united native education alliance and we advocate for the preservation of native american youth in healthy activities and healthy living and at this point myself and most of the native american community that i represent now i am a part of are asking the city of seattle washington state in the united states of america along with she had a public schools to preserve this mere old to preserve this work behind me all ten mere rolls were hand painted as a labor of love for the city as a gift and the native american community over the last twelve years has come to appreciate these miracles and hold them very close to their heart and this facility is now a landmark in north seattle people come from all over western washington and all over the country to visit this commemoration of our great warrior chief and we here at the seattle clear sky native youth council that meets on tuesdays at the will specific school is asking that the indian heritage high school program be revitalized and re issued into seattle public schools whether that's on this location the new mega school proposal that is being  produced and activated you a native american youth conference where there was over three hundred participants native american students from all over western washington and seattle public schools congregated and gathered here at the indian heritage school and held workshops and prayed in dance and we even had a powwow and honored bob eagle staff and all the former graduates of indian heritage and and the native american students here in seattle so for america for washington state for the city of seattle for seattle public schools to give us this facility over twenty years ago and now in two thousand and thirteen take it back very abruptly have believed is wrong it is a genocide to take bacilli way from our native american students it's sending a very mixed message our native american children it's actually giving the unity message of passive aggressiveness and passive aggressive racism and there the communication between  majority of the native american community and seattle public schools officials has been very dormant has been very stagnant has been very own good coming in very unprofessional and i along with thousands of native american people believe that the city of seattle the united states of america needs to realize that this is a national issue that it goes far beyond the city of seattle with the commemorations of says represents all nations from all across north america and if the seattle public schools is to demolish this building and they did abruptly end the native native indian here  and professionalism and passive aggressive racism where they can all legit or not we're living in the city called seattle chief c l this is the namesake of the cities the founding fathers historically the those tribes in the preservation of chief joseph image so to me that is a it is a again a blank statement of we don't care or we don't know and it's both the same and with all that said it's not too late for someone to redeem themself it's not too late for someone to forgive themself it's never too late to become a part of something great it's never too late too late to become part of this family it's never too late to become part of our team and to walk on the same earth as we do you know us native american people we do not hate these individuals that work downtown in these decision makers that are passing the six hundred ninety five million dollar budgets we we strive to understand them and we strive to let them shine in our ways and join our sacred hoops and join our medicine wheels and join our talking circles and so we have always been open and i'm doing this right here in the open  there's no secrecy in my in my body i'm turning thirty two years old tomorrow april twenty fourth two dozen thirteen is my birthday born in the year the dragon in the hour of the dragon if anybody has anything to say to me i'm going to be presenting a brand new miro for the seattle central community college at the egyptian theater tomorrow april twenty fourth two thousand and thirteen in the egyptian theater the american indian student association a seattle center community college has worked hard and vigorously with me to create a new commemoration of our founding father namesake of the city chief seattle this numero is going to stand in on the campus of c s c c c and this new chief seattle is going to stand free of judgment it's going to stand free of paid it's going to stand free of budgets is going to stand free of levies it's going to stand free of restrictions and and small small minded rules that man made again historically man has made many mistakes historically men have passed many wrong budgets historically men have went to war for many wrong reasons and again it is never too late to redeem yourself it is never too late to say i'm sorry it is never too late to say i love you it's never too late say love you beautiful native american people it's never too late to say we know we're sorry that you view this is gossip aggressiveness we are sorry that you view this is gossip aggressive racism and classism and we are sorry it's in their heart and believes in providence that in this world that we live in you know and again us native american people the historic men and women and children of the north american south america historically had ties to this ground before the european men came to america in escaping oppression from europe escaping oppression from britain escaping oppression from ireland escaping oppression from spain scaping oppression from from from italy in a scaping oppression from greece and we had the greatest compassion in the history of mankind since the beginning of time in fourteen only to the native american people starting with the with the with  a no brothers down in the in the caribbean they've had nothing but open arms to our or here pm brothers that have now become our are our brothers in our neighbors and historically for the last five hundred years all the way down to south america we've had nothing but open arms to these wonderful people and we're just asking at this time that you know they have open arms to us in that fear that's leaving inside of them you need to just let it go that fear that's restricting you from becoming our friends you just need to let it go that fear of these images that's eating you alive you just need to let that go and know that the nato american heart the drumbeat of native america starting in forty nine hundred two it's going to religiously play out whether you demolish this building whether the u s government decides to destroy one hundred totem poles it's nothing new to us they tried to put the red man on reservations they tried to withhold his per capita as they tried many different tactics to assimilate native american red people into mainstream society and that's ok a small primitive tactics is always the actions of small primitive men and we forgive you people we we want nothing for the nothing but the best for you men and women that are  position of making decisions in affecting children's lives affecting kids and their futures and and how their psyches develop and how their their spirituality is developed but if these walls do fall in the city of seattle in the seattle public schools does let it happen in a very abrupt way basically shutting a steel curtain on us it's going to it's going to create more tension and more misunderstanding that has filtered the last five hundred years since one thousand nine hundred two and again this misunderstanding it can end right now this distrust it can end right now you know people can learn to love each other again friends can come back together and they can they can walk down a highway of heaven it's never too late but i know from experience that you cannot build by destroying something you cannot build a community by demolishing something you cannot raise a child by taking his father away you cannot create a great artist in your community by destroying his mirrors down to the ground and granting grounding the concrete up into asphalt for highways of this mega city this megatron school that's being built here in one of the greatest cities in the world mariners in the seattle supersonics i know that these these great men and women that have you know laid their lives down for the cause so that you know all of us can live here in peace they can rise above the clouds and it's at blink of an eye it doesn't take a year it doesn't take six months it doesn't take a week it just takes one second for you for us to really find that common ground and we're asking that you do again preserve these beautiful merrill's that mean so much to not only the native american community but also the non native american community in aspiring artists one argument i did hear of this is this of this facility is that the buildings old and it and it does have a brand new hardwood floor in the facility that seattle public schools built in it there's many contradictions revolving around this demolition and  the i'm a big advocate for michelangelo michelangelo's one of my most favorite painters in the world he's widely regarded and widely respected as one of the greatest artists that had ever lived and in italy his painting of the sistine chapel is over four hundred years old it was that is a facility this the sistine chapel that was built before modern technology and modern tools and modern developments of architectural engineering and so if the beautiful italian people and many people around the world hold the italians is as some of the most artistic people in the world builders of the coliseum builders of of rome builders of the great statue of david in the piano if the italians  a facility like the sistine chapel in such a high regards and they can preserve it after four hundred years then the city of seattle really with their it without a doubt in my mind with today's architectural engineering they can save these mirrors they can refurbish these windows they can stream why find this facility they can put some brand new tin siding on these walls they can and they can when there's a will there's a way and not personal friend jo jones in jones the man that is one of the greatest arc native american architects out of seattle i had a personal conversation with him one month ago and i emailed transaction with him a week ago and he volunteered that he said he could redo some of the architectural plans so that this facility the gymnasium in the cafeteria can stand within a new facility and that's what we're asking for and so we've so we've  open lines of communication time and time again i've sent possibly ten emails to the seattle public schools over the last month and i got one reply and it was just a thank you and so again in this case silence is not gold in that whole routine that the seattle public schools is playing on and as far as silence is golden that's not going to work right now not at this time not on april twenty fourth two thousand and thirteen again thank you very much for your time and i believe in in the creator and letting providence rule my life and i want to give all the praise and admiration respect and love to all the beautiful people of seattle in washington state and the united states that have ever held these mira a great regard i want to give love and caring and compassion to any child that has ever stepped on these grounds and looked up at this twenty five foot painting of chief joseph and i want to give a a shout out in a big hug to anybody that's ever drove on wallingford in ninety eight then seen these mails from a half a mile away and it brought a smile to their face and i want to and i want to tell the world in the universe that i did these miracles for the city and for the community and for the whole country as a as a as a reflection of peace and unity and a united nations and united tribes and united families united clans of all walks of life of all genders of all colors and all barriers and again it's never too late and i just want to encourage people to please reach out to these official in the seattle public school district and voice your opinion without discretion and we live in one of the greatest countries in the world i'm a big believer in the declaration of independence and the constitution and  to my freedom of speech and i'm going to keep practicing those those principles that the united states government gave to me as a gift and i'm going to exert them every day and i encourage all of you children and parents and teachers to do the same and again it's a beautiful spring day here in seattle and we're going to keep livin and we're going to keep creating thank you very much  and when that idea is strange to us we do not own the freshness of the air in a sparkle of the water how can you buy them jensen spoke a language older than words i want to share with you how he starts this book i think this is one of the most important books that i've read in a long time he says there is a language older by far and deeper not even remember that it exists in order for god to maintain our way of living we must in a broad sense tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves it is not perception of the animal world and for a number of years i almost believed that only human beings though it wasn't until later that i began to understand the personal political social psychological economic implications of living in the silenced world this i am saying is that is true to the workings of our culture the strong refusal to hear the voices of those we exploit is crucial to our domination of the revision science philosophy politics education psychology medicine literature of anguish sticks in art sister and i just really wish that the seattle public schools would revitalize the indian heritage program and find the benevolence and the kindness within them heart within their hearts to preserve these miracles in be truthful be truthful with myself and be truthful with my friends in my family the clear sky native use cancel the children open communication talk to us we walk the same