The libation i will be performing comes from the okung people in ghana. It is an ancient prayer. Language,ak in the and then i will continue in the language of english. You will hear me say various words. What i am doing is offering up thanks to the creator to all of , the representatives of the creator and our ancestors, especially Harriet Tubman. This a participatory activity. So, we would like for you to join, i would like for you to join with me in this. When you hear me say the word, ensah, i would like for you to respond yah. Ensah. Audience yah. Beautiful. [speaking in ghanian] yah. Yah. Yah. The Divine Energy of the creator, we call on you yah. To our beautiful queen mother, Harriet Tubman, we call on you. Yah. The daughter of a we call you we call on you. Yah. Masterful conductor, we call you. Yah. Divine warrior woman of righteousness, of justice, of freedom, of liberation, of truth, we call you yah. The one who said i could have freed 1000 more if only they knew there were e
Words. And what i am doing is offering up thanks to the creator, to all the Representative Energy of the creator, and to our ancestors, especially Harriet Tubman. This is a participatory activity. So, we would like for you to join i would like for you to join me in this. When you hear me say the word ensa, i would like for you to respond ya. Ensa . Ya. Beautiful, beautiful. [ call and response ] you are the Divine Energy of the creator, we call on you. Ensa. Ya. To our beautiful queen mother, nan a Harriet Tubman. We call for you ensa. Ya. Harriet tubman, the daughter of a farmer, we call you to come and drink ensa. Ya. Nan a Harriet Tubman, masterful conductor, we call you to come ensa. Ya. Nan a Harriet Tubman, divine warrior woman of righteousness, of justice, of freedom, of liberation, of truth, we call you to come and drink ensa. Ya. The one who said i could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were enslaved. We call you to come and drink ensa. Ya. The one who never l
In this region, it was primarily the dakota. It is a foothold for future expansion. After the fort was established here, nothing was the same. American between indians and this region and the United States government began to change. Europeans are arriving because of the first trade. They are interested in exchanging first with the dakotas. They are exchanging first for manufactured goods. The first trade really establishes european presence in the region. Fur tradeuse of the that they establish a fortress. They are interested in protecting the fur trade in the area after the war of 1812. The fur trade drives the economic interest in the region. The dakota had their comedy based on the fur based on the 17 and 1800s. To decline, begins that is when you see a shift in relations between the people. Aim. Fire. 1851, the treaties were signed in which the dakotas seated over 24 million acres of the land to the United States. By the 1860s, you had divisions within Dakota Community for those w
One of the underground railroads most notable conductors. In Harriet Tubman the road to freedom, it details her time as a scout, a sky, and a nurse for the union army. Clinton describes her work from march 2004. Thank you. Good evening. Good evening. Wake up yall, it is early. All right. Thats a little better. I was running late, but did i come prepared . All right. I would not let you down. Anyone someone has a conversation about someone as important in black history and American History as Harriet Tubman, a conversation about Harriet Tubman and a footnote in african American History and American History books and finally we have a serious historical study about Harriet Tubman. Im not going to discuss the book, because the author is here. Theres plenty of books to go out and buy. What i would like to do is discuss the Historical Context in which this book talks about Harriet Tubman. Too often we dont discuss american slavery in the public schools, or Catholic Schools or any of the sch
The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip but in to five minutes, no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from American Samoa, mr. Faleomavaega, for five minutes. Mr. Faleomavaega mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to extend and revise my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, so ordered. Mr. Faleomavaega mr. Speaker, i rise today to thank our fellow americans and the people of American Samoa for the opportunity they gave me to serve them. Having grown up in a small village in American Samoa and graduating high school in hawaii, i never expected the people of American Samoa would choose me to serve the