My prayers go out to the floyd family and the other families of a long list of other victims and loved ones. I stand in solidarity with all those who have peacefully patriotically challenging the status quo. Are about the treatment of africanamericans at the hands of police. They are also about the systemic racial inequities that have festered in our society for years. They are now magnified by the coronavirus that we are here to talk about. Inequity is particularly stark in health bare by has been laid this pandemic. Latinos,mericans, native americans, and other people of color have tested positive, been hospitalized, and died from covid19 at alarming rates. , african are dying at a rate that is double what would be expected given their share of the population. Infectedhat have been ina disproportionate rate every state that report these data. And native americans, who represent just 4 of the are 21 ofin arizona the coronavirus deaths in that state. Subcommittees briefing, we heard fr
1830 indian removal indian removal act and its impact on southern tribes. Associate curator paul chaat smith leads us through the americans exhibit, which examines how indian imagery is prominent in childrens toys and mascots. It is built on a paradox, the riddle. The paradox is this in 2018 the United States is a country of 283 million people. And indians are perhaps 1 of that population. Most americans live in urban areas and parts of the country where they never actually see American Indians. And yet American Life in images, advertising, mascots, surround people every single day. The show is about exploring the strange contradiction of how prevalent American Indians are in American Life, really from the earliest memories of americans throughout their life, and yet somehow it was never really noticed much, never seemed is important. The Territorial Team decided to call this phenomenon indians everywhere. Its normalizing whats actually a really weird phenomenon. We looked and we could
Reflected respective Indigenous People, their culture, and governments long before the ships arrive to jamestown. He brought the lack of a permanent memorial on virginia capitol grounds, as did other tribal leaders, to the attention of governor kane, resulting in the formation of the virginia Indian Commemorative commission, in 2018. Chief adams has generously dedicated himself to numerous to numerous himself to numerous causes and organizations across the commonwealth. It is an honor to introduce chief adams. [applause] chief adams thank you for the kind words. It is an honor to be here today to be a part of this event. We started this about 15, 18 months ago, when we briefed each other on what the possibilities were for us to have such an event as this. We are fortunate to have it in this special location today. I am going to give you a brief history of the tribe in virginia. As indians know well, the doctrine of discovery are still very well alive in the United States. In some cases
Country for lectures in history. Why do you all know who lizzy borden is and raise your hand if you had ever heard of this murder, the gene harris murder trial before this class. The deepest cause where well find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. So were going to talk about both of these sides of this story here, right . The tools, the techniques of slave owner power. Well also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. Watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topicses rangi ranging from American Revolution to september 11th, lectures on history every saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv. It available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. Cspan has around the clock coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic and its all available on demand at cspan. Org coronavirus. Watch white house briefings,
Podcasts. Washington journal prime time, a special evening edition on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. Our guests are the chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot on the citys and personal response to the pandemic and the latest data on how well its being controlled. Join the conversation tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Up next on American History tv, the principle chief of the Cherokee Nation talks about the tribes history following its removal from the south and relocation to oklahoma. He discusses how the cherokee has concentrated on rebuilding and strengthening their culture amid adversity. Its now my great pleasure to introduce chief adams. As was mentioned earlier today chief adams serves on preservation of virginia board of trustees. He served as a strong advocate of the federal recognition of the upper and in the lead up to 2007 chief adams actively participated in the 2007 Steering Committee and the activities associate would the commemoration, and i can say we sp