Memorial next week. So, were glad that you are here, we are excited to be talking about the memorial, and lets get right to it, with me is harvey pratt. Harvey is a citizen of the tribes of oklahoma. He is a cheyenne peace chief, and has been a career lot enforcement official. He is a working artist, and he is a marine and vietnam veteran. So please great harvey pratt, thank you. [applause] thank you. So, harvey, what caused you to submit a proposal, a design for the memorial. Well, our veterans director just kept after me. I had no i really had no hope that they would even come close, or to submit a design. He just kept after the inside, do it for the tribe, submit something. I thought about it and i said, let me dream on it. I said i have to dream. Some of my best creativity is done early in the morning, in that dream period. So that is what i did. I went home, i dreamed about it and i got my big chief out, made some sketches, and he just came to me all of a sudden that morning. In o
The first full professor that is native american at harvard. It only took a few centuries there. Just think of the next four centuries what might happen then. While we would never accuse harvard or michigan of theft, its in this beautiful fact that this absurd and good fortune for those institutions was ours before it was theres. Philip deloria received his degree from the university of colorado in 1982. Wanting to observe and understand humanity from many different angles, he then taught band at a denver metro high school. Having observing High School Music performance to satisfaction he turned an mma in journalism and communication which was back when you could remember what to call that program when it was an acronym that comes out whenever i try to say. So, by one of the providence most racist act of kindness he took my American History course which was called the early american frontier in the journalism program. In that course, the first assignment require students to write an au
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[inaudible conversations] the committee on space will come to order and without objection the chair is authorized tour declare a recess at any time. Welcome to todays hearing entitle the International Space station addressing operational challenges you have the written testimony biographies and truth and testimony disclosure for todays with this is part or recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. Good morning welcome to our hearing today and i want to thank our witnesses for taking time to appear before the committee. Since 2013 the program has experienced a number of challenges we have thank committed to identifying challenges to address them and reach our goal and Justin Lehigh commitment. At the iss have had water leaks third three times with one during a spacewalk. April 26 an unmanned russian vehicle damage stave reflector while docking with the. Host team per could generate 14, a false alarm of the ammonia leak caused the crew to retreat into the russian segmen