people moved into america, it was empty, and we are far from empty. one textbook picture of what a native american looks like and that is not how it is today. the common stereotypes. how? yeah, how. americans walk around on eggshells. like, what do we call you guys? we only want to have a seat at the table. we do not want anything more. you just don t want i would have to create space, opportunity for young people to know that there is hope. to most, this is the city of seattle. for me, this is joe amish land. my name is alyssa london. i grew up here, but i m a proud member of the indian tribe of alaska. as an alaskan native, my native identity includes as everything i do. as an msnbc contributor, entrepreneur, and former miss alaska usa. alaska airlines flew me to washington, but i m not here to be in seattle. i m on my way across the puget sound. we are really moving! to the suquamish tribal nation. these are the plans of chief seattle, a suqua
people moved into america, it was empty, and we are far from empty. one textbook picture of what a native american looks like and that is not how it is today. the common stereotypes. how? yeah, how. americans walk around on eggshells. like, what do we call you guys? we only want to have a seat at the table. we do not want anything more. you just don t want i would have to create space, opportunity for young people to know that there is hope. to most, this is the city of seattle.
well i didn t grow up, here, as a member of the indian tribe, i am proud to be connected to these lands and a diverse alaskan community that lives here. it s so good in. here it s nice and warm. that mobile is in the shape of the eye of awareness. i am so proud to meet with mary portola. a woman who has made history as the first alaska native serving in the united states congress. has it feel to be the first alaska native congresswoman? it s surprising to realize our state as old as it is. and we haven t had a person and our congressional delegation who s elected basket native. is there anything your daughter has said? something that s made you feel extra proud? i was in the minneapolis
that one of the most toxic myths that americans hold about us is either we get a bunch of stuff for free from the government and we don t pay taxes, and we don t pay for college, don t we all wish that were true? we get all these checks. right, exactly, and or, we are in reaching out of ourselves off of these casinos. and so, we really have to work hard to counter just these falsehoods that are constantly out there that really shape the way people think about us, and it s just simply not true. she snuck out and she stood on the porch. then she was still alive. for this. we are fighting for this, to ensure that it is still here for our future generations. we only want to have a seat at the table. we do not want anything more. we just don t want anything less. less she gets exactly what she wants and only pays for what she needs. she picks only the perks she wants and saves on every one! all with an incredible new iphone. get iphone 14 pro on us when you switch. it s your veriz
duck freighter and oysters. we do the oyster first? yeah, let s do the oyster first. you had to say that. salty bite. all right, i m watching. i m going in, tears. so good. all right, anything with that sauce is amazing. you know, alyssa, you asked earlier about our clothes that we were today as an expression of who we are. i think about that in the context of what s going on now in oklahoma, for example. graduation time. our native students are being told that they cannot wear their regalia during graduation ceremony. something that is such an expression of who they are. so much of our history was about being quiet, about hiding, taking away what was uniquely ours, as natives, whether it s our language, or our clothes, or our ceremonies. so, when i was growing up, a lot of my classmates were non native. my classmates students and really understand about native people because i wasn t dressed in regalia, they didn t think that i was native or because i m a lighter ski