTOBER TO PROMOTE
TOLERANCE AND ELIMINATE
DISCRIMINATION. MARCH 29th THE
CITY PASSED ORDINANCE 126559
ESTABLISHING THE LEGAL HOLIDAY.W
THEREFORE, THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL AND MAYOR OF SEATTLE PRM
OCTOBER 10th, 2022 TO BE INDIGES
PEOPLES DAY.
BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS AND
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND
RESIDENTS TO RECOGNIZE THAT DAY
AND HONOR TO LEGACY AND
CONTRIBUTION OF SEATTLE'S
INDIAN-AMERICAN, ALASKAN AND
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE
BEEN HERE SINCE TIME AND MEMORI.
THANK YOU.
>> NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR
INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER,
COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT. EVY
KNOWS WHO SHE IS. WE LOVE HER
AND WE THINK SHE'S AMAZING. SHES
WORKED IN THE URBAN NATIVE
COMMUNITY TO PAS THE FIRST
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY
LEGISLATION IN 2014, THE YEAR
AFTER SHE SPONSORED LEGISLATIONG
THE TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE OF THE
INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS. SHE'S D
AND SPOKEN AT INDIGENOUS PEOPLEY
EVERY YEAR SINCE IT BEGAN. SEATE
CITY COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA
SAWANT, PLEASE COME UP AND SAY W
WORDS.
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND HEARING ME
ME ONCE AGAIN AND DON'T GET
BORED. SOLIDARITY WITH THE
DUWAMISH AND ALL THE PEOPLES OF
THE SEATTLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST,
WE WANT THE END OF COLUMBUS DAY
CELEBRATION IN 2014 AND
INSTITUTED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
DAY IN SEATTLE. THAT CAME AFTER
YEARS OF THE INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITY AND LEADERS, MANY
LEADERS HAVING, YOU KNOW, ASKED
OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN CITY HALL
HALL AND GETTING A CLOSED DOOR.N
IN 2014, WE WON ONLY BECAUSE MYT
OFFICE, WE TOOK THE APPROACH
WHERE WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT CHAE
CAN BE WON ON THE BASIS OF A FEW
FEW ELECTED OFFICIALS MAKING
BOOK ROOM DEALS AND SELLING OUT
WORKING PEOPLE, AND MAYBE
GETTING THE BARE MINIMUM. INSTE,
THE REAL WAY TO WIN IS FOR THE
MOVEMENT, FURTHER COMMUNITIES TO
TO HAVE THEIR OWN ELECTED OFFICE
ELECTED OFFICE THAT FIGHTS ALONE
THE COMMUNITY, AS OPPOSED TO
WITH PEOPLE IN POWER. FINALLY WE
ABLE TO WIN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES .
THEN ON THE BASIS OF THAT
VICTORY, WE WERE ABLE TO WIN MAY
DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS. IN 2015,
WE GOT THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTES
ON CONDEMNING THE UNITED STATES'
STATES' BOARDING SCHOOL POLICY.N
2016, WE PASSED SOLIDARITY WITH
STANDING ROCK IN THEIR FIGHT
AGAINST THE SOUTH DAKOTA ACCESS
PIPELINE AND WE WON IN 2017
LEGISLATION FORCING THE CITY
COUNCIL TO DIVERT MORE THAN $3
MILLION FROM WELLS FARGO, THAT'S
THAT'S THAT'S THE BACKPACKING
THAT PROVIDED THEM FUEL AND
OTHER PROJECTS. IN 2020, WE WON
$15,000 A YEAR OF STABLE IF YOU
WOULDING FOR THIS CELEBRATION. S
CELEBRATION AND THE LUNCH THAT
WE WILL HAVE, THE CELEBRATION
WE'LL HAVE LATER THIS EVENING,
THIS IS ALL PRODUCT OF WHAT WE E
WON TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY,
FORCING THE CITY ESTABLISHMENT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES. AS WE KNOW, THIS IS NOT
NOT SYMBOLIC FOR US. WE KNOW THT
OUR CELEBRATION FOR INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES DAY IS INTERLINKED WITH
OUR ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR
SOCIETY. ALL PEOPLE CAN GET
RESPECT, DIGNITY AND A HIGH
STANDARD OF LIVING. AND RIGHT
NOW UNFORTUNATELY THE CITY
COUNCIL AT THIS MOMENT IS SET TO
TO PASS A BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR
THAT CUTS CRITICAL FUNDING FROM
SOCIAL SERVICES AND LET ALONE
EXPAND THE FUNDS OF PUBLIC
SCHOOL NEEDS OR SOCIAL HOUSING R
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS OR THE
OPIOID CRISIS OUR COMMUNITIES
FACE. NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE
ARE GOING TO REALLY BE
ADDRESSED, AND FUNDING IS GOING
TO BE CUT. YOU'LL HEAR
POLITICIANS SAYING THEY'RE DOING
DOING GREAT THINGS, BUT THEY'RE
NOT. LET'S FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS,
RIGHTS, MEANING COMPLETELY
PUSHING BACK AND MAKING OUR OWN
DEMANDS. TOMORROW AT 4:15, WE
ARE GOING TO BE GATHERING FOR
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
BUDGET. I URGE YOU ALL TO JOIN
US BECAUSE THE ONLY THING WON
ANYTHING IN THE BUDGET IS
THROUGH THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET
CAMPAIGN. THE MAYOR'S BUDGET WOT
CUT A PENNY FROM THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THIS IS
IMPORTANT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW
INCOME AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE
AND THE POOR HAVE SEEN THE BRUNT
BRUNT OF POLICE VIOLENCE. WE
HAVE SHOWN THROUGH OUR PAST
EXPERIENCE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLYH
BACK. HOWEVER, DESPITE THE GEORE
FLOYD REBELLION BEING THE
LARGEST PROTEST IN U.S. HISTORY,
IN U.S. HISTORY, THE VICTORIES
THAT HAVE BEEN WON BY THE
MOVEMENT NOT COMMENSURATE WITH
THE SCALE OF THE MOVEMENT. THATS
A REMINDER THAT, WHETHER WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT ELECTED OFFICIALS
OR UNELECTED PEOPLE, WE HAVE TOD
ACCOUNTABLE. THE ONLY WAY TO GET
GET THAT IS TO ORGANIZE AND INDY
BUILD MASS MOVEMENTS THAT PUT
FORWARD CONCRETE DEMANDS. WE
NEED OUR OWN ELECTED LEADERS WHD
UP TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND WORE
US, NOT THINKING THEY WILL GET G
BY COZYING UP TO THE ELITE. THAS
THE APPROACH WE NEED IF WE ARE O
WIN ANYTHING CLOSE TO THE GREEN
NEW DEAL. YOU KNOW, IT WAS SAIDO
END CLIMATE PRODUCE IN THE CITY
BY 2030. THAT'S JUST EIGHT YEARS
YEARS AWAY, AND WE ARE NOWHERE E
TO IT. IN FACT, THE RESULTS HAVE
BACKWARD. THIS WILL BE NECESSARR
US TO DEFEAT THE GROWING ATTACKS
GROWING ATTACKS ON WOMEN AND THQ
COMMUNITY. AND WE KNOW THIS IS
VERY MUCH AND INDIGENOUS ISSUE,
A BLACK ISSUE AND A WORKING
CLASS ISSUE. THE INDIGENOUS
MISSING WOMEN MOVEMENT HAVE MANS
THAT SHOW US THE CRISIS IS BAD.T
LOOK AT THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP E
HAVE. THE SUPREME COURT, THE
REACTIONARY SUPREME COURT JUST
CARRIED OUT THE MOST SEVERE
ATTACK ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS BY
REPEALING ROE v. WADE. HOW ARE
WE GOING TO PUSH BACK? WE NEED
MASS MOVEMENTS WITH THE CURRENTE
OF LEADERSHIP AND WE HAVE TO PUT
PUT FORWARD CONCRETE DEMANDS THT
CAN WIN VICTORIES IN THE
PROCESS. THAT'S WHYLY P MY
OFFICE FOUGHT IN JULY TO MAKE SE
THE FIRST ABORTION SANCTUARY
CITY IN THE COUNTRY. AND
REMEMBER WISCONSIN IS A RIGHT
WING STATE, AND SOCIAL LISTS
COURAGEOUSLY TOOK ON THE REPUBLN
ESTABLISHMENT THERE. THIS YEAR
THE CAMPAIGN, MY OFFICE AND PEOS
BUDGET ACTIVISTS HAVE BROUGHT
FORWARD A DEMAND THAT ABORTION
ACCESS SHOULD BE MADE FREE FOR
ALL, WHETHER YOU LIVE IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE OR COME TO SEATTLE FOR
ABORTION SERVICES. THAT FREE
ABORTION ACCESS SHOULD BE FUNDED
FUNDED BY EXPANDING THE AMAZON
TAX, WHICH IS A TAX ON BIG
BUSINESSES. DO YOU THINK THIS I?
SO IF YOU THINK IT IS IMPORTANT,
IMPORTANT, THEN JOIN US TOMORROW
US TOMORROW AT 4:15 HERE IN THEY
HALL THEN GOING TO THE CHAMBERSE
EACH OF YOU WILL HAVE ONE OR TWO
TWO MINUTES. LET'S MAKE SURE OUR
OUR VOICES ARE HARD. THE ONLY
WAY WE HAVE WON IS BY HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE, ORDER PEOPLE SHOWING
UP TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENT. I
COMMENT. I URGE YOU TO JOIN US
TOMORROW PEOPLE'S BUDGET
CAMPAIGN. LET'S MAKE VOICES
HEARD, AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
SAYING WE WANT THE ABORTION
ACCESS. IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED
THE PETITION, GO AHEAD AND MAKE
SURE YOU SIGN THE PETITION SO WE
WE CAN GET ORGANIZED FOR
TOMORROW. THE FINAL BUDGET VOTE
WILL HAPPEN ON THE MONDAY BEFORE
BEFORE THANKSGIVING, SO WE HAVET
OVER A MONTH OR SO TO WIN THIS
THING, SO SHOW UP TOMORROW. IN ,
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'M FROM
INDIA. I'M NOT THAT KIND OF
INDIAN, BUT WE HAVE A COMMON
BOND AND I DON'T MEAN THE
COMMUNITY HERE AND INDIA, BUT
OPPRESSED AND WORKING PEOPLE
INTERNATIONALLY SHARE A BOND
BECAUSE WE ARE ALL EXPRESSED AND
AND EXPLOITED BY CHRISTOPHER
COLUMBUS. WE NEED TO BUILD
SOLIDARITY BUT THE RIGHT KIND,
SOLIDARITY NOT WITH THE POLITICS
WHO UPHOLD A BAD SYSTEM, NOT WIH
THE BILLIONAIRES WHO EXPLOIT OUR
OUR LAND AND OUR PEOPLE, BUT
SOLIDARITY WITH PEOPLE ON THE
GROUND IF THEY ARE WORK PEOPLE
EXPLOITED AND OPPRESSED BY US,
THAT'S WHO THE SOLIDARITY NEEDS
TO BE WITH, AND WE NEED TO
DEFEAT THE DIVIDE AND CONQUER
STRATEGY THEY USE AGAINST US. I
HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE SOUNDS OF E
DRUMS, AND REMEMBER THEY ARE TOD
OURSELF OURSELVES OF HOW MUCH
THE FIGHT LIES AHEAD OF US. I
HOPE YOU WILL ALL JOIN ME. SOLI.
A HAND. [ APPLAUSE ]
TALINA IVES IS AN EDUCATOR AND
AUTHOR, AND CARRIES HER
ANCESTRAL NAME AS A GOAL
ORIENTED WOMAN. SHE'S A TWO-TIME
A TWO-TIME IRON MAN TRIATHLETE,
BOSTON MARATHON FINISHER,
MOTHER, DAUGHTER AND SISTER
LIVING ON THE PORT MADISON
RESERVATION. SHE'S SERVED IN
MANY LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN
BOTH STATE AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS AND COMFORTABLE
SERVES AS THE TRIBAL RELATIONS
DOCTOR FOR THE WASHINGTON STATET
OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIESE
CURRENTLY TEACHES AS AN ADJUNCT
AT WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSIT.
HER CHILDREN'S BOOK BECAME
AVAILABLE IN 2014, DEVELOPED
THROUGH A SERIES OF CONVERSATIOS
WITH THE LOCAL MOTHERS. IT IS MY
IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO
YOU, SALIA IVES.
GRAMMING CLASS OF THE STYLE HEA.
ANY OTHER HEAD START GRADS HERET
TO ALL THE HEAD START GRADS, TO
ALL THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS, TL
OUR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WHO ARE E
TODAY. WHAT A BLESSING TO HAVE
THE CHILDREN BLESS US WITH A DA.
I RAISE MY HAND TO YOU. BEING IN
. BEING IN HEAD START WAS AN
IMPORTANT URINE IN MY LIFE. I
ALSO LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
LEADERSHIP FROM THOSE EARLY DAYS
DAYS MEDICINE I REMEMBER BEING
ABLE TO TEACH MY FAMILY PADDLE
DANCE AT HEAD START. IT'S FROM
THAT, THAT WE LEARN IMPORTANT
DIFFERENCES. AND THE PADDLE DANE
TEACHES US THAT IN THE WIND, THE
THE RAIN AND THE WATER OR OTHER
ELEMENTS, THAT WE DRAW ON OUR
STRENGTHS TO DIG DEEP, PULL HARD
HARD AND WORK TOGETHER TOWARD A
COMMON DESTINATION. THE PADDLE
DANCE IS A WAY TO PREPARE US FOR
FOR LIFE IN AND OUT CANOE. WE AE
THE STRONG AND CLEVER PEOPLE AND
PEOPLE AND WE CAN FIGHT THE
THUNDER TO STEER LIFE'S
JOURNEYS. THE PADDLE DANCE
TEACHES US THIS WE ARE PART OF A
A AND THAT WE ARE ALL CONNECTEDE
BELONG TO EACH OTHER, AND WE HAE
SACRED RESPONSIBILITIES TO EACH
OTHER AS MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITIES. OUR STORIES, OUR
SONGS, DANCES GUIDE US IN TRIBAL
LEADINGS. TRIBAL NATIONS HAVE A
A RIGHT OVER HOW TO EDUCATE
THEIR CHILDREN IN A CULTURALLY T
MANNER. I HAVE FELT THE SUCCESSF
THIS AS A TRIBAL HEAD START
GRADUATE, WHERE MY IDENTIFY
IDENTITY WAS AFFIRMED, SUPPORTED
SUPPORTED AND NURTURED. IT IS
WHERE I'VE FELT THE BENEFIT OF
HEALING FROM CULTURE AND
TRADITIONS. EDUCATION IS TRULY .
I'VE BEEN INVITED HERE TODAY TO
ADD A TERM THAT WE USE THAT
CONNECTS US TO THIS PLACE AS WE
ARE TOLD BY CREATION STORIES
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME. ITS
ALSO THE LEGISLATION, THE LAW
THAT REQUIRES THE TEACHING OF WN
TRIBAL HISTORY, CULTURE AND
SOVEREIGNTY N. I WANT TO KNOWLEE
THAT THE LAND WE ARE ON, WHERE R
FEET STAND TODAY, I WOULD LIKE O
ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE IN THE
TRADITIONAL LANDS OF MY
ANCESTORS, TWO SEPARATE TRIBES
THAT AGREED UNDER COLONIAL
ADDRESS TO SEE SEED IN EXCHANGE
FOR PEACE, EDUCATION, HEALTH CAE
AND MONETARY SAYINGS AMONG OTHER
OTHER THINGS. MOST IMPORTANTLY,
THEIR RIGHTS TO ACCESS NATURAL
RESOURCES AND HUNTING, FISHING
LOCATION, GREECED TO BE RESERVED
RESERVED FOR A TIME ABOUT TO
CONTINUE LIVING AS THE SOVEREIGN
SOVEREIGN ENTITIES THEY WERE SIE
TIME AND MEMORIAL. THIS RETCH RD
LANDLAND NEVER APPEARED FOR THE
DUWAMISH. SOME CHOSE TO MOVE AND
AND INTEGRATE INTO OTHER TRIBESE
CHOSE TO STAY HERE IN KING
COUNTY AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN
THEIR DISTINCT IDENTITY AND
FIGHT FOR THEIR TREATY RIGHTS. E
ARE ENCOURAGED TO KNOW THIS
HISTORY. SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE
REQUIRED TO COVER RIPS WITH
LOCAL TRIBES, YET MANY PEOPLE DO
DO NOT KNOW THE LAND THAT THEY
ARE ON. THEY FORGET THEY ARE ON
INDIGENOUS LAND. ERASING OUR
HISTORY HAS GONE ON TOO LONG ANE
ARE REFERRED TO IN THE PAST SEN,
NEGLECTING THE WAYS IN WHICH WE
STILL STRIVE TODAY. SINCE TIME
AND MEMORIAL USES A SPACE-BASED
APPROACH, BASED ON TRIBES IN
THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. WHEN I
BECAME A NEW MOM, I HAD
TREPIDATIONS ABOUT LEAVING MY
DAUGHTER IN HER HEAD CLASS. I
VOLUNTEERED OFTEN AND I WANTED
MY CHILDREN TO HAVE THAT STRING
BEGINNING IS THAT I DID. I FOUNT
FOUND US FRUSTRATING THAT
LANGUAGE WAS NOT BEING TAUGHT
DURING THEIR IMPORTANT AREAS. I
WAS HIRED AS THE SPECIALIST FOR
THE TRIBAL HEAD START AND IT WAS
WAS MY GOAL TO HELP CHILDREN
FEEL WELCOME, SEEN, AT HOME IN
THEIR OWN CLASSROOMS. LANGUAGE
AND STORIES NURTURE OUR CHILDRE.
I NOW SERVE AS THE CHARACTER OF
TRIBAL RELATIONS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH
AND FAMILIES. IN MY PROFESSION I
I RECOMMEND THAT OUR NATIVE CHIN
RECEIVE AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY IN
IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
EDUCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OR
OR STATE-FUNDED PRESCHOOL. I
WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO JOIN AND SY
THIS WITH ME IN SAYING FREE
PRESCHOOL FOR ALL TRIBAL CHILDR.
MY PROUDEST AREAS OF IMPACT IN E
WORK I'VE HAD THE DRIVELING OF
DOING IS THE ABILITY INFLUENCE
POLICIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE
RELATED TO STATE FUNDED
PRESCHOOL, WHERE WE LOOK AT POIS
GIVEN TO CHILDREN AN WITHIN THET
YEAR WHO HAVE HAD A RELATIVE
THAT ATTENDED BOARDING SCHOOL. E
RESEARCH SHOWS A DIRECT
CORRELATION BETWEEN THE TRAUMA
ENDURED BY BOARDING SCHOOL
SURVIVORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS
AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. EDUCAN
IS HEALING. COLONIALISM HAS
TAUGHT US TO HATE OURSELVES. FOR
OURSELVES. FOR SOME OF US IT'S
STRIPPED OUR LANGUAGE AND USED
THIS AS A WEAPON AGAINST US. MY
GRAM ATTENDED A SCHOOL AND WHEN
SHE SHOWED UP, SHE BECAME THE
TEACHER. WHILE THE FIGHT THAT
WHITE MAN FROM THE BIA SLEPT IN
THE BACK TOTAL CLASSROOM. HOME
WORK INCLUDED BRINGING IN INDIAN
INDIAN ARTIFACTS, WHICH HER
TEACHER KEPT AND SOLD. TODAY ON
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, I SHARE
WITH YOU MY FAVORITE INDIGENOUS
PERSON, MY GRANDMOTHER, GENEVA E
WENT ONTO BECOME THE FIRST INDIN
TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL
NEAR IN 1943 AND IT WASN'T FOR
ANOTHER 20 YEARS THAT ANOTHER
NATIVE GRADUATED FROM HIGH
SCHOOL. SHE DID THIS WHEN RACISM
RACISM WAS RAMPANT AND POLICIES
WERE CREATED, THE CURRICULUM
DIDN'T REFLECT WHO SHE'S, AND
EVERYTHING ABOUT SCHOOL
THREATENED TO EXTINGUISH HER ID.
SINCE THEN ZEST PAVED THE WAY
FOR HER CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO
FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS. WHILE E
EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION T I WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER CALL FOR AN
ANOTHER CALL FOR ACTION THE HIGH
HIGH SCHOOL TO BE RENAMED MY
UPGRADAL SAID HIS NONNATIVE
TEACHER SHARED THAT THE PEOPLE
WERE BASICALLY DEAD. HE WAS TEN
AND RAISED HIS HANDS IN
OBJECTION. THE TEACHER SAID, IF
YOU WRITE A REPORT AND DOCUMENT
THE HISTORY OF YOUR TRIBE, I'LL
BELIEVE YOU. MY UNCLE WENT OUT
TRYING TO FIND THE WRITTEN
RECORDS OF HIS COMMUNITY BUT
COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. HE THEN
WENT HOME TO HIS MOM IN TEARS. E
MUST TELL OUR STORIES, AS
SOVEREIGNTY IS NOT JUST ABOUT DG
OUR FUTURE BUT THE HISTORY,
TELLING OUR STORIES. I ASK YOU
HERE TODAY TO SPEND TIME WITH
OUR ELDERS AND CHILDREN TO PASS
ON THE RICHNESS OF WHO WE ARE. N
THE COUNT OF THREE, REPEAT AFTE.
[ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
AND MO'NIQUE HAS WRITTEN LOTS OF
OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS ABOUT
CHILDREN RECONCILIATION. IT
SEEPS LIKE QUITE A BIG CONCEPT
FOR CHILDREN TO UNDERSTAND WHATN
IS. WHEN I HAD THE PLEASURE OF G
MO'NIQUE, SHE SAID THE LASTING
IMPACT IN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
FOR SEVEN GENERATIONS, THERE ARN
WHO LEFT SCHOOL WHO ARE NOT ABLO
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS: WHO AM
I?
>> WHERE AM I GOING? WHAT IS MY?
HOW DO I CONTRIBUTE TO THE
WELLNESS OF THE WORLD. THESE ARE
ARE THE QUESTIONS WE ARE
ADDRESSING IN OUR OWN
RECONCILIATION. AND THERE'S A
NEW ADOLESCENT VERSION OF SWEET.
LOOK FOR IT IN LOCAL BOOKSTORES.
.
>> THE CHRISTMAS LUCK PROVIDERSN
PLANS THAT FACILITY AT A TIME
LEARNING WITH NATIVE PEOPLE
RATHER THAN ABOUT THEM. IT
REMINDS OF NOTHING ABOUT US WITT
US. IN ADDITION TO ENHANCES EDUL
EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS, THIS
PROVIDES THE GROUND WORK TO
SHIFT THE MAINSTREAM THINKING IG
TRIBES, ENCOURAGING GREATER
PROTECTION OF SOVEREIGNTY BY
NONNATIVES. THERE'S BENEFITS FOR
FOR EVERYONE. THIS IS A STEP
TOWARD JUSTICE, HELPING US BE
MINDFUL OF THE CURRICULUM,
CHOICE OF MATERIALS AND POLICIES
AND POLICIES AND TEACHER
INTERACTIONS WITH THE CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES, AND DISRUPTS
MISCONCEPTIONS AND LEADS TO
EQUITY IN OUR CLASSROOMS. IN A
STUDY IN 2018, A SURVEY SHOWED
72% OF AMERICANS HAVE NEVER
SOUGHT INFORMATION ON NATIVE
AMERICANS. 27 STATES MAKE NO
MENTION OF A SINGLE NATIVE
AMERICAN IN THE K-12 CURRICULUM%
OF STANDARDS DO NOT MENTION
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY AFTER
1900, YET THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY
OPPORTUNITY FOR HOPE. PEOPLE
WANT TO KNOW MORE. 75% OF
AMERICANS BELIEVE IT IS
NECESSARY TO MAKE CHANGES TO
SCHOOL CURRICULUM ON NATIVE
CULTURE. IN WASHINGTON, WE ARE
MAKING STEPS TOWARD THAT CHANGEE
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH
AND YOUTH AND FAMILIES SUPPORTS
THE TRAINING TO OUR YOUNGEST
LEARNERS. IN 2017, THE CURRICULM
WAS DEVELOPED BY THE PEUGEOT
SOUND DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL
PROJECTS. HOW AMAZING IS THAT,
THAT CONCEPTS ARE INTRODUCED ASY
AS PRESCHOOL? [ APPLAUSE ]
>> AND
WE ALSO SEE THIS IN COLLEGES AND
AND UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE A RE.
REREQUIREMENT. PROGRAMS WILL
USE THE CURRICULUM. I WAS ABLE
TO TEACH A COUPLE OF THESE AT
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN
IN THEIR BA PROGRAM IN EARLIED
CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATN
. AND ABE LINCOLN HUNG 39 NATIVS
BEFORE SIGN THERMAL IMAGING ACT
THAT SAME YEAR. THIS
REDISTRICTED 10.7 MILLION ACRES
OF LAND, THE SIZE OF DENMARK, FM
MORE THAN 250 TROUBLE NATIONS
FOR THE NEARLY HALF BILLION
DOLLARS THAT WENT TO BENEFIT 52
LAND GRANT ENDOWMENT
SCHOLARSHIPS. FOR MY PEOPLE,
THAT LAND GRAB FROM THE 1855
TREATY, IT WAS TAKEN AND SOLD FR
THE BENEFIT OF 12 UNIVERSITIES,
SOME AS FAR AWAY AS SOUTH
CAROLINA. YET THAGEST SHARE OF
THE LAND TAKING WAS TO
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY. WAN
STATE UNIVERSITY HAS 717 TIMES
RETURN ON THE LAND THEY GRABBEDO
BESIDES THE CALL TO NATION, I
ASK YOU TO JOIN ME IN GETTING
LOUTED ABOUT THE TRUTH AND OF
MONEY COLLEGES TONIGHT TO MAKE
FROM EXAPPROPRIATED LAND. STOLE
ELLEN INDIGENOUS LAND MUST BE
TOLD IN STORY TELLING AND STUDET
TUITION WAIVERS. [ SPEAKING NATE
LANGUAGE ]
>> THANK YOU. I HOPE THAT FROM
TODAY, MY STORIES WILL BE ABLE
TO SHOW HOW SCIENCE AND MEMORIAL
MEMORIAL STRENGTHENS THE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH TRIBES AND
STATE AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES,
ROUSES STEREOTYPES AND IGNORANCE
IGNORANCE ABOUT NATIVE PEOPLE,
AND HELPS WITH MULTICHURL
UNDERSTANDING, EMPATHY AND
RESPECT. JOIN ME BY FINDING WAYT
WE CAN MAKE ADDITIONAL IMPACTFUL
CHANGES. FREE PRESCHOOL FOR TRL
CHANGES. FREE PRESCHOOL FOR TRIL
CHANGES.
CHILDREN, NATIVE TUITION
STUDENT WAIVERS FOR ALL INDIGENS
STUDENTS. HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPS
DAY.
POINT WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE
CALLING UP OUR GROUPS TO
PERFORM. YOU GUYS READY OUT
THERE? READY TO COME UP? MATT
REMLEY, ARE YOU HERE? YOU GUYS
HAVE TO COME UP HERE. AND LET'S
GIVE LEGAL CAUSE FOR THEM.
>> [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
>> GOOD TO BE HERE TODAY. WE ARE
ARE GOING TO OFFER UP A FEW SON.
THANK YOU.
>> HAPPY GOOD BUSINESS TEE. I
HEAP EVERYONE HAS HAD A DAY. ITS
BEEN WONDERFUL. YOU HAVE ALL
BEEN GREAT OUT THERE. WE HAVE
HAD A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL DAY.I
WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMIG
AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE
APPRECIATIVE OF THE COOS COMING.
I FOUND IT,
LIVINGATFLAVOR@MAIL.COM, E-MAIL
HER. I HOPE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO
ENJOY IT. ONE THING I WANTED TO
SAY, THAT WE HAVE A 4:00 AT
DAYBREAK THAT WE WANT YOU TO
HAVE A CELEBRATION AS MORE FOOD
TO EAT AS THE SALMON STAR WILL
BE AT DAYBREAK, STAR UNITED
TRIBE OF ALL TRIBES. SOME OF THS
WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, WE WANT
TO REFLECT ON OUR COMMUNITY AND
REFLECT ON THE HISTORY AND MAKEE
THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS SO
MANY LANGUAGES, THAT THEY DO AT
LEAST 7 TO 10 WHEN WE ARE
EMPLOYEES USE WHEN WE ARE
REACHING TOUT TO THE COMMUNITY.D
WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AS ON.
NANCY TRANSLATED THIS FLIER FORS
AND SHE DID AN INTERPRETATION OF
F THE PROCLAMATION. PEOPLE ARE
SO TALENTED, THERE'S A HISTORY
OF WEALTH AND UTILIZING EVERY PE
OF EVERY PART OF THE ANIMAL OR
WHATEVER WE'RE TRYING TO
HARVEST. THE LAND IS CARED FOR
AND LOVED, AND SEEMS LIKE
EVERYONE IS BEING SO DESTRUCTIVD
NOT CARING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY
AND THE LAND, AND WE WANT TO
FOCUS ON THAT. I WANT TO THROW
THAT OUT THERE. AND FOR THE
FOLKS HELPING US, THE CANOES. WE
CANOES. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCILMEMBER DEBOA
JUAREZ, SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOODS,
POT LATCH FUND, THE RSJI SUMMIT,
SUMMIT, ARTS AND CULTURE, SEATTE
PUBLIC LIBRARY, COUNCILMEMBER
KSHAMA SAWANT, SEATTLE CITY COU,
AND JUST A LOCAL GROUP THAT I
CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF. I
APOLOGIZE. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING AND
AND DOING THINGS IN THE
COMMUNITY, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL
ALL THE COLLABORATION WE HAVE
WITH ALL THE GROUPS THAT WE HAVE
WE HAVE TO PUT ON THIS EVENT. TS
REPAIR THE PROGRAM TODAY. I WANT
WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
COMING. I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDEL
DAY AND HOPE YOU HAVE MANY MORE
CELEBRATIONS. BE SAFE AND TAKE
CARE OF YOURSELVES, AND WE'LL SE
YOU AN EX YEAR INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES DAY 2023. HAVE A GREAT ,
EVERYBODY.