Tent of Many Voices: 09240606

thank you Angela thank you and you have seniority so you can pull rank on Warren I guess I didn't get to know these next two people that well until they told us in pentleton Oregon where we live on the curve of the Columbia river that they couldn't erect this tent if there were more than 12 mph winds and for those of you who've been on the Columbia River I thought what Shauna and Denver would you please come up who's going to get the blanket Denver and this is Legacy Tours and now I'm going to call Wayne and Dwayne up our are they still are they not you're still here oh good you're not you're not somewhere doing an errand which is where you usually are outside the tent please come up and accept our thanks for everything you've done chairs water tables everything propane thank you very much and these two I think they're working right now so they're going to have to stop for a second Megan and NZ here she comes woohoo yeah everybody who ever said anything important in this tent they got on film now I'm going to call these folks up and some of them have had longer ten year on the trail some have had shorter tenure on the trail but they've all been on the trail they have learned how how to pronounce more tribal names more Rivers mispronounce more tribal names than rivers and and I think they'll know these names the rest of their lives starting with Wanda Anderson and Aon Aaron I think you've been with us the entire Trail haven't you here it's because you keep saying he had more hair Gerard thank you so much you're welcome Laura Clifford these folks pick people up at the airport at midnight some drive them home they make tobacco offers offerings they've done everything Carissa de Carol Elsie Elsie our elders love you this woman can fish Mary Ellen Mary Ellen urgle and I can say Wula did you hear that Cecilia Amy geni thank you Aaron Gross we got the other Aaron and the other Aaron but that's okay come on up I didn't last Rebecca Havens thank you so much Nancy hoppy thank you Chaz cheuck Charlie Charles Lasser Braden Mitchell his hair was short when the trip started right Trent Redfield you thank you Bobby you and a couple of other folks that were uh helpmates in this process on loan from other parts of the National Park Service Diane malakin and Gerard we'll ask you to accept on behalf of Daryl Martin a token of our appreciation Steve Morehouse and to my knowledge without this next person none of us would have got anywhere Diane Jones she's probably fixing somebody's plane reservations right now here she is this is the woman who booked the travel for the national Bicentennial everybody at our honors banquet we had uh we were remiss uh we were missing one of these people and remiss in not recognizing one of these people first I'd like to invite the voice that's traveled the country for York Hassan Davis to come up the good thing about hugging a guy in a bearclaw necklace is it hurts him more than it does me and last but not least Ernie Quintana we'd like to thank you for your leadership for those of you who are presenters in the tent of many voices over these many years just talk to these people about jobs now okay thank you thank you Roberta and Allan and thank you all the folks from Kota we we can't begin to describe how much this means to us thank you our next speaker is our regional director Ernie Quintana thank you see it's important for me to First acknowledge and say thank you to the oage people for the warm welcome that they've given to all of us I also want to say thank you to the drummers and the singer for honoring us here today as well and to the color guard and the many flag bearers thank you for reminding of The Many Nations that are a part of this great country and of this story thank you sitting here today in the Ten of many voices it's it's easy to come up here and and just begin to discuss about the the feelings and the emotions that are here today I'm reflecting back right now especially 200 years ago when the core Discovery too came up This Magnificent River and thinking then what they saw and what they encountered I'm sure what was what they heard then was the water rushing by the wildlife and the birds and just the sounds of nature you think that in 200 years that we would uh be in a better place but right now when you sit here in this tent of many voices what we here is the traffic and the trains and the trucks and and everything but nature but but I guess maybe maybe that's still means that we have a ways to go as a country and as a people on how to make our environment and our world a better place um it's still for those that traveled 200 years ago on up the river Lewis Captain Lewis and Captain Clark a core of 42 men and an American Indian woman 8,000 miles a journey that forever changed the lives of the American Indian people in a young and growing Nation who knew what was happening then as to what would be in store for us in the future today I think it's important for core a discovery to the Lewis and KK bl by Centennial to have acknowledged not only the significant events of that expedition but to also recognize the importance of the native people that were there along the trail hundreds of years in existence Liv living on the land prospering on the land they're in their way looking at these new strangers providing the assistance that was needed for them to continue their Journey from St Louis to the Pacific Ocean and back that's a story that was told many times here in this T of many voices as it traveled across this country along that trail the import important different and distinction is the story that was told by the M people in their way and from their perspective and that was the important significance from my point of view of Lois and Clark for the first time in a long time we had a for that was uh in partnership with all the federal agencies where from my perspective the focus was on the Native American View and perhaps the story that was told there will help lead us into the next 200 years to a better future I also want to say thank you to the many men and women of the National Park Service whom I proudly stand here representing and on your behalf thank you for doing all of the work um in support of cor Discovery to what I would ask is that all of you from the National Park Service if you would please stand and be recognized we owe you a a Deb of thanks and a round of an Applause thank you thank you many of the partners that uh par participated in the core of Discovery 2 have already spoken but I feel it's important for me to acknowledge them as well the Bureau of Land Management the core of engineers us fish and wildlife service just to name a few the United States uh National Guard the both the national uh contingent and the local state guards terrific individuals who I understand helped with the setup and the security that was so important in keeping this tent to many voices in the exhibit moving thank you for all all that you have done I was also asked if I could speak to the meaning and significance of what core of Discovery true has brought to this country in some respects I think we're still struggling with the concept of inclusion we still like I've mentioned earlier have a ways to go and as Gerard my good friend mentioned this is not the end this is just the beginning we have come too far are to reach this point to just simply pack up the tent and say that our work is done hopefully all of the federal Partners as Mr Gerard uh so eloquently described we need to reach out we need to do all that we can to make sure that we work with the communities the Native American people and to make sure that the story continues to be told to make sure that we are there to listen and learn and understand and it's time for us to do that and I pledge to you that from the National Park Service and I'm sure for the other federal federal agencies we will continue to do our part that the American Indian story is continued to be told I also again want to acknowledge superintendent Steve Adams for the fine work that you've done to bring cor Discovery to home and to you Gerard Baker the first superintendent for doing all that you did for your leadership in getting the core Discovery to started thank you very much for your work there there's been a lot of motion here and obviously there's a lot of Pride that fills this room pride in ourselves and individuals Pride that we haves for all that you have contributed to this great moment with all that you have contributed over these many years uh along the trail thank you very much for um for helping us get to this point in time and thank you very much for all that we do here and in the future we look forward to working with you thank you very much thank you Ernie uh before we move into the last portion of this uh coru traveled by land we also had a group of folks that were extremely important to this Bicentennial traveling both by water and by land and that's the discovery expedition of St Charles and I'd like those fellow to wave stand up whatever and let's give them a great big Applause welcome home fellas they were also very instrumental in uh our educational program along the trail uh weekly uh broadcast to schools around the country uh talking about Expedition history and I've I've watched this group uh grow so much especially uh I think their spiritual leader Bud Clark bud has uh I I know you have learned so much on your journey and I I have have sometimes felt the growing pain that you have gone through in that process but this this man has learned and uh I I believe he would say if I can say it for you that um that's a very precious experience one that uh I'm sure Bud will cherish for the rest of his years and so Bud again we thank you and your team of good folks thank you we're going to close now with a uh Circle dance and song Would you please stand h reverse Rivers reverse wa too much fun reverse hey ah heyya he e hey hey 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