So, we are glad that you are here. We are excited to be talking about the memorial. Lets get right to it. With me is harvey pratt. Harvey is a citizen of the cheyennearapaho tribes of oklahoma. He is a cheyenne peace chief. He has been a career Law Enforcement official. He is a working artist. And he is a marine and vietnam veteran. Please greet harvey pratt. [applause] so, harvey, what caused you to submit a proposed design for the memorial . Mr. Pratt well, our veterans director just kept after me. I have no, really had no hope i would even come close or submit a design, but he just kept after me. He said, do it for the tribe, harvey. Come on, submit something. I thought about it. I said, let me dream on it. I have to dream. Some of my best creativity is done early in the morning during that dream period. So thats what i did. I went home and dreamed about it. I got up and got my big tablet out and i made some sketches. It just came to me all of a sudden that morning and in order to t
Talk about the National Native American Veterans memorial. We broke ground for the memorial this morning. And we will turn to the business of building the memorial next week. And so were glad that youre here. Were excited to be talking about the memorial. Lets get right to it. With me is harvey pratt. Harvey is a citizen of the cheyenne and arapahoe tribes of oklahoma. He is a cheyenne peace chief. He has been a career Law Enforcement official. Hes a working artist. And he is a marine and a vietnam veteran. So please greet harvey pratt. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you. So, harvey, what caused you to submit a proposal, a proposed design for the memorial . Well, our veterans director just kept after me. I had no really had no hope that i would even come close or submit a design. He just kept after me. He said do it for the tribe, harvey. Come on, submit something. And i thought about it, and i said, well, let me dream on it. I said i have to dream. Some of my best creativity is done ea
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All right, good afternoon its great to see you all here. My name is kevin gover im the director at the National Museum of the american indian. Where here to talk about the National American memorial and broke ground for it this morning and we will turn to the business of building the moral next week. So, were glad that youre here and were excited to be talking about the memorial and lets get right to it is with me is harvey pratt with. Hes a citizen of the tribes of oklahoma. He is a piece chief and has been a career Law Enforcement official. He is a working artist and he is a marine and vietnam veteran. Put your arms together for harvey pratt applause what caused you to submit a proposal opposed designed for the memorial . Our veterans director just kept after me. I had no one really had no hope that they would come closer. He just kept after me and kept doing it for the tribe and i said let me dream on it and i said i have to dream. Some of my best creativity is done in the morning a
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