I know im right about this and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. After a landslide yes vote in a session referendum the government in iraqs kurdish region rejects baghdads demand to hand over control of airports. The u. S. President plans to cut the number of refugees entering the country to the lowest in nearly four decades plus. Im in the United States with a family of cambodian american felons fighting against a deportation. And our ride down Money Laundering lane a london bus tour of alleged marquee property deals by high profile nigerians. Hours after winning a landslide in the secession referendum the government of iraqs kurdish region says it wont hand over control of airports to baghdad the result has been announced despite a last minute appeal to council it by the iraqi Prime Minister Charles Trafford reports from their bill. So liberations on the streets of the bill up to ninety two percent of voters said yes to secession from the kurdi
Thank you, kevin. We can all thank rick for doing a fantastic meditation on this. A 30,000 foot level of issues we wanted to discuss today. To celebrate 25 years, we need to go back further than 25 years to see how we got to that point 25 years ago. Our first panel was about that. Behind the scenes of the act. The early years. We are so fortunate to have presenters, panelist who can speak to this with an incredible depth of knowledge. I would like to welcome them to come now. The first is Patricia Zell. She serves as the editor of the indian law and order. She retired in march 2005 following 25 years of service on the u. S. Senate committee where committee on Indian Affairs where she served as the democratic staff director and chief counsel for the last 19 years of her senate service. The depth of knowledge possessed on these issues is unparalleled. She worked for the u. S. Commission on civil rights American Psychological association. Ive been fortunate to work with her on the board o
Panel discussion on congress and the creation of that 1989 law. Speakers included one of the funding Founding Trustees and the American Indian committees chief counsel. An hour. Little over rick for all thank doing a fantastic meditation on this. Level of issues we wanted to discuss today. To celebrate 25 years, we need to go back further than 25 years to see how we got to that point 25 years ago. Our first panel was about that. Of the act. Cenes we are so fortunate to have presenters, panelist who can speak to this with an incredible depth of knowledge. I would like to welcome them to come now. [indiscernible] editor of thethe indian law and order. She retired in march 2005 following 25 years of service on the u. S. Senate committee where she served as the democratic staff director and chief counsel for the last 19 years of her senate service. The depth of knowledge possessed on these issues is unparalleled. She worked for the u. S. Commission on civil rights, American Psychological a
Not forgotten americans. They continue to be appropriately remembered by those in this nation that they came to be a part of all those years ago. As an irish person, i would like to extend my gratitude to you all for that. And for the privilege of speaking to you about one of their number today. Thank you very much. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the civil war airs every saturday at 6 00 and 10 00 p. M. Eastern time. To learn more, visit www. Cspan. Org history. You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the National Museum of the American Indian act. The law established a National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall as part of the Smithsonian Institution and encouraged the smithsonian to return any human remains and funerary objec
The creation of nmai. The last panel was a walk down memory lane because i intended attended that 1987 hearing where secretary adams was asked by senator inouye was asked about the remains and was able to participate in many of the discussions that led to the creation of museum. But more about that in a minute. Let me also say that the issues of repatriation of which ive dealt with many of them over my almost 30 years have provided me with some of the most interesting and rewarding work of my career. I think for those of you who are here and are able to hear about this process that has gone on for 25 plus years, i am sure that you share that view that these issues are so interesting. With that, i am honored to be here to moderate this panel. Today we are joined by four panelists. Kevin gover the director of the , National Museum of the American Indian. A citizen of the eastern band of cherokee indians and the chair of the repatriation of native americans board of trustees. Jonathan cod