memorial next week. so, we re glad that you are here, we are excited to be talking about the memorial, and let s 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 sudde
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, it s in this beautiful fact that this absurd and good fortune for those institutions was ours before it was there s. 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
and down to the annual national press foundation awards dinner, the event recognizes journalists and the stories they have covered. [background sounds]. lease and gentlemen, welcome back to the podium. thank you for joining us. your sponsorship of tonight s dinner will go towards national press foundation training programs in the united states and around the world. it is been my great fortune in five years to educate journalists across the globe, we run training programs in buffett barcelona, shanghai, i would not be, moscow, hong kong and paris. reinforce relationships with two remarkable international foundations who are just as passionate about journalism as we are. they share our dedication to making good journalists better. this foundation difference is in four years of programs and paris. to train journalists about science, and how to communicate science . in the foundation hong kong, it s something train journalists about international trade programs. using incredi
colleague letter saturday. yet. over in the senate, so far, the word is, no dice, especially from senator kyrsten sinema, who released a blistering statement saturday afternoon who called the house decision to delay the infrastructure vote, quote, inexcusable. but president biden, well, he s just fine with the delay. sir, do you think this could be all done by thanksgiving? i think it could be done by 2:27 a.m. on december come on! i think it will get done. plenty of time for it to be part of changing the tax code for people next year and for giving people the breaks they need. infrastructure negotiations weren t the only action at the capitol this week. the january 6th house select committee investigating the insurrection served 11 more subpoenas to organizers of that rally that proceeded the violence of that day. and four of trump s inner circle have until this thursday to hand over documents. the following week, they re expected to appear for depositions. select c
and republican congressman joints us for answers. [indiscernible] also breaking tonight, the senate passing a bipartisan gun safety bill paid the bill now goes to the house on friday. we will be tracking that. critics are filing on tonight. details from the simple instructions on how to act like [indiscernible] we begin with all eyes on th supreme court the next batch just hours away. the ruling on guns came thursday . i m disappointed. the president may be but gun rights applicants are feeling vindicated. they are celebrating the decision finding new york s restrictive framework unconstitutional. the challenge to the law arose because it requires applicants for a concealed carry permit to show a specialized need for sel protection. siding with the majority come m clarence thomas said it is not second-class rate, adding that new york s proper cause violate the 14th amendment and prevents law-abiding substance with ordinary self-defense need from exercising their rig