it s powerful to hear you talk about this, especially as you described your rich ancestral history. i imagine many of the plaintiffs share that. so, what benefits what these plaintiffs enjoy if they were granted that citizenship? number one, it would vindicate the rights of their fathers and their mothers and their grandmothers. we were creek citizens for hundreds of years, and then it was tripped from us in 1979. people like my grandmother, who died just two years ago at 87 years old, she spoke creek. she grew up on creek lands, increased reservations lands, and for that to be taken away is such a hole in our family, our psyche, and their history. when you talk about the particular benefits of being a member or a citizen of a native american tribes, you re talking about health care. you re talking about educational benefits. housing. scholarship. the ability to have access to life saving resources, and you know for black families throughout this country, that is something we have