Ray Halbert News Today

And a native rights advocate who is trying to eliminate thousands of native american mascots. We begin with the director of business owning institutions National Museum of the American Indian. This is just over two hours. [applause] thank you very much for hosting us tonight. It is good to be back in the valley. I was expecting different weather than we have got but we all know rain is always a blessing in the desert. It is very good to be here at the museum. It is one of our important Partners ...

The canadian side . I come from a province 20 seconds. We would the it would be raised in minnesota and processed in iowa. So i think people want to know where their food comes from. Theres got to be a way to deal with that reality and not we won three case. Were going to win a fourth. Wed rather negotiate than retaliate would be our view. What do you think . It will be healthy and will dont be healthy between the United States and canada. Well see how the court case plays out not with standing ...

You from time to time so i can see which slide we are on. I am at the National Museum of the American Indian. One of the things that interest us greatly is the persistence of stereotypes. Our visitors dont come as blank slates, they come with a preconceived set of ideas, not uninformed but misinformed. As you can see, just a couple of years ago at the vatican. This is a man there at the vatican celebrating as she understands native american culture. This is one of those examples where we can har...

And so, that is lie. The other lie is that one star deets himself was an indian. He was convicted of fraud for pretending to be an indian because he was trying to dodge the draft. Yet, the team maintains on its website that is the origin of the name. Similarly, this team has an origin myth. They say it was a fellow named henry who was a baseball player for the team. They say they named their team and order to honor him. If you really begin to dig into that history, what we find is henry was trea...

Sure people understand basic propositions. Even bart simpson gets it. Now i would like to get to this idea of American Mythology and the imaginary indian. We are deeply in the american dna. Every major american myth, major american origin story has to account for the indians in sunlight. Here we see columbus arriving in the new world looking remarkably fresh. But hiding in the righthand corner are the indians who were there when columbus arrived. We want to get into this business of the Columbia...

There is no accountability. They fail to train, fail to supervise. And as a result, the sta citizens are placed in peril. Reporter they have not commented on the lawsuit. A house fire has claimed the lives of two people in north baltimore. Mary has the latest on the investigation. City fire Officials Say two elderly people died after being pulled from the home. You can see the extent of the damage done to the house. The fire appears to have started in a middle room on the first flar of the two s...