and that the bridge family can come here to camp edge word and come visit this and bring the used up and this is if something happens to this poll that they're to get a hold of us and then we'll come do this work and repairs so we want to hear some words from the bridge family and some of the travels and what you folks do for our community hi i'm maggie briscoe often now i'm from alaska i'm soupy ike and we were invited here by tom and the group to watch the raising of this very beautiful totem i believe that an eagle at the top represents an eagle does it yeah and i wish you luck and it's beautiful and bridge is trying to span the distance between native american elders and the youth that's very important in our program so myself as an elder i go to my youth and i teach them what i was taught when i was little unfortunately a lot of my co culture was taken from me by the time i i was born we were forbidden to speak any language except english the way i learned was by  listening and what i do and i'll listen and watch listen and watch and that's what i ask the little kids to do the young youngsters to do is to listen and watch always be aware and this is a good example of people bringing their culture back to that into their lives and it's a beautiful job and i thank you for inviting us here thank you for being her something more than a log became something beautiful there was a sense and a knowing that we are doing something for spirit the spirit of those who have gone on before the spirit of those that live within us and the spirit of those that are going to come see the pole and know that we are all spirits having a human journey and the more we come together as a community the more we get to know one another as a community the more we realize that there is a purpose to our lives there is a purpose to being here on the planet at this time that we may truly truly work towards the peace and unity that we all really desire that's all i have to say it's a beautiful poem thank you but i'm our john from so call me and also john has he has a up and so i jumped right on to it but this masterpiece right here is i'm a carver i do  they wanted to learn how to do it with the help of t they helped work on this they're there in a door and mass make their own and really proud of them i didn't know i was going to get up here and talk it's because my arms do go i'm just really glad to see it and it's really awesome and i think you carry this is where it's going to get different this is all new we've never done this before right through there never done is this is on his inexperience so going to need everybody's help and this part oh our mr don mcfarlane he was here in the beginning and he pulled on it he did i think a couple passes and he said that's a lot of work that's good and he took his piece of  bark and i you still have it good because now you get to do your hands on this and sure that piece of bark and you are connected well i share the sentiments of everyone here about how special and sacred of coming together of people to work for a common cause and a spiritual good the trick to spirituality is to take it from the youth erik and make it manifest spirit on the physical plane and all such creations as this combine the love and the power of everyone who has worked on it thought about it helped along its way it binds us together as a community and helps us all to remember that we were all strangers here on but by the symbol of this raising we are strangers no more and by whatever name you give the spirit that we pray to it all comes back to us as a blessing and a symbol of that great eternity which we all share i may each one  today take home the blessing of that moment of this moment in time that we may remember all the lessons that we've learned and all the blessings that we ma to the end of time and sincerity truth and love all man well i've only got a couple words for this ana i'm really one part of me saddened that the projects come into the end but you cool side of this is new faces is being reborn today's stand when it starts