♪ ♪ I WANT TO GAIN A BETTER I WANT TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WHEN SO UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WHEN SO THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THAT THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THE TRIP OUT THAT WAY CAN MAKE THE TRIP OUT THAT WAY CAN COME BACK HERE AND GIVE ACTUAL COME BACK HERE AND GIVE ACTUAL TRUE FACTS OF WHAT IS GOING ON TRUE FACTS OF WHAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE.

OUT THERE.

♪ ♪ I HAD TO BE HERE FOR THE LONG I HAD TO BE HERE FOR THE LONG HAUL.

HAUL.

>> WORDS CANNOT FATHOM HOW MUCH >> WORDS CANNOT FATHOM HOW MUCH IS GOING ON HERE AND JUST THE IS GOING ON HERE AND JUST THE WATER AND FOR THE SAKE OF UNITY WATER AND FOR THE SAKE OF UNITY AND I LOVE IT.

AND I LOVE IT.

>> THE PIPELINE WELL IT'S KIND >> THE PIPELINE WELL IT'S KIND OF JUST LIKE WE ARE RUINING OUR OF JUST LIKE WE ARE RUINING OUR CHANCES AT BEING ABLE TO SURVIVE CHANCES AT BEING ABLE TO SURVIVE ON THIS PLANET EVERY SINGLE DAY.

ON THIS PLANET EVERY SINGLE DAY.

>> IT WAS EMOTIONAL FOR ME, YOU >> IT WAS EMOTIONAL FOR ME, YOU KNOW.

KNOW.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I GET SO AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I GET SO EMOTIONAL BUT I DO, A LOT OF EMOTIONAL BUT I DO, A LOT OF ENERGY AND POWER IN THIS AREA.

ENERGY AND POWER IN THIS AREA.

BEAUTIFUL.

BEAUTIFUL.

SCARY.

SCARY.

>> I FEEL COMPLETELY EMPOWERED.

>> I FEEL COMPLETELY EMPOWERED.

I FEEL ENERGIZED.

I FEEL ENERGIZED.

THIS IS A CAMP WHERE THESE THIS IS A CAMP WHERE THESE VOICES HAVE CHOSEN TO GATHER.

VOICES HAVE CHOSEN TO GATHER.

THIS IS THE ISSUE THAT HAS THIS IS THE ISSUE THAT HAS BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER FOR THE BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 150 YEARS.

FIRST TIME IN 150 YEARS.

WE SEE FULFILLMENT OF WE SEE FULFILLMENT OF PROFICIENCY, I SEE IT AS A PROFICIENCY, I SEE IT AS A BEAUTIFUL GATHERING OF A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL GATHERING OF A LOT OF PEOPLE.

PEOPLE.

VERY HOPEFUL MESSAGE AND CAUSE.

VERY HOPEFUL MESSAGE AND CAUSE.

>> >> ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE CHANGES WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT THE UNITED STATES GOES THAT THE UNITED STATES GOES THROUGH EACH TIME PRESIDENTIAL THROUGH EACH TIME PRESIDENTIAL TRANSFERS OF POWER, STRUGGLES TRANSFERS OF POWER, STRUGGLES FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND INNOVATIONS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND INNOVATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY, A FEW OF US WALK IN TECHNOLOGY, A FEW OF US WALK AROUND THINKING OF OUR ANCESTORS AROUND THINKING OF OUR ANCESTORS AND SEVEN GENERATIONS AGO AND AND SEVEN GENERATIONS AGO AND WHAT THEY GUARDED AND HANDED WHAT THEY GUARDED AND HANDED DOWN TO US OR OF OURSELVES AND DOWN TO US OR OF OURSELVES AND WHAT WE HAVE TO GUARD AND HAND WHAT WE HAVE TO GUARD AND HAND TO OUR DECEDENTS FROM YEARS FROM TO OUR DECEDENTS FROM YEARS FROM NOW.

NOW.

WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT THIS WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT THIS MENTALITY IS AT THE HEART OF THE MENTALITY IS AT THE HEART OF THE ANISHINABE THAT IS THE FIRST ANISHINABE THAT IS THE FIRST AMERICANS FROM THE GREAT LAKES AMERICANS FROM THE GREAT LAKES AREA.

AREA.

AND YOU ARE WATCHING MUTUALLY AND YOU ARE WATCHING MUTUALLY INCLUSIVE.

INCLUSIVE.

THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF OUR THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF OUR DOCUMENTARY AND THE FIRST PAR WE DOCUMENTARY AND THE FIRST PAR WE FOLLOWED TO STANDING ROCK NORTH FOLLOWED TO STANDING ROCK NORTH DAKOTA AND THIS TIME WE BEGIN DAKOTA AND THIS TIME WE BEGIN WITH A RETURN AND EXPLORE THE WITH A RETURN AND EXPLORE THE URBAN NATIVE COMMUNITY OF WEST URBAN NATIVE COMMUNITY OF WEST MICHIGAN AS WE TRY TO KEEP UP MICHIGAN AS WE TRY TO KEEP UP WITH A CONSTANTLY EVOLVING WITH A CONSTANTLY EVOLVING SITUATION IN STANDING ROCK.

SITUATION IN STANDING ROCK.

♪ ♪ SO WE WILL GO BACK TOMORROW WHEN SO WE WILL GO BACK TOMORROW WHEN YOU GUYS LEAVE, I'M KIND OF YOU GUYS LEAVE, I'M KIND OF STUCK AT THE MOMENT, NOT STUCK, STUCK AT THE MOMENT, NOT STUCK, YOU KNOW I HAVE TO FINISH MY YOU KNOW I HAVE TO FINISH MY SEMESTER OUT, WE ARE PAST MID SEMESTER OUT, WE ARE PAST MID TERMS AND YOU KNOW I'M KIND OF TERMS AND YOU KNOW I'M KIND OF LOCKED IN WITH MY SCHEDULE.

LOCKED IN WITH MY SCHEDULE.

AT THE MOMENT WHICH IS ANOTHER AT THE MOMENT WHICH IS ANOTHER POINT OF I GUESS FRUSTRATION AND POINT OF I GUESS FRUSTRATION AND GRIEF FOR ME BECAUSE IT'S LIKE I GRIEF FOR ME BECAUSE IT'S LIKE I DON'T KNOW.

DON'T KNOW.

>> HE FEELS VERY FORTUNATE I >> HE FEELS VERY FORTUNATE I DON'T HAVE A FULL TIME JOB RIGHT DON'T HAVE A FULL TIME JOB RIGHT NOW.

NOW.

I'M A FULL TIME STUDENT SO I'M I'M A FULL TIME STUDENT SO I'M MAKING THESE TRIPS IN BETWEEN MY MAKING THESE TRIPS IN BETWEEN MY CLASSES AND LEAVE THURSDAY AFTER CLASSES AND LEAVE THURSDAY AFTER CLASS AND COME HOME TUESDAY CLASS AND COME HOME TUESDAY BEFORE CLASS AND I'M WILLING TO BEFORE CLASS AND I'M WILLING TO WORK FROM A COMPUTER, YOU KNOW, WORK FROM A COMPUTER, YOU KNOW, AND DO THINGS THAT WAY AND SO I AND DO THINGS THAT WAY AND SO I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING HAPPENS, I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING HAPPENS, I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING ALWAYS FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON AND THE HAPPENS FOR A REASON AND THE REASON THAT I AM NOT STUCK AT A REASON THAT I AM NOT STUCK AT A FULL TIME JOB RIGHT NOW IS THAT FULL TIME JOB RIGHT NOW IS THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT I CAN, I'M SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT I CAN, YOU KNOW, FOR MY FAMILY OUT IN YOU KNOW, FOR MY FAMILY OUT IN NORTH DAKOTA AND VERY LUCKY TO NORTH DAKOTA AND VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE FREEDOM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE FREEDOM TO GO AND MY KIDS ARE MAKING A GO AND MY KIDS ARE MAKING A SACRIFICE TOO.

SACRIFICE TOO.

THEIR MOM IS GONE FOUR, FIVE THEIR MOM IS GONE FOUR, FIVE DAYS IN A ROW AND BUT I TALK TO DAYS IN A ROW AND BUT I TALK TO THEM ALL THE TIME.

THEM ALL THE TIME.

THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHY I'M GOING, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHY I'M GOING, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON OUT THERE.

ON OUT THERE.

>> RIGHT.

>> RIGHT.

>> WE ARE NOT HAVING A PARTY >> WE ARE NOT HAVING A PARTY OVER HERE.

OVER HERE.

OF COURSE THE DISHES ARE DONE.

OF COURSE THE DISHES ARE DONE.

BUT THAT IS ANOTHER THING, YOU BUT THAT IS ANOTHER THING, YOU KNOW.

KNOW.

WE ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY WE ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE THAT WAS OUT THERE THAT HAD ELSE THAT WAS OUT THERE THAT HAD GIVEN UP EITHER THEIR JOB OR GIVEN UP EITHER THEIR JOB OR THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR KIDS AND THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR KIDS AND THEIR SPOUSE OR WHATEVER THEY THEIR SPOUSE OR WHATEVER THEY HAD GOING IN THEIR OWN WORLD HAD GOING IN THEIR OWN WORLD BACK HOME, YOU KNOW.

BACK HOME, YOU KNOW.

AND IT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE, I AND IT MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE, I DON'T KNOW REALLY.

DON'T KNOW REALLY.

BECAUSE I CAN'T I DON'T KNOW NOT BECAUSE I CAN'T I DON'T KNOW NOT THAT I CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION THAT I CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION BUT LIKE.

BUT LIKE.

>> THE THING ABOUT THOSE THAT >> THE THING ABOUT THOSE THAT ARE THERE THEY UNDERSTAND ALL ARE THERE THEY UNDERSTAND ALL THAT.

THAT.

THAT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING THAT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT IT ALL IS LIKE YOU ASK ABOUT IT ALL IS LIKE YOU ASK THEM ABOUT THESE WEEKEND THEM ABOUT THESE WEEKEND WARRIORS THAT COME.

WARRIORS THAT COME.

THEY ARE SO APPRECIATIVE AND THEY ARE SO APPRECIATIVE AND THEY COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THEY COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S SITUATION.

EVERYBODY'S SITUATION.

I KIND OF EXPECTED SOMETHING I KIND OF EXPECTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

DIFFERENT.

>> YEAH, LIKE POSTED THAT THING >> YEAH, LIKE POSTED THAT THING WHERE LIKE HE WAS SAYING LIKE WHERE LIKE HE WAS SAYING LIKE PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL TO COME DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL TO COME BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT SAME BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT SAME GUILT ABOUT YOU KNOW I'M -- I GUILT ABOUT YOU KNOW I'M -- I CAN'T SKIP CLASSES SO I'M GOING CAN'T SKIP CLASSES SO I'M GOING TO DROP MY CLASSES AND GO TO DROP MY CLASSES AND GO BECAUSE I NEED TO BE THERE BUT BECAUSE I NEED TO BE THERE BUT HE WAS LIKE DON'T DO THAT HE WAS LIKE DON'T DO THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE LEARNING, YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE LEARNING, YOU ARE STUDYING TO BE ABLE TO BE ON ARE STUDYING TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS FIGHT.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS FIGHT.

>> RIGHT.

>> RIGHT.

>> FIGHT FOR US AND IT'S A >> FIGHT FOR US AND IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU'RE LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT A STUDENT, YOU ARE A TEACHER NOT A STUDENT, YOU ARE A TEACHER BUT YOU ARE STILL IN YOUR BUT YOU ARE STILL IN YOUR CLASSES, YOU ARE TALKING AND CLASSES, YOU ARE TALKING AND SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE TALKING SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS.

ABOUT THINGS.

>> THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT, >> THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT, SCRAPPED EVERYTHING AND NOT SCRAPPED EVERYTHING AND NOT DOING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WE ARE DOING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WE ARE DOING THIS.

DOING THIS.

THAT IS LIKE YOU KNOW THAT IS THAT IS LIKE YOU KNOW THAT IS IMPORTANT.

IMPORTANT.

SO ALTHOUGH YOU'RE NOT, YOU SO ALTHOUGH YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN YOU ARE NOT ON THE KNOW, AGAIN YOU ARE NOT ON THE FRONT LINES BUT YOU ARE DOING FRONT LINES BUT YOU ARE DOING MORE TO HELP.

MORE TO HELP.

YOU ARE HELPING IN OTHER WAYS YOU ARE HELPING IN OTHER WAYS AND THAT IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT.

AND THAT IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT.

>> I THINK A LOT OF THE TIMES >> I THINK A LOT OF THE TIMES AND THIS IS SOME CONVERSATIONS AND THIS IS SOME CONVERSATIONS I'VE BEEN HAVING WITH ARE I'VE BEEN HAVING WITH ARE DISCONNECT OF LOGIC AND A DISCONNECT OF LOGIC AND A DISCONNECT OF WHAT I HAVE IN MY DISCONNECT OF WHAT I HAVE IN MY HEART AND LOGICALLY WHEN I'M NOT HEART AND LOGICALLY WHEN I'M NOT THERE BY ME TALKING ABOUT IT AND THERE BY ME TALKING ABOUT IT AND PUSHING YOU KNOW CERTAIN WAYS TO PUSHING YOU KNOW CERTAIN WAYS TO HELP SUPPORT THROUGH DONATIONS HELP SUPPORT THROUGH DONATIONS AND SUCH THAT IS NEEDED.

AND SUCH THAT IS NEEDED.

>> THE MOMENT THAT WE ARE >> THE MOMENT THAT WE ARE INTERVIEWING REGIS AND AMOS I INTERVIEWING REGIS AND AMOS I THINK THAT IS WHEN I LEFT MY THINK THAT IS WHEN I LEFT MY HEART THERE.

HEART THERE.

I THINK AT THAT MOMENT WATCHING I THINK AT THAT MOMENT WATCHING THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN EXPRESS JUST THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN EXPRESS JUST EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAD, RIGHT, EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAD, RIGHT, I THINK THAT IS WHEN IT HIT HOME I THINK THAT IS WHEN IT HIT HOME AND I THINK THAT IS THE MOMENT AND I THINK THAT IS THE MOMENT THAT I WAS LIKE OKAY, WELL, THIS THAT I WAS LIKE OKAY, WELL, THIS IS WHERE I SHOULD BE.

IS WHERE I SHOULD BE.

REGIS FINLAND IS A WATER REGIS FINLAND IS A WATER PROTECTOR FROM MOUNT PLEASANT PROTECTOR FROM MOUNT PLEASANT WHO HAS BEEN AT STANDING ROCK WHO HAS BEEN AT STANDING ROCK SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2016 AND SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2016 AND HELPS RUN THE MICHIGAN HOSTING HELPS RUN THE MICHIGAN HOSTING ONE OF THE CAMP'S LARGEST ONE OF THE CAMP'S LARGEST FACILITIES, A LOT HAS HAPPENED FACILITIES, A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE WE VISITED ANISHINABE IN SINCE WE VISITED ANISHINABE IN LATE OCTOBER 2016 SO WE SAT DOWN LATE OCTOBER 2016 SO WE SAT DOWN WITH REGIS SO HE COULD GIVE US WITH REGIS SO HE COULD GIVE US AN UPDATE.

AN UPDATE.

SINCE THE WINTER CAMP WAS SET UP SINCE THE WINTER CAMP WAS SET UP AND THEN TAKEN DOWN, WE HAD THE AND THEN TAKEN DOWN, WE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT COMING AND BLOCKING THE BRIDGE COMING AND BLOCKING THE BRIDGE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BLACK ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BLACK WATER BRIDGE ON 1806 SINCE THAT WATER BRIDGE ON 1806 SINCE THAT DAY WE HAVE NOT HAD AN DAY WE HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO PAST THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO PAST THAT AREA.

AREA.

WE PRETTY MUCH REMAINED AT CAMP.

WE PRETTY MUCH REMAINED AT CAMP.

IT WAS A LOT OF PEACEFULNESS AND IT WAS A LOT OF PEACEFULNESS AND PRAYER AND FOCUS ON CAMP ITSELF, PRAYER AND FOCUS ON CAMP ITSELF, PREPARING FOR THE WINTER, THAT PREPARING FOR THE WINTER, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST OBJECTIVES DURING THE LAST FEW OBJECTIVES DURING THE LAST FEW MONTHS WAS MAKING SURE THAT MONTHS WAS MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS READY FOR THE EVERYBODY WAS READY FOR THE WINTERTIME AND ONCE WINTERTIME WINTERTIME AND ONCE WINTERTIME CAME AS THE STRUGGLES OF WINTER CAME AS THE STRUGGLES OF WINTER CONTINUED AND PEOPLE ADAPTED TO CONTINUED AND PEOPLE ADAPTED TO THOSE STRUGGLES AND REARRANGED THOSE STRUGGLES AND REARRANGED THEIR TENTS AND REARRANGED THEIR THEIR TENTS AND REARRANGED THEIR LIVING SITUATIONS TO MAKE SURE LIVING SITUATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO STAND THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST THE WIND, COLD AND SNOW, AGAINST THE WIND, COLD AND SNOW, THEN THE FOCUS HAS GOTTEN BACK THEN THE FOCUS HAS GOTTEN BACK TO THE PEACEFUL PRAYERFUL TO THE PEACEFUL PRAYERFUL PROTEST OR ACTIONS.

PROTEST OR ACTIONS.

♪ ♪ A FEW DAYS BEFORE THANKSGIVING, A FEW DAYS BEFORE THANKSGIVING, WE HAD THE BIG ACTION ON THE WE HAD THE BIG ACTION ON THE BRIDGE, LASTED INTO THE BRIDGE, LASTED INTO THE NIGHTTIME.

NIGHTTIME.

THERE WAS WATER CANNONS AND THERE WAS WATER CANNONS AND WATER BULLETS, THERE WERE EYES WATER BULLETS, THERE WERE EYES LOST AND ARMS ALMOST HAVING TO LOST AND ARMS ALMOST HAVING TO BE AMPUTATED.

BE AMPUTATED.

EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE NEXT TO EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE NEXT TO NONE.

NONE.

PARTLY AND MOSTLY IN PART PARTLY AND MOSTLY IN PART BECAUSE OF THE BLOCKAID BY LAW BECAUSE OF THE BLOCKAID BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WE WENT DOWN ENFORCEMENT AND WE WENT DOWN THERE INITIALLY FOR PRAYER AND THERE INITIALLY FOR PRAYER AND THAT ESCALATED REALLY QUICKLY, THAT ESCALATED REALLY QUICKLY, IT WAS REAL COLD THAT NIGHT AND IT WAS REAL COLD THAT NIGHT AND WE STARTED SOME BONFIRES TO STAY WE STARTED SOME BONFIRES TO STAY WARM ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE WARM ESPECIALLY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE BEING SPRAYED WITH THE THAT WERE BEING SPRAYED WITH THE WATER.

WATER.

LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD SAID THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD SAID THAT THEY WERE ONLY SPRAYING WATER THEY WERE ONLY SPRAYING WATER CANNONS ON THE FIRES.

CANNONS ON THE FIRES.

THERE IS TONS OF VIDEO OUT THERE THERE IS TONS OF VIDEO OUT THERE THAT PROVES OTHERWISE.

THAT PROVES OTHERWISE.

THEY WERE DOUSING THE PEOPLE THEY WERE DOUSING THE PEOPLE THAT WERE TWO, 300 YARDS AWAY THAT WERE TWO, 300 YARDS AWAY FROM THE FIRES AND THOSE FIRES FROM THE FIRES AND THOSE FIRES WERE ONLY STARTED TO KEEP WARM.

WERE ONLY STARTED TO KEEP WARM.

AND THEN ALSO TO COMBAT AND THEN ALSO TO COMBAT HYPOTHERMIA FROM THE WATER.

HYPOTHERMIA FROM THE WATER.

THE TEAR GAS AND THE PEPPER THE TEAR GAS AND THE PEPPER SPRAY CONTINUED ON THROUGHOUT SPRAY CONTINUED ON THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NIGHT.

THE ENTIRE NIGHT.

THEY NEVER LET UP.

THEY NEVER LET UP.

I HAD ONE FRIEND NOAH WHO WAS I HAD ONE FRIEND NOAH WHO WAS SHOT 12 OR 13 TIMES WITH A SHOT 12 OR 13 TIMES WITH A RUBBER BULLET AS HE WAS RUBBER BULLET AS HE WAS PROTECTING MEDICS THAT WERE OUT PROTECTING MEDICS THAT WERE OUT THERE TO HELP PEOPLE.

THERE TO HELP PEOPLE.

AND HE FINALLY STOPPED WHEN HE AND HE FINALLY STOPPED WHEN HE GOT SHOT IN THE HEAD FROM ABOUT GOT SHOT IN THE HEAD FROM ABOUT 2 1/2, 3 FOOT AWAY.

2 1/2, 3 FOOT AWAY.

♪ ♪ THE NEXT ISSUE, THE BIGGEST THE NEXT ISSUE, THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THAT IN THE SPRINGTIME ISSUE IS THAT IN THE SPRINGTIME THAT AREA WILL FLOOD SO WE HAVE THAT AREA WILL FLOOD SO WE HAVE THOSE WHO WANT TO STAY AND WE THOSE WHO WANT TO STAY AND WE HAVE THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO HAVE THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION, HIGHER MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION, HIGHER GROUND, SO THAT IS A LOT OF THE GROUND, SO THAT IS A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH ISSUES THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW AT CAMP.

RIGHT NOW AT CAMP.

WE HAVE SPOKE WITH LADONNA'S WE HAVE SPOKE WITH LADONNA'S SISTER OVER AT SACRED STONE AND SISTER OVER AT SACRED STONE AND A SPACE THAT HAS BEEN CLEARED A SPACE THAT HAS BEEN CLEARED OUT FOR US OVER THERE WHERE WE OUT FOR US OVER THERE WHERE WE WILL SET UP THE MICHIGAN HOST WILL SET UP THE MICHIGAN HOST TENT WHICH WILL NOW TRANSITION TENT WHICH WILL NOW TRANSITION INTO THE THREE FIRES CONFEDERACY INTO THE THREE FIRES CONFEDERACY TENT OR THE THREE FIRES ALLIANCE TENT OR THE THREE FIRES ALLIANCE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A PRESENCE THERE IN STANDING ROCK PRESENCE THERE IN STANDING ROCK UNTIL IT'S DONE.

UNTIL IT'S DONE.

ONCE THE PIPE IS DONE, ONCE THE ONCE THE PIPE IS DONE, ONCE THE PIPE IS GONE THEN WE WILL LEAVE.

PIPE IS GONE THEN WE WILL LEAVE.

OR WE MAY JUST STAY FOR A LITTLE OR WE MAY JUST STAY FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

WHILE.

BUT WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR BUT WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR PRESENCE OVER THERE IN STANDING PRESENCE OVER THERE IN STANDING ROCK AND WE WILL FINISH WHAT WE ROCK AND WE WILL FINISH WHAT WE STARTED.

STARTED.

♪ ♪ THIS IS WITH RESPECT TO THE THIS IS WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAKOTA CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE.

ACCESS PIPELINE.

DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE.

DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE.

AGAIN, SUBJECT TO TERMS AND AGAIN, SUBJECT TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO BE NEGOTIATED BY CONDITIONS TO BE NEGOTIATED BY US.

US.

OKAY.

OKAY.

♪ ♪ WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO ENERGY WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO ENERGY INDEPENDENCE WE ARE OPPOSED TO INDEPENDENCE WE ARE OPPOSED TO RECKLESS AND POLITICALLY RECKLESS AND POLITICALLY MOTIVATED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS MOTIVATED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS LIKE DAPLE THAT IGNORE OUR LIKE DAPLE THAT IGNORE OUR TREATY RIGHTS AND RISK OUR TREATY RIGHTS AND RISK OUR WATER.

WATER.

CREATING A SECOND FLINT DOES NOT CREATING A SECOND FLINT DOES NOT MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN SIGNED MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN SIGNED DAVID THE SECOND CHAIRMAN OF DAVID THE SECOND CHAIRMAN OF STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE.

STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE.

AND AS IT CONTINUES TO PLAY OUT AND AS IT CONTINUES TO PLAY OUT IN NORTH DAKOTA FERLAND AND AMOS IN NORTH DAKOTA FERLAND AND AMOS CLOUD RETURNED TO MICHIGAN AND CLOUD RETURNED TO MICHIGAN AND ARE BEING ASKED TO STAND IN A ARE BEING ASKED TO STAND IN A WAY THAT ONLY MEMBERS OF THE WAY THAT ONLY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ARMED FORCES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAND FOR GENERATIONS.

STAND FOR GENERATIONS.

THEY ARE BEING SUSTAINED AS THEY ARE BEING SUSTAINED AS CONFEDERATES, AS WARRIORS.

CONFEDERATES, AS WARRIORS.

WHAT IS THE PLACE OF VETERAN IN WHAT IS THE PLACE OF VETERAN IN A POW-WOW?

A POW-WOW?

>> THEY COME OUT FOR EVERYTHING >> THEY COME OUT FOR EVERYTHING WE STARTED.

WE STARTED.

WE GO IN A CIRCLE AND THE REST WE GO IN A CIRCLE AND THE REST WILL COME IN AND START GOING.

WILL COME IN AND START GOING.

BASICALLY I STARTED, YES, BASICALLY I STARTED, YES, DEFINITELY A PLACE OF HONOR, OUR DEFINITELY A PLACE OF HONOR, OUR VETERANS CARRY THOSE FLAGS IN.

VETERANS CARRY THOSE FLAGS IN.

NOT ONLY TO REMIND US OF OUR NOT ONLY TO REMIND US OF OUR WARRIOR'S SPIRITS, REMIND US OF WARRIOR'S SPIRITS, REMIND US OF OUR RACE BUT ALSO THE HONOR THAT OUR RACE BUT ALSO THE HONOR THAT THE YOUTH ARE PROTECTED AND IF THE YOUTH ARE PROTECTED AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT HERE IN THE YOU HAVE BEEN OUT HERE IN THE U.S.

MILITARY ANY BRANCH YOU U.S.

MILITARY ANY BRANCH YOU SERVED IN YOU PROTECTED OUR SERVED IN YOU PROTECTED OUR PEOPLE AND WE HONOR THAT IN OUR PEOPLE AND WE HONOR THAT IN OUR CULTURE, WE HONOR THAT IN OUR CULTURE, WE HONOR THAT IN OUR WAYS, THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WAYS, THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIFE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIFE SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE LIFE.

SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE LIFE.

IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF IT WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF IT WASN'T FOR OUR VETERANS.

WASN'T FOR OUR VETERANS.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REALLY I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REALLY HONOR OUR VETERANS MYSELF.

HONOR OUR VETERANS MYSELF.

GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ANYBODY GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ANYBODY WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY ARMED WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY ARMED FORCES OR BEEN HERE AT STANDING FORCES OR BEEN HERE AT STANDING ROCK OR BEEN UP IN CANADA ROCK OR BEEN UP IN CANADA FIGHTING STRUGGLES UP THERE.

FIGHTING STRUGGLES UP THERE.

DEFINITELY A LOT OF RESPECT DEFINITELY A LOT OF RESPECT COMING FROM US TO THEM.

COMING FROM US TO THEM.

♪ ♪ TO THINK THE RELATIONSHIP TO THINK THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S.

MILITARY AND BETWEEN THE U.S.

MILITARY AND NATIVE AMERICANS IS COMPLICATED NATIVE AMERICANS IS COMPLICATED WOULD BE MAKING LIGHT OF IT.

WOULD BE MAKING LIGHT OF IT.

BUT IN DECEMBER OF 2016 BUT IN DECEMBER OF 2016 SOMETHING HAPPENED.

SOMETHING HAPPENED.

HUNDREDS OF VETERANS TRAVELED TO HUNDREDS OF VETERANS TRAVELED TO STANDING ROCK TO SUPPORT WATER STANDING ROCK TO SUPPORT WATER PROTECTORS.

PROTECTORS.

AND FOR A MOMENT THEY REVERSED AND FOR A MOMENT THEY REVERSED THE ROLES OF HISTORY.

THE ROLES OF HISTORY.

WE CAME, WE FOUGHT YOU, WE TOOK WE CAME, WE FOUGHT YOU, WE TOOK YOUR LAND AND TREATIES THAT WE YOUR LAND AND TREATIES THAT WE BROKE, WE SOLD MINERALS ON THE BROKE, WE SOLD MINERALS ON THE SACRED HILLS, WE BLASTED THE SACRED HILLS, WE BLASTED THE FACES OF OUR PRESIDENTS ON TO FACES OF OUR PRESIDENTS ON TO YOUR SACRED MOUNTAIN AND THEN WE YOUR SACRED MOUNTAIN AND THEN WE TOOK YOUR CHILDREN AND TOOK YOUR TOOK YOUR CHILDREN AND TOOK YOUR LANGUAGE, WE TRIED TO ELIMINATE LANGUAGE, WE TRIED TO ELIMINATE YOUR LANGUAGE THAT GOD GAVE YOU YOUR LANGUAGE THAT GOD GAVE YOU AND THAT THE CREATOR GAVE YOU.

AND THAT THE CREATOR GAVE YOU.

WE POLLUTED YOUR EARTH.

WE POLLUTED YOUR EARTH.

WE HAVE COME TO SAY THAT WE ARE WE HAVE COME TO SAY THAT WE ARE SORRY.

SORRY.

WE ARE AT YOUR SERVICE.

WE ARE AT YOUR SERVICE.

[CHANTING] [CHANTING] FORGIVENESS AND PEACE.

FORGIVENESS AND PEACE.

♪ ♪ WORLD PEACE.

WORLD PEACE.

♪ ♪ [CHANTING] [CHANTING] WE WILL TAKE A STEP.

WE WILL TAKE A STEP.

WE HAVE PRESERVED THE CARETAKERS WE HAVE PRESERVED THE CARETAKERS AND THOSE PEOPLE.

AND THOSE PEOPLE.

WE DO NOT OWN THE LAND, THE LAND WE DO NOT OWN THE LAND, THE LAND OWNS US.

OWNS US.

[CHANTING] [CHANTING] ♪ ♪ THIS IS THE TIME WHEN WE MEET THIS IS THE TIME WHEN WE MEET NEW FRIENDS AND OLD FRIEND AND NEW FRIENDS AND OLD FRIEND AND SEE FAMILY WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN A SEE FAMILY WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN A LONG TIME AND YOU KNOW THAT IS LONG TIME AND YOU KNOW THAT IS WHAT A POW-WOW IS ALL ABOUT AND WHAT A POW-WOW IS ALL ABOUT AND WHAT IT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR AND WHAT IT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR AND THE FIRST WOULD HAPPEN AND COME THE FIRST WOULD HAPPEN AND COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK AND OUT OF THE WOODWORK AND HIBERNATING AND IN THE SPRING WE HIBERNATING AND IN THE SPRING WE WOULD HAVE A POW-WOW AND SEE ALL WOULD HAVE A POW-WOW AND SEE ALL THE NEW HORNS AND THE ONES THAT THE NEW HORNS AND THE ONES THAT MADE IT THROUGH THE WINTER AND MADE IT THROUGH THE WINTER AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS HEALTHY MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS HEALTHY AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE ABLE TO AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE ABLE TO CARRY ON AND DO THEIR HARVEST.

CARRY ON AND DO THEIR HARVEST.

♪ ♪ 250 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY CROSSED 250 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY CROSSED THIS COUNTRY THE PEOPLE BEGAN THIS COUNTRY THE PEOPLE BEGAN TRAVELING GREATER AND GREATER TRAVELING GREATER AND GREATER DISTANCES AND OFTEN TIMES WE DISTANCES AND OFTEN TIMES WE WOULD FIND OURSELVES IN A WOULD FIND OURSELVES IN A COMMUNITY WHERE WE DIDN'T SPEAK COMMUNITY WHERE WE DIDN'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, WE WERE AMONG THE LANGUAGE, WE WERE AMONG NATIVE PEOPLE BUT WE DIDN'T NATIVE PEOPLE BUT WE DIDN'T SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE.

SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE.

YET WE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN YET WE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CEREMONIES, IN THE DANCING THE CEREMONIES, IN THE DANCING AND IN THE FESTIVITIES SO AND IN THE FESTIVITIES SO SINGING AND DANCING DEVELOPED SINGING AND DANCING DEVELOPED CALLED INNER TRIBAL.

CALLED INNER TRIBAL.

DURING INNER TRIBAL CEREMONIES DURING INNER TRIBAL CEREMONIES THE SINGERS SING WHAT WE CALL THE SINGERS SING WHAT WE CALL FOLKLORES AND SOME PEOPLE CALL FOLKLORES AND SOME PEOPLE CALL IT CHANTING BUT IN EITHER CASE IT CHANTING BUT IN EITHER CASE IT'S A WAY OF EVERYBODY IT'S A WAY OF EVERYBODY PARTICIPATING SO WHEN WE CALL PARTICIPATING SO WHEN WE CALL FOR AN INNER TRIBAL BAN FOR AN INNER TRIBAL BAN EVERYBODY CAN DANCE WE SAY AND EVERYBODY CAN DANCE WE SAY AND THAT MEANS EVERYBODY, THE GUESTS THAT MEANS EVERYBODY, THE GUESTS AND THE VISITORS AND THE AND THE VISITORS AND THE STRANGERS AND OUR FRIENDS, WE STRANGERS AND OUR FRIENDS, WE LIKE TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT HERE.

LIKE TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT HERE.

[CHANTING] [CHANTING] TO SEE THE WOMEN DANCE ARE NOT TO SEE THE WOMEN DANCE ARE NOT LIKE THE MEN, THE MEN ARE SHOW LIKE THE MEN, THE MEN ARE SHOW OFFICES.

OFFICES.

THESE WOMEN ARE HUMBLE AND YOU THESE WOMEN ARE HUMBLE AND YOU WILL NOTICE WHEN THEY DANCE THAT WILL NOTICE WHEN THEY DANCE THAT ONE FOOT IS ALWAYS ON THE ONE FOOT IS ALWAYS ON THE GROUND.

GROUND.

I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE OF THIS I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE OF THIS THEY ARE WOMEN AND THESE THEY ARE WOMEN AND THESE TRADITIONAL WOMEN HAVE A SPECIAL TRADITIONAL WOMEN HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HER AND SO RELATIONSHIP WITH HER AND SO THAT WHEN THEY DANCE SO VERY THAT WHEN THEY DANCE SO VERY CAREFULLY.

CAREFULLY.

GROUPS HAVE BEEN SACRED TO MORE GROUPS HAVE BEEN SACRED TO MORE AND IN THE COURSE OF SACRED AND IN THE COURSE OF SACRED THINGS WE LIKE TO USE IN OUR THINGS WE LIKE TO USE IN OUR CULTURE SO NOW DANCE, YOU WILL CULTURE SO NOW DANCE, YOU WILL SEE THEY MAKE PICTURES WITH SEE THEY MAKE PICTURES WITH THEIR HOOPS.

THEIR HOOPS.

[CHANTING] [CHANTING] AND NON-NATIVES LIKE ME TO HEAR AND NON-NATIVES LIKE ME TO HEAR A SACRED DRUM AND ATTEND A A SACRED DRUM AND ATTEND A POW-WOW BECAUSE UNTIL THE 1970s POW-WOW BECAUSE UNTIL THE 1970s NATIVES SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS NATIVES SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS WERE ILLEGAL.

WERE ILLEGAL.

♪ ♪ I THINK ONE OF THE CATHOLIC I THINK ONE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES THE METHODIST CHURCH WE CHURCHES THE METHODIST CHURCH WE WOULD HAVE CEREMONIES IN THEIR WOULD HAVE CEREMONIES IN THEIR BASEMENT.

BASEMENT.

THAT UMBRELLAED US TO PROTECT US THAT UMBRELLAED US TO PROTECT US SO WE COULD STILL PRACTICE OUR SO WE COULD STILL PRACTICE OUR TRADITIONAL ASPECTS OF OUR TRADITIONAL ASPECTS OF OUR RELIGION WITHOUT FEAR.

RELIGION WITHOUT FEAR.

>> BUT THAT FEAR EXTENDED WELL >> BUT THAT FEAR EXTENDED WELL BEYOND THE SIGNS OR REPRIMANDS.

BEYOND THE SIGNS OR REPRIMANDS.

>> MANY, MANY, MANY ELDERS MEN, >> MANY, MANY, MANY ELDERS MEN, WOMEN DISAPPEARED.

WOMEN DISAPPEARED.

SOMETIMES WE KNEW WHAT HAPPENED.

SOMETIMES WE KNEW WHAT HAPPENED.

WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE RIGHTS BUT MOST OF THROUGH THE RIGHTS BUT MOST OF THE TIME WE DIDN'T.

THE TIME WE DIDN'T.

THEY DISAPPEARED.

THEY DISAPPEARED.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT EVER AGAIN.

EVER AGAIN.

>> DISAPPEARED SEEMS AMBIGUOUS >> DISAPPEARED SEEMS AMBIGUOUS BUT IT SENDS A COMBINATION OF BUT IT SENDS A COMBINATION OF INTERACTIONS WITH LOCAL LAW INTERACTIONS WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CONFRONT -- ENFORCEMENT AND CONFRONT -- CONFRONTATIONS LED PEOPLE TO CONFRONTATIONS LED PEOPLE TO WONDER WHERE THEY WENT FROM ONE WONDER WHERE THEY WENT FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT.

DAY TO THE NEXT.

>> DISEASE AND RELOCATION AND >> DISEASE AND RELOCATION AND GOVERNMENT POLICY AND FROM 1900 GOVERNMENT POLICY AND FROM 1900 UNTIL 1970, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS UNTIL 1970, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS TIME PERIODS WHERE WE DIDN'T TIME PERIODS WHERE WE DIDN'T EVEN EXIST AS PEOPLE OR AS A EVEN EXIST AS PEOPLE OR AS A NATION OR AS A RELIGION, NATION OR AS A RELIGION, EVERYTHING WAS QUIET, EVERYTHING EVERYTHING WAS QUIET, EVERYTHING WAS SECRET.

WAS SECRET.

>> ALL OF THAT EFFORT TO OUTLAW >> ALL OF THAT EFFORT TO OUTLAW A PEOPLE'S SPIRITUALITY IS ONE A PEOPLE'S SPIRITUALITY IS ONE QUESTION, WHAT WAS SO DANGEROUS QUESTION, WHAT WAS SO DANGEROUS ABOUT THEIR STORY THAT THE ABOUT THEIR STORY THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WOULD UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WOULD VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT IN VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO SUPPRESS IT.

ORDER TO SUPPRESS IT.

♪ ♪ THE CREATION STORY AND TRADITION THE CREATION STORY AND TRADITION WAS TOLD THROUGH SONGS AND WAS TOLD THROUGH SONGS AND CEREMONIES THAT TYPICALLY TAKE CEREMONIES THAT TYPICALLY TAKE UP TO A WEEK.

UP TO A WEEK.

THE SONGS ARE SPOKEN ONLY BY A THE SONGS ARE SPOKEN ONLY BY A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON EARTH.

SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON EARTH.

BUT AT THE ZIIBIWING AND BUT AT THE ZIIBIWING AND ANISHINABE CULTURE AND LIFEWAYS ANISHINABE CULTURE AND LIFEWAYS THEY AGREED TO SUMMARIZE A THEY AGREED TO SUMMARIZE A NARRATIVE FOR ME BASED ON THE NARRATIVE FOR ME BASED ON THE TEACHERS SHE RECEIVED.

TEACHERS SHE RECEIVED.

>> THE LAKE SUPERIOR.

>> THE LAKE SUPERIOR.

AND SAGINAW.

AND SAGINAW.

MY NAME IS SHANNON MARTIN AND MY NAME IS SHANNON MARTIN AND SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE ZIIBIWING CENTER OF ANISHINABE ZIIBIWING CENTER OF ANISHINABE CULTURE AND LIFEWAYS OUR CULTURE AND LIFEWAYS OUR CREATION BEGINS WITH THE CREATION BEGINS WITH THE ZIIBIWING OR WHO WE KNOW AS THE ZIIBIWING OR WHO WE KNOW AS THE GREAT MYSTERY, THE CREATOR.

GREAT MYSTERY, THE CREATOR.

♪ ♪ IT GOES BACK TO A TIME WHEN IT GOES BACK TO A TIME WHEN THERE WAS NO MATTER EXISTED.

THERE WAS NO MATTER EXISTED.

WE ARE TOLD THAT THOSE FIRST WE ARE TOLD THAT THOSE FIRST THOUGHTS OF THE CREATOR MADE A THOUGHTS OF THE CREATOR MADE A FLOWING SOUND.

FLOWING SOUND.

AND THAT FLOWING SOUND YOU CAN AND THAT FLOWING SOUND YOU CAN STILL HEAR IN ONE OF OUR SACRED STILL HEAR IN ONE OF OUR SACRED CEREMONIAL OBJECTS CALLED AN CEREMONIAL OBJECTS CALLED AN SHIGAWAN AND SO BEGAN TIME AND SHIGAWAN AND SO BEGAN TIME AND SO BEGAN MATTER THOSE FIRST SO BEGAN MATTER THOSE FIRST THOUGHTS OF CREATOR WE SEE IN THOUGHTS OF CREATOR WE SEE IN THE NIGHT SKY, WE LOOK UP, YOU THE NIGHT SKY, WE LOOK UP, YOU ARE SEEING OTHER PLANETS, YOU ARE SEEING OTHER PLANETS, YOU ARE SEEING STARS, YOU ARE SEEING ARE SEEING STARS, YOU ARE SEEING GALAXY OR MILKY WAY AND THOSE GALAXY OR MILKY WAY AND THOSE REPRESENT THE FIRST THOUGHTS OF REPRESENT THE FIRST THOUGHTS OF CREATOR IN PROVIDING A UNIVERSAL CREATOR IN PROVIDING A UNIVERSAL PLACE FOR BEAUTY.

PLACE FOR BEAUTY.

>> MATTER IN EXISTENCE AND STARS >> MATTER IN EXISTENCE AND STARS IN ORBITS CREATOR WONDERED WHAT IN ORBITS CREATOR WONDERED WHAT HE OR SHE, THEY DON'T HAVE AN HE OR SHE, THEY DON'T HAVE AN ASSIGNED GENDER WHAT HE, SHE ASSIGNED GENDER WHAT HE, SHE WANTED THE SOUND OF LIFE TO BE.

WANTED THE SOUND OF LIFE TO BE.

>> AND THAT SOUND CAME WITH A >> AND THAT SOUND CAME WITH A HEARTBEAT.

HEARTBEAT.

BOOM-BOOM.

BOOM-BOOM.

THAT HEARTBEAT IS WHAT IS THAT HEARTBEAT IS WHAT IS ENCAPSULATED IN OUR SACRED ENCAPSULATED IN OUR SACRED DRUMS, OUR WATER DRUMS, OUR BIG DRUMS, OUR WATER DRUMS, OUR BIG DRUMS, OUR HAND DRUMS.

DRUMS, OUR HAND DRUMS.

SO THE FIRST SPIRIT, THE FIRST SO THE FIRST SPIRIT, THE FIRST PHYSICAL BEING THAT THE CREATOR PHYSICAL BEING THAT THE CREATOR PROVIDED IN THIS UNIVERSE IN ALL PROVIDED IN THIS UNIVERSE IN ALL OF CREATION WAS MOTHER EARTH AND OF CREATION WAS MOTHER EARTH AND HE FORMED MOTHER EARTH AND HE FORMED MOTHER EARTH AND INSIDE MOTHER EARTH IS THAT INSIDE MOTHER EARTH IS THAT SOUND OF LIFE.

SOUND OF LIFE.

>> MOTHER EARTH HOLDING THE >> MOTHER EARTH HOLDING THE HEART OF LIFE CREATOR THEN SENT HEART OF LIFE CREATOR THEN SENT TO THE TASK OF MAKING BEINGS TO THE TASK OF MAKING BEINGS THAT MAINTAINED HER BOUNDS THAT MAINTAINED HER BOUNDS FLYING AND FOUR-LEGGED BEASTS FLYING AND FOUR-LEGGED BEASTS EACH REVERED AS AN ELDER SPIRIT EACH REVERED AS AN ELDER SPIRIT TO HUMANITY.

TO HUMANITY.

WE DON'T REVEER THEM AS GODS.

WE DON'T REVEER THEM AS GODS.

BUT WE RESPECT THEM AS OLDER BUT WE RESPECT THEM AS OLDER SPIRITS THAT WERE HERE BEFORE WE SPIRITS THAT WERE HERE BEFORE WE WERE HERE.

WERE HERE.

>> THEN THEY MADE A SPECIAL KIND >> THEN THEY MADE A SPECIAL KIND OF BEING.

OF BEING.

>> THE LIKENESS OF THE CREATOR.

>> THE LIKENESS OF THE CREATOR.

>> CREATOR REACHED DOWN AND >> CREATOR REACHED DOWN AND SCOOPED UP A HANDFUL OF MOTHER SCOOPED UP A HANDFUL OF MOTHER EARTH AND A HANDFUL OF WATER AND EARTH AND A HANDFUL OF WATER AND MOLDED A TWO-LEGGED BEING.

MOLDED A TWO-LEGGED BEING.

♪ ♪ THERE IS ONLY ONE ISSUE.

THERE IS ONLY ONE ISSUE.

WE NEED TO BIND LIFE FROM CLAY.

WE NEED TO BIND LIFE FROM CLAY.

THE ANSWER IS BREATH.

THE ANSWER IS BREATH.

>> BREATH IS SO POWERFUL THAT >> BREATH IS SO POWERFUL THAT FIRST BEING BROKE APART.

FIRST BEING BROKE APART.

>> CREATOR THEN FASHIONED A >> CREATOR THEN FASHIONED A SECOND TWO-LEGGED BEING.

SECOND TWO-LEGGED BEING.

>> CREATOR JUST STARED AND THEN >> CREATOR JUST STARED AND THEN ASKED THE OLDEST BEINGS ON EARTH ASKED THE OLDEST BEINGS ON EARTH I'M TRYING TO PUT LIFE INTO THE I'M TRYING TO PUT LIFE INTO THE THING, I TRIED ONCE AND MY THING, I TRIED ONCE AND MY BREATH WAS TOO POWERFUL TO PLACE BREATH WAS TOO POWERFUL TO PLACE THE BREATH OF LIFE INTO THIS THE BREATH OF LIFE INTO THIS BEING.

BEING.

I'M CALLING UPON YOU TO COUNSEL I'M CALLING UPON YOU TO COUNSEL AND HELP ME SO ALL TO BEINGS AND HELP ME SO ALL TO BEINGS GATHERED AND ONE LITTLE BEING GATHERED AND ONE LITTLE BEING KIND OF CRAWLED OUT OF THE OCEAN KIND OF CRAWLED OUT OF THE OCEAN AND SAID USE ME, USE ME AS A AND SAID USE ME, USE ME AS A VESSEL TO DELIVER THE BREATH OF VESSEL TO DELIVER THE BREATH OF LIFE AND IT WAS A LITTLE TINY LIFE AND IT WAS A LITTLE TINY WHAT WE KNOW IS A SHELL IN OUR WHAT WE KNOW IS A SHELL IN OUR LANGUAGE WE CALL IT AN MEGA LANGUAGE WE CALL IT AN MEGA SHELL.

SHELL.

>> NEW LIFE THROUGH THE SHELL >> NEW LIFE THROUGH THE SHELL AND INTO TO BEING AND IT WORKED.

AND INTO TO BEING AND IT WORKED.

SO CREATOR MADE A TOTAL OF FOUR SO CREATOR MADE A TOTAL OF FOUR BEINGS.

BEINGS.

IN ORDER TO SET EACH IN A IN ORDER TO SET EACH IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE WORLD.

DIFFERENT PART OF THE WORLD.

HE, SHE THEN SENT WITH A FOUR HE, SHE THEN SENT WITH A FOUR AND GAVE THEM TEACHINGS FOR HOW AND GAVE THEM TEACHINGS FOR HOW TO LIVE ON MOTHER EARTH.

TO LIVE ON MOTHER EARTH.

>> THIS IS YOUR HOME.

>> THIS IS YOUR HOME.

AND YOU ARE TO LIVE AND TO LIVE AND YOU ARE TO LIVE AND TO LIVE IN CREATION WITH WHAT I'VE IN CREATION WITH WHAT I'VE PROVIDED AND ANIMAL PLANT PROVIDED AND ANIMAL PLANT BEINGS, WATER, MEDICINES ARE ALL BEINGS, WATER, MEDICINES ARE ALL THERE FOR YOU.

THERE FOR YOU.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED WHERE I EVERYTHING YOU NEED WHERE I PLACED YOU IS THERE TO HELP YOU, PLACED YOU IS THERE TO HELP YOU, TO FEED YOU, TO CLOTHE YOU, TO TO FEED YOU, TO CLOTHE YOU, TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.

TAKE CARE OF YOU.

>> AMERICAN IMAGE FREEDOM ACT >> AMERICAN IMAGE FREEDOM ACT AND MADE THE STORY LEGAL IN 1978 AND MADE THE STORY LEGAL IN 1978 CAN EVENTUALLY FIND AT THE START CAN EVENTUALLY FIND AT THE START IN MICHIGAN.

IN MICHIGAN.

>> MY CHURCH OR ACLESISTICAL >> MY CHURCH OR ACLESISTICAL AFFILIATION AND CHURCH IS EASY AFFILIATION AND CHURCH IS EASY TO USE AND IT WAS INCORPORATED TO USE AND IT WAS INCORPORATED IN 1991, IT IS A LEGITIMATE IN 1991, IT IS A LEGITIMATE FEDERALLY AND STATE RECOGNIZED FEDERALLY AND STATE RECOGNIZED ACLESTICAL ORGANIZATION AND ACLESTICAL ORGANIZATION AND STARTED WITH MY GRANDFATHER AND STARTED WITH MY GRANDFATHER AND MY DAD STARTED IN THE LATE 70s MY DAD STARTED IN THE LATE 70s ON THE IDEA BECAUSE HERE AGAIN ON THE IDEA BECAUSE HERE AGAIN WE LIVED IN HOLLAND YOU KNOW AND WE LIVED IN HOLLAND YOU KNOW AND THERE IS EIGHT CHURCHES WITHIN A THERE IS EIGHT CHURCHES WITHIN A MILE OF OUR HOME SO IT'S LIKE MILE OF OUR HOME SO IT'S LIKE WHY CAN'T WE PROTECT OURSELVES?

WHY CAN'T WE PROTECT OURSELVES?

WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO TO THESE WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO TO THESE CHURCHES FOR RELIGIOUS CHURCHES FOR RELIGIOUS PROTECTION?

PROTECTION?

TO BE UMBRELLAED SO AT THAT TIME TO BE UMBRELLAED SO AT THAT TIME IT WAS THE ONLY WAY ANYBODY WAS IT WAS THE ONLY WAY ANYBODY WAS GOING TO HAVE ANY KIND OF STATUS GOING TO HAVE ANY KIND OF STATUS OF ANYTHING AND WE HAD TO JOIN A OF ANYTHING AND WE HAD TO JOIN A CHURCH.

CHURCH.

IT WAS DISCUSSED AND IT WENT ALL IT WAS DISCUSSED AND IT WENT ALL OVER WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, OVER WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, OHIO, CANADA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, OHIO, CANADA, SAULT ST.

MARIE AND THE UP AND SAULT ST.

MARIE AND THE UP AND ALL THE WAY UP TO THUNDER BAY ALL THE WAY UP TO THUNDER BAY ELDERS WERE DISCUSSING THE PROS ELDERS WERE DISCUSSING THE PROS AND CONS TO IT AND EVERYBODY AND CONS TO IT AND EVERYBODY AGREED, EVERYBODY AGREED LET'S AGREED, EVERYBODY AGREED LET'S TRY IT AND IT TOOK TEN YEARS AND TRY IT AND IT TOOK TEN YEARS AND THE ACTION OF CHAPTER 11 ON OUR THE ACTION OF CHAPTER 11 ON OUR BEHALF AND THEY HELPED PUSH IT BEHALF AND THEY HELPED PUSH IT THROUGH BECAUSE IT STALLED OUT THROUGH BECAUSE IT STALLED OUT IN THE IRS AND WE WERE WAITING IN THE IRS AND WE WERE WAITING FOR A TAX EXEMPT NUMBERS THEY FOR A TAX EXEMPT NUMBERS THEY GOT IT ESTABLISHED AND SO WE GOT GOT IT ESTABLISHED AND SO WE GOT THE RECOGNITION IN 91.

THE RECOGNITION IN 91.

EVEN SINCE THEN THERE IS NO AT EVEN SINCE THEN THERE IS NO AT LEAST AFTER SPEAKING WITH LEAST AFTER SPEAKING WITH MICHIGAN INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES, MICHIGAN INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES, THERE IS NO OTHER NATIVE THERE IS NO OTHER NATIVE AMERICAN BASED PRE-COLUMBIA AMERICAN BASED PRE-COLUMBIA BASED ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZED IN BASED ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZED IN THE COUNTRY.

THE COUNTRY.

AND ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS, AND ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS, RESPECT EVERYTHING GOD MADE.

RESPECT EVERYTHING GOD MADE.

THINK AND THANK EVERYBODY THAT THINK AND THANK EVERYBODY THAT GOD MADE FOR BEING THERE BECAUSE GOD MADE FOR BEING THERE BECAUSE IT'S SUPPORTIVE IN SOME WAY TO IT'S SUPPORTIVE IN SOME WAY TO YOU AS A PERSON AND HAVE YOU AS A PERSON AND HAVE COMPASSION AND EMPATHY FOR COMPASSION AND EMPATHY FOR EVERYTHING GOD MADE.

EVERYTHING GOD MADE.

IT'S ALL IMPORTANT.

IT'S ALL IMPORTANT.

THE WAY I WAS TAUGHT AND BETTY THE WAY I WAS TAUGHT AND BETTY USED TO SAY NOTHING IS EVER USED TO SAY NOTHING IS EVER FORGOTTEN AS LONG AS WE HAVE FORGOTTEN AS LONG AS WE HAVE CHILDREN BORN TO DREAM.

CHILDREN BORN TO DREAM.

IT WILL ALL COME BACK.

IT WILL ALL COME BACK.

♪ ♪ IN THE LATE AND EARLY 1900S A IN THE LATE AND EARLY 1900S A GUY NAME GENERAL PRATT TOOK GUY NAME GENERAL PRATT TOOK PRISONERS OF WAR APACHES AND PRISONERS OF WAR APACHES AND TOOK THEM IN SHACKLES TO FLORIDA TOOK THEM IN SHACKLES TO FLORIDA AND DID A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT AND AND DID A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT AND WHAT HE DID IS HE COTTON GROOMED WHAT HE DID IS HE COTTON GROOMED THEIR HAIR, MADE THEM LOOK LIKE THEIR HAIR, MADE THEM LOOK LIKE WHITE EUROPEANS AND TAUGHT THEM WHITE EUROPEANS AND TAUGHT THEM ENGLISH AND EUROPEAN MANNERS AND ENGLISH AND EUROPEAN MANNERS AND ETIQUETTE AND THE PROCESS I'M ETIQUETTE AND THE PROCESS I'M SURE FOR THESE MEN WAS VERY SURE FOR THESE MEN WAS VERY TRAUMATIC, SOME OF THEM TRAUMATIC, SOME OF THEM COMMITTED SUICIDE.

COMMITTED SUICIDE.

BUT THEN AFTER THIS PERIOD OF BUT THEN AFTER THIS PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS OF MAKING THEM SEVERAL MONTHS OF MAKING THEM INTO QUOTE, UNQUOTE EUROPEAN INTO QUOTE, UNQUOTE EUROPEAN WHITE PEOPLE HE TOOK THEM BACK WHITE PEOPLE HE TOOK THEM BACK TO CONGRESS AND SAID THIS IS TO CONGRESS AND SAID THIS IS MORE HUMANE THAN KILLING THE RED MORE HUMANE THAN KILLING THE RED SAVAGES THAT WE NEED TO EDUCATE SAVAGES THAT WE NEED TO EDUCATE THEM AND SO PRATT ASKED CONGRESS THEM AND SO PRATT ASKED CONGRESS TO APPROPRIATE MONEY TO BUILD TO APPROPRIATE MONEY TO BUILD SCHOOLS FOR AMERICAN INDIAN SCHOOLS FOR AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDREN SO THE FIRST BOARDING CHILDREN SO THE FIRST BOARDING SCHOOL WAS THE INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL WAS THE INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL AND I BELIEVE IT WAS THIS SCHOOL AND I BELIEVE IT WAS THIS 1879 IN PENNSYLVANIA AND IT KIND 1879 IN PENNSYLVANIA AND IT KIND OF JUST TOOK OFF FROM THERE.

OF JUST TOOK OFF FROM THERE.

♪ ♪ SO THAT YEAR THAT I GOT TO GO TO SO THAT YEAR THAT I GOT TO GO TO THE CHILDHOOD WE RODE UP IN THE THE CHILDHOOD WE RODE UP IN THE SAME CAR AND THEN WHEN WE SAME CAR AND THEN WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THAT PLACE, UPON ARRIVED AT THAT PLACE, UPON GETTING THERE, IT IS OKAY GIRLS GETTING THERE, IT IS OKAY GIRLS YOU GUYS GO DOWN TO THAT SIDE OF YOU GUYS GO DOWN TO THAT SIDE OF THE SCHOOL.

THE SCHOOL.

OH, YOU ARE THIS AGE AND NO YOU OH, YOU ARE THIS AGE AND NO YOU ARE THIS AGE YOU GO TO THIS PART ARE THIS AGE YOU GO TO THIS PART OF THE SCHOOL AND YOU GO TO THIS OF THE SCHOOL AND YOU GO TO THIS PART OVER HERE.

PART OVER HERE.

WE COULD GO THERE WITHOUT WE COULD GO THERE WITHOUT BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER.

BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER.

EVEN IF WE WENT TO MEAL TIME EVEN IF WE WENT TO MEAL TIME THEY WOULD SIT OFF IN THEIR THEY WOULD SIT OFF IN THEIR AREAS AND WE WOULDN'T DARE TRY AREAS AND WE WOULDN'T DARE TRY TO GET UP OFF OF THAT TABLE AND TO GET UP OFF OF THAT TABLE AND GO OVER THERE AND VISIT WITH GO OVER THERE AND VISIT WITH YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE YOU HAD THIS YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE YOU HAD THIS STRUCTURE.

STRUCTURE.

YOU HAD TO SIT AT THAT TABLE.

YOU HAD TO SIT AT THAT TABLE.

YOU HAD TO EAT WITH THOSE FORKS, YOU HAD TO EAT WITH THOSE FORKS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE UTENSILS FROM YOU KNOW, FROM THE UTENSILS FROM THE OUTSIDE IN, WITH THE SIT THE OUTSIDE IN, WITH THE SIT DOWN MEALS THAT THEY PROVIDED US DOWN MEALS THAT THEY PROVIDED US AND IF YOU DIDN'T FOLLOW THOSE AND IF YOU DIDN'T FOLLOW THOSE RULES THERE WAS CONSEQUENCES.

RULES THERE WAS CONSEQUENCES.

>> THE CONSEQUENCES FOR >> THE CONSEQUENCES FOR DISOBEYING WERE SEVERE.

DISOBEYING WERE SEVERE.

SOMETIMES FATAL.

SOMETIMES FATAL.

THERE ARE DOZENS OF EXAMPLES OF THERE ARE DOZENS OF EXAMPLES OF ABUSE IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABUSE IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA AND THE BARRACKS IN CANADA AND THE BARRACKS IN PENNSYLVANIA THERE ARE 186 PENNSYLVANIA THERE ARE 186 GRAVES OF THE CHILDREN AT THE GRAVES OF THE CHILDREN AT THE ROSE BUD RESERVATION AND A GRAVE ROSE BUD RESERVATION AND A GRAVE OF A CHILDREN WAS UNEARTHED ADD OF A CHILDREN WAS UNEARTHED ADD A CATHOLIC BOARDING SCHOOL IN A CATHOLIC BOARDING SCHOOL IN CANADA.

CANADA.

>> IF I REMEMBER I WAS SITTING >> IF I REMEMBER I WAS SITTING IN MY SECOND GRADE CLASSROOM AND IN MY SECOND GRADE CLASSROOM AND IT WAS READING TIME AND I IT WAS READING TIME AND I REMEMBER HEARING THIS SOUND OF REMEMBER HEARING THIS SOUND OF CHAOS COMING INTO FOCUS AND MY CHAOS COMING INTO FOCUS AND MY EARS THAT SNAPPED ME OUT OF THAT EARS THAT SNAPPED ME OUT OF THAT FANTASY LAND.

FANTASY LAND.

THERE WAS A CONFRONTATION THAT THERE WAS A CONFRONTATION THAT WAS GOING ON BETWEEN ONE OF THE WAS GOING ON BETWEEN ONE OF THE BROTHERS THERE AND MY BROTHER BROTHERS THERE AND MY BROTHER AND MY LITTLE EARS, MY LITTLE AND MY LITTLE EARS, MY LITTLE MIND HERE MY BROTHER'S VOICE IS MIND HERE MY BROTHER'S VOICE IS COMING INTO FOCUS, I'M CRYING COMING INTO FOCUS, I'M CRYING FOR THAT MERCY.

FOR THAT MERCY.

STOP, STOP, I WON'T DO THAT STOP, STOP, I WON'T DO THAT AGAIN BUT EVEN WITH HIS PLEADING AGAIN BUT EVEN WITH HIS PLEADING YOU COULD STILL HEAR THE WOOSH YOU COULD STILL HEAR THE WOOSH AND THE CRACK OF THAT PADDLE.

AND THE CRACK OF THAT PADDLE.

BY GIVING THE STRUCTURE THAT WE BY GIVING THE STRUCTURE THAT WE WERE UNDER THERE WAS LIKE NO WAY WERE UNDER THERE WAS LIKE NO WAY IN MY MIND THAT I COULD JUST GO IN MY MIND THAT I COULD JUST GO RUN TO MY BROTHER'S RESCUE.

RUN TO MY BROTHER'S RESCUE.

♪ ♪ THIS WENT ON FOR SEVERAL DECADES THIS WENT ON FOR SEVERAL DECADES AND THEN A REPORT CALLED THE AND THEN A REPORT CALLED THE MARIAM REPORT CAME OUT AND IT MARIAM REPORT CAME OUT AND IT WAS A CRITIQUE OF THE BOARDING WAS A CRITIQUE OF THE BOARDING SCHOOLS AND HOW MANY CHILDREN SCHOOLS AND HOW MANY CHILDREN WERE MALNOURISHED AND NEGLECTED WERE MALNOURISHED AND NEGLECTED AND DYING ACROSS THE NATION SO AND DYING ACROSS THE NATION SO THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF THESE THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF THESE SCHOOLS, CHURCH OWNED, SCHOOLS, CHURCH OWNED, GOVERNMENT OWNED AND THE MARIAM GOVERNMENT OWNED AND THE MARIAM REPORT WAS KIND OF AN REPORT WAS KIND OF AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS AND THAT INVESTIGATION OF THIS AND THAT IS WHEN THE BOARDING SCHOOLS IS WHEN THE BOARDING SCHOOLS STARTED BEING SHUT DOWN.

STARTED BEING SHUT DOWN.

SO WE GOT THOSE ORIGINAL SO WE GOT THOSE ORIGINAL BOARDING SCHOOL FILES AND SO I BOARDING SCHOOL FILES AND SO I WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH AND READ WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH AND READ THE CHILDREN'S RECORDS, MAYBE THE CHILDREN'S RECORDS, MAYBE LETTERS THAT WERE WRITTEN FROM LETTERS THAT WERE WRITTEN FROM PARENTS OR LETTERS FROM CHILDREN PARENTS OR LETTERS FROM CHILDREN TO THEIR PARENTS WANTING TO GO TO THEIR PARENTS WANTING TO GO HOME AND FEEL HOME SICK.

HOME AND FEEL HOME SICK.

YOU KNOW, THE LETTERS THAT YOU KNOW, THE LETTERS THAT REMAIN IN THE FILE MAYBE SOME REMAIN IN THE FILE MAYBE SOME ARE THERE AND SOME ARE NOT BUT ARE THERE AND SOME ARE NOT BUT THEY ARE AN IMPERFECT RECORD OF THEY ARE AN IMPERFECT RECORD OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE, THE WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE, THE PARENTS WERE TOLD KIDS CAN COME PARENTS WERE TOLD KIDS CAN COME HOME MAYBE IN THE SUMMER BUT HOME MAYBE IN THE SUMMER BUT THEN A LOT OF TIMES THEY WERE THEN A LOT OF TIMES THEY WERE OUTED FOR WORK ON TO FARMS OR OUTED FOR WORK ON TO FARMS OR INDUSTRIAL SHOPS AND SO YOU KNOW INDUSTRIAL SHOPS AND SO YOU KNOW SO THERE IS SOME OF THAT BUT SO THERE IS SOME OF THAT BUT THIS ONE IS FROM THE MOUNT THIS ONE IS FROM THE MOUNT PLEASANT INDIAN INDUSTRIAL PLEASANT INDIAN INDUSTRIAL BOARDING SCHOOL AND IT'S FROM BOARDING SCHOOL AND IT'S FROM ALIZA-SILAS TO HER MOM AND IT ALIZA-SILAS TO HER MOM AND IT SAYS DEAR MOTHER, I AM WELL.

SAYS DEAR MOTHER, I AM WELL.

I HOPE YOU ARE THE SAME.

I HOPE YOU ARE THE SAME.

THIS IS THE LAST LETTER HOME THIS IS THE LAST LETTER HOME UNTIL AFTER VACATION.

UNTIL AFTER VACATION.

I AM NOT COMING HOME.

I AM NOT COMING HOME.

MAYBE THOMAS WILL GO HOME.

MAYBE THOMAS WILL GO HOME.

I MUST WORK.

I MUST WORK.

I'M IN SECOND GRADE.

I'M IN SECOND GRADE.

MY BROTHER THOMAS IS IN THIRD MY BROTHER THOMAS IS IN THIRD GRADE.

GRADE.

I LIKE TO PLAY WITH GIRLS.

I LIKE TO PLAY WITH GIRLS.

DO YOU KNOW NANCY?

DO YOU KNOW NANCY?

SHE IS GOING TO SCHOOL TOO.

SHE IS GOING TO SCHOOL TOO.

I WILL HAVE FUN.

I WILL HAVE FUN.

THE BAND IS PLAYING HERE.

THE BAND IS PLAYING HERE.

WE ARE GOING TO SCHOOL SOON SO WE ARE GOING TO SCHOOL SOON SO GOOD-BYE.

GOOD-BYE.

FROM ALIZA-SILAS.

FROM ALIZA-SILAS.

YOU CAN JUST FEEL AND READ YOU CAN JUST FEEL AND READ BETWEEN THE LINES AND FEEL THE BETWEEN THE LINES AND FEEL THE SORT OF STIFFNESS OF THAT LETTER SORT OF STIFFNESS OF THAT LETTER AND THE FACT THAT SHE IS IN AND THE FACT THAT SHE IS IN SECOND GRADE AND SAYS I CAN'T SECOND GRADE AND SAYS I CAN'T COME HOME TO SEE YOU, I HAVE TO COME HOME TO SEE YOU, I HAVE TO WORK.

WORK.

LIKE THIS IS -- THIS WAS ALSO LIKE THIS IS -- THIS WAS ALSO ABOUT LABOR AND ABOUT EXPLOITING ABOUT LABOR AND ABOUT EXPLOITING CHILDREN'S LABOR FOR ECONOMIC CHILDREN'S LABOR FOR ECONOMIC GAIN.

GAIN.

♪ ♪ AS I WAS GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT AS I WAS GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT RECORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS I CAME RECORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS I CAME ACROSS SOME PICTURES OF A ACROSS SOME PICTURES OF A BASKETBALL TEAM AND IT WAS FROM BASKETBALL TEAM AND IT WAS FROM THE LOCAL INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOCAL INDIAN RESERVATION AND THERE WAS A SIMPLE ON THEIR THERE WAS A SIMPLE ON THEIR UNIFORMS THAT LOOKED LIKE AN UNIFORMS THAT LOOKED LIKE AN SWISTIKA AND HOW CAN THIS BE AND SWISTIKA AND HOW CAN THIS BE AND THE CONNECTION AND GOING THROUGH THE CONNECTION AND GOING THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFERENT RECORDS A LOT OF DIFFERENT RECORDS INCLUDING THE BIOGRAPHY WRITTEN INCLUDING THE BIOGRAPHY WRITTEN BY JOHN TOLAND OF HITLER, I BY JOHN TOLAND OF HITLER, I STARTED TO LEARN ABOUT HITLER'S STARTED TO LEARN ABOUT HITLER'S FASCINATION WITH AMERICAN FASCINATION WITH AMERICAN INDIANS ESPECIALLY AS A YOUNG INDIANS ESPECIALLY AS A YOUNG BOY AND THEN LATER AS AN ADULT, BOY AND THEN LATER AS AN ADULT, HIS ADMIRATION, HE WROTE ABOUT HIS ADMIRATION, HE WROTE ABOUT HIS ADMIRATION OF AMERICA'S HIS ADMIRATION OF AMERICA'S EFFICIENT DEALING WITH THEIR EFFICIENT DEALING WITH THEIR INDIAN PROBLEM THROUGH UNEVEN INDIAN PROBLEM THROUGH UNEVEN COMBAT AND STARVATION AND HE COMBAT AND STARVATION AND HE ADMIRED AMERICA AND THE ENGLISH ADMIRED AMERICA AND THE ENGLISH AND THEIR TOOLS OF CULTURAL AND THEIR TOOLS OF CULTURAL DOMINATION AND SOLVING THEIR DOMINATION AND SOLVING THEIR INDIAN PROBLEM.

INDIAN PROBLEM.

AND I STARTED TO KIND OF CONNECT AND I STARTED TO KIND OF CONNECT THE DOTS THERE.

THE DOTS THERE.

1915 WAS THE YEAR THE NAZIS 1915 WAS THE YEAR THE NAZIS ADOPTED THAT SYMBOL, THAT SYMBOL ADOPTED THAT SYMBOL, THAT SYMBOL WAS USED IN INDIAN TRIBES YOU WAS USED IN INDIAN TRIBES YOU KNOW LONG BEFORE THAT AND SO IT KNOW LONG BEFORE THAT AND SO IT WAS SORT OF I THINK IT WAS A WAS SORT OF I THINK IT WAS A CULTURAL APPROPRIATION OF WHAT CULTURAL APPROPRIATION OF WHAT WAS AN INDIAN SIMPLE BUT IF YOU WAS AN INDIAN SIMPLE BUT IF YOU LOOK AT HOW THE BOARDING SCHOOLS LOOK AT HOW THE BOARDING SCHOOLS WERE PUT NEXT TO TRAIN STATIONS, WERE PUT NEXT TO TRAIN STATIONS, CHILDREN CAME IN, THEIR HAIR WAS CHILDREN CAME IN, THEIR HAIR WAS CUT SHORT OR SHAVED, IN SOME CUT SHORT OR SHAVED, IN SOME CASES THEY WERE TATTOOED WITH CASES THEY WERE TATTOOED WITH NUMBERS, SO THERE WAS A VERY NUMBERS, SO THERE WAS A VERY CONTROLLED SYSTEMATIC WAY OF CONTROLLED SYSTEMATIC WAY OF ACCOUNTING FOR INDIAN CHILDREN.

ACCOUNTING FOR INDIAN CHILDREN.

>> GROWING UP THROUGH THAT PART >> GROWING UP THROUGH THAT PART OF THE BOARDING SCHOOL OF THE BOARDING SCHOOL EXPERIENCE THAT WAS PRETTY EXPERIENCE THAT WAS PRETTY TRAUMATIC TO ME AND I THINK THAT TRAUMATIC TO ME AND I THINK THAT EVEN INFLUENCED SOME OF THE EVEN INFLUENCED SOME OF THE STRUGGLES THAT I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLES THAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH IN MY LIFE.

THROUGH IN MY LIFE.

YOU KNOW, AND I EVEN LOOK AT ALL YOU KNOW, AND I EVEN LOOK AT ALL OF MY SIBLINGS WHO WENT THROUGH OF MY SIBLINGS WHO WENT THROUGH THAT BOARDING SCHOOL THERE, YOU THAT BOARDING SCHOOL THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS REPERCUSSIONS OF KNOW, THERE IS REPERCUSSIONS OF THAT EXPERIENCE.

THAT EXPERIENCE.

COUPLED WITH OUR CHILDHOOD COUPLED WITH OUR CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE AND THE DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCE AND THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE HAVE WENT TO AS WE WERE THAT WE HAVE WENT TO AS WE WERE COMING OF AGE.

COMING OF AGE.

SO MUCH SO THAT MY BROTHER HE IS SO MUCH SO THAT MY BROTHER HE IS INCARCERATED RIGHT NOW.

INCARCERATED RIGHT NOW.

MY SISTER IS RIGHT NOW SHE IS MY SISTER IS RIGHT NOW SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO RECOVER CURRENTLY WORKING TO RECOVER FROM A HEROIN ADDICTION.

FROM A HEROIN ADDICTION.

SHE SPENT ALL OF HER ADULT LIFE SHE SPENT ALL OF HER ADULT LIFE IN THAT LIFESTYLE JUST TRYING TO IN THAT LIFESTYLE JUST TRYING TO QUIET THE VOICES.

QUIET THE VOICES.

>> THE LAST OF THE BOARDING >> THE LAST OF THE BOARDING SCHOOLS CLOSED ITS DOORS IN THE SCHOOLS CLOSED ITS DOORS IN THE 1980s.

1980s.

AND EVEN THOUGH THE TRAUMA WOULD AND EVEN THOUGH THE TRAUMA WOULD BE FELT FOR NATIVE FAMILIES FOR BE FELT FOR NATIVE FAMILIES FOR YEARS THERE IS A NEW GENERATION YEARS THERE IS A NEW GENERATION CALLING THE SEVEN AND IT IS CALLING THE SEVEN AND IT IS TEACHING ITS CHILDREN TO WALK IN TEACHING ITS CHILDREN TO WALK IN THE GOOD WAY AS IT RECLAIMS ITS THE GOOD WAY AS IT RECLAIMS ITS HERITAGE.

HERITAGE.

>> I LEARNED FROM MY DAD LIKE HE >> I LEARNED FROM MY DAD LIKE HE WAS SAYING HE LEARNED FROM HIS WAS SAYING HE LEARNED FROM HIS DAD AND IT HAS BEEN A LONG LINE DAD AND IT HAS BEEN A LONG LINE OF BASKET MAKERS AND ARTISTS OF BASKET MAKERS AND ARTISTS FROM WAY, WAY, WAY BACK WHEN, FROM WAY, WAY, WAY BACK WHEN, WHEN WE WERE RUN THROUGH THIS WHEN WE WERE RUN THROUGH THIS PLACE IN OUR MIGRATION AND WE PLACE IN OUR MIGRATION AND WE WERE ONE STRONG PEOPLE AND STILL WERE ONE STRONG PEOPLE AND STILL ARE TODAY, WE WERE LIKE A ARE TODAY, WE WERE LIKE A TRIANGLE OF NATIONS POTAWATOMIE TRIANGLE OF NATIONS POTAWATOMIE NATIONS, WE EXPERIENCED A NATIONS, WE EXPERIENCED A DESTRUCTION IN OUR WAY OF LIFE DESTRUCTION IN OUR WAY OF LIFE IN 1830s, 1840s AND SOME OF THE IN 1830s, 1840s AND SOME OF THE BANS OF POTAWATAMIES WERE BANS OF POTAWATAMIES WERE FORCIBLY MOVED WEST OF THE FORCIBLY MOVED WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI SO SOME OF US WERE MISSISSIPPI SO SOME OF US WERE FORCED TO LIVE IN OR PUT IN THAT FORCED TO LIVE IN OR PUT IN THAT PLACE IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA PLACE IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA WHERE ALL THESE OTHER NATIVE WHERE ALL THESE OTHER NATIVE PEOPLE'S WERE GATHERED AND WERE PEOPLE'S WERE GATHERED AND WERE PLACED IN THIS CERTAIN AREA.

PLACED IN THIS CERTAIN AREA.

MY NAME IS JOHN PIGEON FROM MY NAME IS JOHN PIGEON FROM HOPKINS MICHIGAN ACTUALLY I'M HOPKINS MICHIGAN ACTUALLY I'M FROM WHAT THEY CALL A SALEM FROM WHAT THEY CALL A SALEM SETTLEMENT NATIVE PEOPLE LIVED SETTLEMENT NATIVE PEOPLE LIVED IN A CERTAIN AREA, THEY PUT IN A CERTAIN AREA, THEY PUT THEIR MONIES TOGETHER, THEIR THEIR MONIES TOGETHER, THEIR ANNUITY AND TREATY MONIES AND ANNUITY AND TREATY MONIES AND BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY AND SO ALL BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY AND SO ALL THE FAMILIES IN THAT AREA LIVED THE FAMILIES IN THAT AREA LIVED JUST SOUTH OF THE RABBIT RIVER JUST SOUTH OF THE RABBIT RIVER AND SO THE COMMUNITY I'M FROM IS AND SO THE COMMUNITY I'M FROM IS ALL MY AUNTS AND URNING UNCLES ALL MY AUNTS AND URNING UNCLES OTHER NATIVE FAMILIES LIVED IN OTHER NATIVE FAMILIES LIVED IN THE AREA BECAUSE THEY GREW UP THE AREA BECAUSE THEY GREW UP THERE.

THERE.

>> MY NAME IS JOHN MARCUS >> MY NAME IS JOHN MARCUS PIGEON, I GREW UP IN DOOR PIGEON, I GREW UP IN DOOR MICHIGAN WHICH IS HALF HOUR 15 MICHIGAN WHICH IS HALF HOUR 15 MINUTES FROM HOPKINS MICHIGAN.

MINUTES FROM HOPKINS MICHIGAN.

I HAVE DONE THIS MOST OF MY I HAVE DONE THIS MOST OF MY LIFE.

LIFE.

EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER I'VE EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER I'VE BEEN DOING THINGS WITH BLACK ASH BEEN DOING THINGS WITH BLACK ASH AND TREES AND DIFFERENT ARTS AND TREES AND DIFFERENT ARTS LIKE BEADRY AND WEAVING AND LIKE BEADRY AND WEAVING AND WEATHER MAKING ON OCCASION BUT WEATHER MAKING ON OCCASION BUT MOSTLY MY FOCUS IS BASKETS AND MOSTLY MY FOCUS IS BASKETS AND HOW TO WEAVE THEM AND HOW TO HOW TO WEAVE THEM AND HOW TO HARVEST THE MATERIALS NECESSARY HARVEST THE MATERIALS NECESSARY FOR THEM.

FOR THEM.

TO ME JUST GOING AROUND AND TO ME JUST GOING AROUND AND TEACHING IS SOMETHING I HAVE TEACHING IS SOMETHING I HAVE ALWAYS DONE EVEN BACK WHEN I ALWAYS DONE EVEN BACK WHEN I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS TEACHING.

DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS TEACHING.

I HAVE BEEN TEACHING BASKETS I I HAVE BEEN TEACHING BASKETS I WOULDN'T SAY MY WHOLE LIFE AND I WOULDN'T SAY MY WHOLE LIFE AND I HAVE BEEN MAKING THEM AND I HAVE BEEN MAKING THEM AND I PROBABLY START TEACHING AROUND PROBABLY START TEACHING AROUND 11 MAYBE 12 JUST TEACHING 11 MAYBE 12 JUST TEACHING DIFFERENT THINGS JUST LIKE HOW DIFFERENT THINGS JUST LIKE HOW TO WEAVE AND HOW TO PUT DESIGNS TO WEAVE AND HOW TO PUT DESIGNS IN, HOW TO MAKE A BOTTOM, BUT IN, HOW TO MAKE A BOTTOM, BUT FOR ME I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE I FOR ME I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE I HAD ANYTHING PARTICULARLY LIKE HAD ANYTHING PARTICULARLY LIKE UNIQUE ABOUT MY TALENTS UNTIL I UNIQUE ABOUT MY TALENTS UNTIL I WAS 15 OR 16 WHEN PEOPLE SAY MAN WAS 15 OR 16 WHEN PEOPLE SAY MAN I WISH I KNEW HOW TO DO THAT OR I WISH I KNEW HOW TO DO THAT OR MANIA I USED TO DO THAT BACK IN MANIA I USED TO DO THAT BACK IN THE DAY BUT THEN I LOST THAT THE DAY BUT THEN I LOST THAT KNOWLEDGE AS I GREW AND I'M GLAD KNOWLEDGE AS I GREW AND I'M GLAD I'M HERE TODAY LEARNING HOW TO I'M HERE TODAY LEARNING HOW TO DO THAT AND FOR ME MY -- IT DO THAT AND FOR ME MY -- IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN IMPORTANT FOR ME ALWAYS HAS BEEN IMPORTANT FOR ME TO TEACH HOW TO WEAVE BASKETS, I TO TEACH HOW TO WEAVE BASKETS, I ATTENDED DIFFERENT THINGS AND ATTENDED DIFFERENT THINGS AND BEEN CALLED DIFFERENT THINGS AND BEEN CALLED DIFFERENT THINGS AND LIKE THE SMITHSONIAN INVITED ME LIKE THE SMITHSONIAN INVITED ME OUT TO WASHINGTON TO TEACH AND OUT TO WASHINGTON TO TEACH AND THEY CALLED ME A CARRIER OF THEY CALLED ME A CARRIER OF CULTURE AND I WAS LIKE I DIDN'T CULTURE AND I WAS LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS CARRYING CULTURE AT KNOW I WAS CARRYING CULTURE AT ALL AND DOING SOMETHING I DID ALL AND DOING SOMETHING I DID EVERYDAY WHEN EVER I WOKE UP EVERYDAY WHEN EVER I WOKE UP TIME TO MAKE A BASKET, I WANT TO TIME TO MAKE A BASKET, I WANT TO MAKE SOME EXTRA MONEY TO GET MAKE SOME EXTRA MONEY TO GET THAT VIDEO GAME I WANT.

THAT VIDEO GAME I WANT.

ONCE WE FOUND OUT THAT WE TOOK ONCE WE FOUND OUT THAT WE TOOK THE TREE HOME AND POUND IT AND THE TREE HOME AND POUND IT AND SPLIT IT AND SCRAPE IT AND WE SPLIT IT AND SCRAPE IT AND WE MAKE PATTERNS IN A LOT OF THESE MAKE PATTERNS IN A LOT OF THESE ARE TRADITIONAL PATTERNS AND ARE TRADITIONAL PATTERNS AND ALWAYS TOLD ME KIDS TO MAKE ALWAYS TOLD ME KIDS TO MAKE THEIR OWN SIGNATURE PAD EARN THEIR OWN SIGNATURE PAD EARN THAT THEY USE AND THIS IS A THAT THEY USE AND THIS IS A GREAT LAKES TRADITIONAL PATTERN GREAT LAKES TRADITIONAL PATTERN THAT EVERYBODY USED ALL THE THAT EVERYBODY USED ALL THE BASKET MAKERS I KNOW AND EVERY BASKET MAKERS I KNOW AND EVERY YEAR THERE IS FEWER OF US BUT YEAR THERE IS FEWER OF US BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT THESE UNFORTUNATELY THAT THESE PATTERNS IT'S A COMMUNITY PATTERNS IT'S A COMMUNITY PROPERTY SO ANYBODY CAN USE PROPERTY SO ANYBODY CAN USE THESE PATTERNS BUT FOR HIS OWN THESE PATTERNS BUT FOR HIS OWN SIGNATURE PATTERN OR MY SIGNATURE PATTERN OR MY DAUGHTER'S SIGNATURE PATTERN DAUGHTER'S SIGNATURE PATTERN THEY USE A CERTAIN WEAVE AND THEY USE A CERTAIN WEAVE AND FOCUS ON THEIR ARTWORK ON WHAT FOCUS ON THEIR ARTWORK ON WHAT THEY ARE MAKING.

THEY ARE MAKING.

THESE TWO BASKETS IN PARTICULAR THESE TWO BASKETS IN PARTICULAR ARE KIND OF IMPORTANT TO ME ARE KIND OF IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE THESE ARE THE BASKETS BECAUSE THESE ARE THE BASKETS THAT MY DAD WHEN HE WAS STILL THAT MY DAD WHEN HE WAS STILL WITH US MY MOM WHEN SHE WAS WITH US MY MOM WHEN SHE WAS STILL WITH US THIS IS THE STILL WITH US THIS IS THE BASKETS THAT WE WOVE TOGETHER BASKETS THAT WE WOVE TOGETHER AND THEY TAUGHT ME AND SO I KNOW AND THEY TAUGHT ME AND SO I KNOW ALL THE THINGS THAT MY FOLKS ALL THE THINGS THAT MY FOLKS TAUGHT ME.

TAUGHT ME.

THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF BASKETS, THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF BASKETS, THE DIFFERENT DYING METHODS AND THE DIFFERENT DYING METHODS AND DIFFERENT PROCESSES FOR MAKING DIFFERENT PROCESSES FOR MAKING THIS TYPE OF A BASKET SO WE ARE THIS TYPE OF A BASKET SO WE ARE UNIQUE IN THE STORIES THAT WE UNIQUE IN THE STORIES THAT WE HAVE AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US, THE STORIES THAT WE HAVE OF US, THE STORIES THAT WE HAVE OF HOW WE CAME TO BE, WHERE WE ARE HOW WE CAME TO BE, WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY AND THE STORIES THAT WE AT TODAY AND THE STORIES THAT WE TELL OUR KIDS AND OUR GRANDKIDS TELL OUR KIDS AND OUR GRANDKIDS SO ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD?

SO ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD?

JUST THAT HOW IMPORTANT YOU KNOW JUST THAT HOW IMPORTANT YOU KNOW THE GIFTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE GIFTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THOSE SEVEN GENERATIONS AGO WERE THOSE SEVEN GENERATIONS AGO WERE STILL IMPACTFUL IN THE WAY WE STILL IMPACTFUL IN THE WAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES TODAY I GUESS IS LIVE OUR LIVES TODAY I GUESS IS WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU AND TO WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU AND TO SAY TO MY GRANDCHILDREN'S SAY TO MY GRANDCHILDREN'S GRANDCHILDREN THAT YOU KNOW I GRANDCHILDREN THAT YOU KNOW I HOPE I DID YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT, HOPE I DID YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT, THAT YOU GUYS ARE SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO ME THAT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU TO ME THAT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THESE THINGS AND MY SON AND MY THESE THINGS AND MY SON AND MY DAUGHTER WILL DO THEIR BEST AND DAUGHTER WILL DO THEIR BEST AND I KNOW THEY WILL GIVE THOSE I KNOW THEY WILL GIVE THOSE THINGS TO YOU FROM THEIR MOM AND THINGS TO YOU FROM THEIR MOM AND ME TO YOU SO.

ME TO YOU SO.

♪ ♪ SOMETIMES THE EAGLES STAFFS SOMETIMES THE EAGLES STAFFS REPRESENT A NATION OR A BAND OF REPRESENT A NATION OR A BAND OF FIRST NATIONS, PEOPLE AND THEY FIRST NATIONS, PEOPLE AND THEY ARE STASHED AND THERE IS EAGLE ARE STASHED AND THERE IS EAGLE STAFF IN CIRCULATION AND EAGLE STAFF IN CIRCULATION AND EAGLE STAFF THAT IS IN CIRCULATION AND STAFF THAT IS IN CIRCULATION AND EACH OF THESE STAFFS REPRESENT EACH OF THESE STAFFS REPRESENT WHAT THAT COLLECTIVE BODY WHAT THAT COLLECTIVE BODY EMBODIES AND WHO THEY ARE AND EMBODIES AND WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO.

WHAT THEY DO.

AND MAYBE TEN YEARS AGO OR AND MAYBE TEN YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING I HAD A DREAM OR A SOMETHING I HAD A DREAM OR A VISION IF YOU WILL AND THE THING VISION IF YOU WILL AND THE THING ABOUT AN EAGLE STAFF FOR THIS ABOUT AN EAGLE STAFF FOR THIS AREA AND NOW WITH THE INTENSITY AREA AND NOW WITH THE INTENSITY OF JUST THE CONTENT OF THAT OF JUST THE CONTENT OF THAT DREAM WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS DREAM WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT THAT IS A LITTLE THAT I THOUGHT THAT IS A LITTLE TOO MUCH, MAYBE I'M NOT THE TOO MUCH, MAYBE I'M NOT THE PERSON TO DO THAT AND I JUST PERSON TO DO THAT AND I JUST DECIDED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

DECIDED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA WAS THE THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA WAS THE CAPITOL AND THEY CALLED THIS CAPITOL AND THEY CALLED THIS REGION A WASTENONG AND IN THE REGION A WASTENONG AND IN THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH AND PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH AND BRINGING THIS STAFF TO FRUITION BRINGING THIS STAFF TO FRUITION IN THIS COMMUNITY IT WAS VERY IN THIS COMMUNITY IT WAS VERY CLEAR AND VERY EVIDENT THAT IT CLEAR AND VERY EVIDENT THAT IT WOULD BE A WASTENONG BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A WASTENONG BECAUSE IT WAS THE EAGLE STAFF THAT COMES WAS THE EAGLE STAFF THAT COMES FROM THAT AREA, THIS REGION SO FROM THAT AREA, THIS REGION SO COMING FORTH WITH THE PROJECT COMING FORTH WITH THE PROJECT THE WAY THAT I ATTEMPTED TO GO THE WAY THAT I ATTEMPTED TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS THIS TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS THIS EAGLE STAFF WOULD STAND FOR EAGLE STAFF WOULD STAND FOR UNITY, SOLIDARITY AND HEALING UNITY, SOLIDARITY AND HEALING AND IT WOULD STAND TO REPRESENT AND IT WOULD STAND TO REPRESENT THE GREATER GRAND RAPIDS URBAN THE GREATER GRAND RAPIDS URBAN NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATION SO I NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATION SO I WENT TO AN ELDER GEORGE BARTON WENT TO AN ELDER GEORGE BARTON AND TOLD HIM ABOUT MY DREAM AND AND TOLD HIM ABOUT MY DREAM AND WHAT HE TOLD ME WAS THAT I WOULD WHAT HE TOLD ME WAS THAT I WOULD TAKE TOBACCO TO TELL DERS OF THE TAKE TOBACCO TO TELL DERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO LET THEM KNOW COMMUNITY AND TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS DREAM AND WHAT THIS ABOUT THIS DREAM AND WHAT THIS EAGLE STAFF WOULD REPRESENT AND EAGLE STAFF WOULD REPRESENT AND IF THEY SUPPORTED IT BY THE IDEA IF THEY SUPPORTED IT BY THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD HAVE A FEATHER, AN THAT WE WOULD HAVE A FEATHER, AN EAGLE FEATHER.

EAGLE FEATHER.

I CAME ACROSS STEVE PERRY AND I I CAME ACROSS STEVE PERRY AND I I TOLD HIM ABOUT THIS DREAM AND I TOLD HIM ABOUT THIS DREAM AND HOW I WAS GOING FORWARD AND HE HOW I WAS GOING FORWARD AND HE CAME FORWARD WITH THE FIRST CAME FORWARD WITH THE FIRST FEATHER THAT CAME FORWARD INTO FEATHER THAT CAME FORWARD INTO THE PROJECT AND IT HAPPENED TO THE PROJECT AND IT HAPPENED TO BE A CENTER TAIL FEATHER OF A BE A CENTER TAIL FEATHER OF A BALD EAGLE AND HE WAS TELLING ME BALD EAGLE AND HE WAS TELLING ME HOW HE ATTENDED VIETNAM VETERANS HOW HE ATTENDED VIETNAM VETERANS FUNERAL AND WHILE HE WAS THERE FUNERAL AND WHILE HE WAS THERE AT THE FUNERAL IT SAID THEY HUNG AT THE FUNERAL IT SAID THEY HUNG THAT FEATHER UP AND IN THE SPOT THAT FEATHER UP AND IN THE SPOT THEY HELD IT UP IT JUST KIND OF THEY HELD IT UP IT JUST KIND OF JUMPED OFF AND WENT DOWN TO THE JUMPED OFF AND WENT DOWN TO THE GROUND AND THEY HAD A CEREMONY GROUND AND THEY HAD A CEREMONY THAT PICKED THAT UP AND THEY THAT PICKED THAT UP AND THEY PICKED THAT FEATHER UP AND THEY PICKED THAT FEATHER UP AND THEY GAVE IT TO STEVE WHO IS ALSO A GAVE IT TO STEVE WHO IS ALSO A VIETNAM VETERAN BUT THEY FELT VIETNAM VETERAN BUT THEY FELT THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR HIM TO THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR HIM TO CARRY IT AND WHEN HE RECEIVED IT CARRY IT AND WHEN HE RECEIVED IT HE FELT LIKE IT HAD A DIFFERENT HE FELT LIKE IT HAD A DIFFERENT PLACE TO GO AND WHEN I TALKED TO PLACE TO GO AND WHEN I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE STAFF AND HE WENT HIM ABOUT THE STAFF AND HE WENT TO THE CAR AND PULLED THE TO THE CAR AND PULLED THE FEATHER OUT AND SAID HE WANTED FEATHER OUT AND SAID HE WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE THAT BUT PAMELA TO CONTRIBUTE THAT BUT PAMELA THE SECOND PERSON THAT BROUGHT THE SECOND PERSON THAT BROUGHT FORWARD A FEATHER AND WHEN I FORWARD A FEATHER AND WHEN I WENT TO HER HOUSE TO GET IT, SHE WENT TO HER HOUSE TO GET IT, SHE BROUGHT IT OUT AND SHE TALKED BROUGHT IT OUT AND SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW OVER THE COURSE OF 40 ABOUT HOW OVER THE COURSE OF 40 YEARS FROM WHEN SHE FIRST YEARS FROM WHEN SHE FIRST RECEIVED THIS FEATHER THIS RECEIVED THIS FEATHER THIS FEATHER HAS BEEN PRESENT IN HER FEATHER HAS BEEN PRESENT IN HER HOME AND IT'S WITNESSED ALL HOME AND IT'S WITNESSED ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT 40 YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAT THIS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAT THIS FEATHER HAD GATHERED.

FEATHER HAD GATHERED.

SHE TALKED ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES SHE TALKED ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES AND THE BAD TIMES AND EVERYTHING AND THE BAD TIMES AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE OVER THAT YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE OVER THE COURSE OF 40 YEARS BUT SHE THE COURSE OF 40 YEARS BUT SHE NOTED IT WAS THE FIRST AND THE NOTED IT WAS THE FIRST AND THE ONLY FEATHER THAT SHE WAS EVER ONLY FEATHER THAT SHE WAS EVER GIFTED.

GIFTED.

AGAIN, AS LIFE GOES ON THERE IS AGAIN, AS LIFE GOES ON THERE IS DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COME FORWARD THAT JUST AFFIRMS THAT FORWARD THAT JUST AFFIRMS THAT YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH TO THE YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH TO THE GENTLEMAN THAT SHARED THAT GENTLEMAN THAT SHARED THAT TEACHING ABOUT WHERE RED AND TEACHING ABOUT WHERE RED AND BLUE CAME TOGETHER AND SAID IT BLUE CAME TOGETHER AND SAID IT SHOULD BE RED AND BLUE AND TO SHOULD BE RED AND BLUE AND TO THAT LITTLE PART OF THE RIVER THAT LITTLE PART OF THE RIVER THAT GOES THROUGH OR EVEN RIGHT THAT GOES THROUGH OR EVEN RIGHT INTO THE CENTER.

INTO THE CENTER.

INTO THAT MEDALLION IF YOU WILL INTO THAT MEDALLION IF YOU WILL BUT THAT LITTLE CENTER THAT HAS BUT THAT LITTLE CENTER THAT HAS THE SKYLINE WHICH I TALKED TO THE SKYLINE WHICH I TALKED TO THE VALLEY WHO IS A CONTRIBUTOR THE VALLEY WHO IS A CONTRIBUTOR AN EAGLE FEATHER AND ALSO THAT AN EAGLE FEATHER AND ALSO THAT ARTWORK AND I WENT AND I SPOKE ARTWORK AND I WENT AND I SPOKE TO BELINDA BARDWELL IN REGARDS TO BELINDA BARDWELL IN REGARDS TO THE PROJECT, AT THE TIME I TO THE PROJECT, AT THE TIME I HAD SOME THOUGHTS IN MY MIND HAD SOME THOUGHTS IN MY MIND ABOUT HER BRINGING A FEATHER ABOUT HER BRINGING A FEATHER FORWARD BUT ALSO IN THE BACK OF FORWARD BUT ALSO IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD I KNEW THE SKILLS THAT MY HEAD I KNEW THE SKILLS THAT SHE HAD TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT SHE HAD TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND WHAT WAS NECESSARY TO MAKE AND WHAT WAS NECESSARY TO MAKE THIS BANNER.

THIS BANNER.

SO AND IN THE PROCESS NOT ONLY SO AND IN THE PROCESS NOT ONLY DID I GO FORWARD AND ASK HER TO DID I GO FORWARD AND ASK HER TO CONTRIBUTE A FEATHER WHICH SHE CONTRIBUTE A FEATHER WHICH SHE DID, THERE IS A FEATHER ON THERE DID, THERE IS A FEATHER ON THERE THAT SHE BROUGHT FORWARD, BUT THAT SHE BROUGHT FORWARD, BUT ALSO WENT ON TO TALK TO HER ALSO WENT ON TO TALK TO HER ABOUT MAKING THE APRON ITSELF.

ABOUT MAKING THE APRON ITSELF.

BUT EVERY SINGLE FEATHER HAD BUT EVERY SINGLE FEATHER HAD SOME SORT OF STORY ATTACHED TO SOME SORT OF STORY ATTACHED TO IT AND HOW THEY WERE BRINGING IT AND HOW THEY WERE BRINGING THAT FORWARD TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FORWARD TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DREAM, HOW THEY AGREED THAT THAT DREAM, HOW THEY AGREED THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT EAGLE STAFF SOMETHING LIKE THAT EAGLE STAFF TO REPRESENT THIS COMMUNITY AND TO REPRESENT THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS COMMUNITY IS WORKING TO THIS COMMUNITY IS WORKING TO COME TOGETHER IN UNITY AND COME TOGETHER IN UNITY AND SOLIDARITY AND WHEN WE HAVE SOLIDARITY AND WHEN WE HAVE UNITY AND SOLIDARITY THAT ALL UNITY AND SOLIDARITY THAT ALL EXISTS IN THE SAME PLACE HEALING EXISTS IN THE SAME PLACE HEALING HAPPENS AND THEN IN THAT PROCESS HAPPENS AND THEN IN THAT PROCESS WHAT WE HAVE IS A COMMUNITY THAT WHAT WE HAVE IS A COMMUNITY THAT IS REGAINING OUR WISDOM AND OUR IS REGAINING OUR WISDOM AND OUR KNOWLEDGE THAT WAS ONCE REMOVED KNOWLEDGE THAT WAS ONCE REMOVED FROM US.

FROM US.

AND WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE MORE TO AND WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE MORE TO OFFER OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GREAT OFFER OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND OUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND OUR GREAT GREAT GREAT ON WARD AND TO SEVEN GREAT GREAT ON WARD AND TO SEVEN GENERATIONS AND INTO THE FUTURE.

GENERATIONS AND INTO THE FUTURE.

♪ ♪ I HOPE YOU ENJOYED WATCHING AND I HOPE YOU ENJOYED WATCHING AND LEARNING ABOUT THE FIRST LEARNING ABOUT THE FIRST AMERICANS WHO HOST US AND GUARD AMERICANS WHO HOST US AND GUARD THE LAND AND WATER THAT WE SHARE THE LAND AND WATER THAT WE SHARE WITH THEM.

WITH THEM.

MY NAME IS MARIANO AVILA AND MY NAME IS MARIANO AVILA AND THANKS FOR WATCHING AND EVERYONE THANKS FOR WATCHING AND EVERYONE WHO HONORED US WITH YOUR TIME WHO HONORED US WITH YOUR TIME AND STORY.

AND STORY.

>> I THINK WORK LIKE THIS GIVES >> I THINK WORK LIKE THIS GIVES ME HOPE AND THE PASSION OF YOUNG ME HOPE AND THE PASSION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND CURIOSITY AND PEOPLE AND CURIOSITY AND IDEALISM AND THEIR DESIRE TO IDEALISM AND THEIR DESIRE TO LEARN ABOUT THIS AND SAY WOW, LEARN ABOUT THIS AND SAY WOW, HOW DO WE EDUCATE OTHER PEOPLE HOW DO WE EDUCATE OTHER PEOPLE AND MAKE THIS KNOWN AND AND MAKE THIS KNOWN AND UNDERSTOOD?

UNDERSTOOD?

EVERY ONCE IN A BLUE MOON THERE EVERY ONCE IN A BLUE MOON THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT ALL NATIVE IS AN ISSUE THAT ALL NATIVE PEOPLE CAN STAND BEHIND.

PEOPLE CAN STAND BEHIND.

WE ARE RECLAIMING AND RESTORING WE ARE RECLAIMING AND RESTORING AND REVITALIZING OUR WAY OF AND REVITALIZING OUR WAY OF LIFE.

LIFE.

>> STANDING ROCK HAS BEEN THE >> STANDING ROCK HAS BEEN THE SPARK FOR THE LIGHTING OF THE SPARK FOR THE LIGHTING OF THE SEVENTH FIRE.

SEVENTH FIRE.

WE AS NATIVE PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS WE AS NATIVE PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THIS MYTHICAL TIME TALKED ABOUT THIS MYTHICAL TIME AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WITH THE AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WITH THE MOMENTUM THAT STARTED WITH MOMENTUM THAT STARTED WITH STANDING ROCK WE NEED TO MOVE STANDING ROCK WE NEED TO MOVE THAT OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.

THAT OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> THERE WILL BE TWO PATHS FOR >> THERE WILL BE TWO PATHS FOR HUMAN KIND TO FOLLOW, ONE PATH HUMAN KIND TO FOLLOW, ONE PATH WOULD BE THE PATH OF COMPASSION WOULD BE THE PATH OF COMPASSION WHICH WOULD LEAD US ALL AS A WHICH WOULD LEAD US ALL AS A HUMAN PEOPLE TO THE 8TH AND HUMAN PEOPLE TO THE 8TH AND FINAL FIRE, IT'S DESCRIBED AS AN FINAL FIRE, IT'S DESCRIBED AS AN ETERNAL FIRE OF PEACE BUT IF WE ETERNAL FIRE OF PEACE BUT IF WE AS A HUMAN KIND BEGIN WALKING AS A HUMAN KIND BEGIN WALKING DOWN THE OTHER ROAD, THE OTHER DOWN THE OTHER ROAD, THE OTHER PATH IS OF DESTRUCTION.

PATH IS OF DESTRUCTION.

>> AND WE ARE BEING WATCHED >> AND WE ARE BEING WATCHED RIGHT NOW BY THE WORLD WHERE WE RIGHT NOW BY THE WORLD WHERE WE ARE SETTING AN EXAMPLE, WE ARE ARE SETTING AN EXAMPLE, WE ARE SETTING GUIDELINES OF GATHERINGS SETTING GUIDELINES OF GATHERINGS OF THIS TYPE AND SETTING THAT OF THIS TYPE AND SETTING THAT FOUNDATION OF HOW TO DEAL WITH FOUNDATION OF HOW TO DEAL WITH COMMON SENSE.

COMMON SENSE.

TALKING, EDUCATING, GETTING OUT TALKING, EDUCATING, GETTING OUT THE INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE THE INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE OUT THAT ISN'T BEING ACCURATELY OUT THAT ISN'T BEING ACCURATELY PORTRAYED IN THE MEDIA, YOU PORTRAYED IN THE MEDIA, YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING.

KNOW, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING.

>> SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT HOPE >> SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT HOPE IS THAT THE VERY ESSENCE THAT IS THAT THE VERY ESSENCE THAT KEEPS PEOPLE DRIVING.

KEEPS PEOPLE DRIVING.

THE MEDIA IS NOT WITH A COMPLETE THE MEDIA IS NOT WITH A COMPLETE BLACKOUT WHEN IT COMES TO BLACKOUT WHEN IT COMES TO STANDING ROCK.

STANDING ROCK.

THEY JUST DON'T COVER IT SO IT'S THEY JUST DON'T COVER IT SO IT'S UP TO US TO DO EVEN IF IT'S UP TO US TO DO EVEN IF IT'S SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO SPREAD THE THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO SPREAD THE NEWS NOW ESPECIALLY AMONG THE NEWS NOW ESPECIALLY AMONG THE YOUNGER PEOPLE.

YOUNGER PEOPLE.

>> IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT >> IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR HISTORY IS DOCUMENTED FROM OUR HISTORY IS DOCUMENTED FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.

OUR PERSPECTIVE.

I THINK OVER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD I THINK OVER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD ANTHROPOLOGISTS COME IN AND ANTHROPOLOGISTS COME IN AND STUDY A COMMUNITY AND WALK OUT STUDY A COMMUNITY AND WALK OUT AND WRITE A BOOK ABOUT IT.

AND WRITE A BOOK ABOUT IT.

THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE OUR BOOK AND PUT OURSELVES INTO OUR BOOK AND PUT OURSELVES INTO HISTORY BOOKS, IT'S ALSO A TIME HISTORY BOOKS, IT'S ALSO A TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY, GRAND RAPIDS, FOR THE COMMUNITY, GRAND RAPIDS, LOCALLY, WEST MICHIGAN AND EVEN LOCALLY, WEST MICHIGAN AND EVEN NATIONALLY TO START TO NATIONALLY TO START TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE -- UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE -- THAT WE ARE VALUED, THAT WE HAVE THAT WE ARE VALUED, THAT WE HAVE VALUE IN OUR STORIES.

VALUE IN OUR STORIES.

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