Hello, everybody. Im the Parent Advisory Committee chairperson. I am from south dakota. And this is my son. Hi. Im a student at Galileo High School and im the student representative. Hello. Im paloma flores. Im the Program Coordinator for sfusd Indian Education program. Good evening. Im melanie antongordon. I have two children that represent Gateway High School and middle school and im a p. A. C. Member. Im amy anderson. Im metis. And member of the p. A. C. And i have a child who attends George Washington high school. Thank you, again, for having us here for our annual report. I wanted to take a moment to represent or show you who represents on the cover of the program. So on the bottom, we have lucien, pit river. And donovan, dene nation. To the right of him, the lacoda nation. And tanu, blackfoot nation of montana. Going to the next page. The Indian EducationProgram Supports the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of americanindian and alaska native students as it connects to their social and Emotional Wellbeing in the San Francisco unified School District. The center is at sanchez elementary school. A little bit of americanIndian Education history for you. In 1879, the first Indian School named carlisle Indian School was created. At this time, Indian School was for the purpose of getting rid of indian people. In 1924, indian citizenship act happened, the first time that americanindians were considered citizens. In 1968, indians Civil Rights Act happened. In 1972, the title 7 Indian Education act. 1975, the indian selfdetermination act. 1978, the americanindian religious freedom act. And in 1991, a report was created to state that Indian Education was at risk at that time. For 2017 highlight and successes. I wanted to theres quite a few on the list, but i wanted to shout out a couple that really is new to our program so i will just say them. New multimedia dene library. Student representatives americanindian Cultural Center board of directors. Just so you know, its raziel. So congratulations to him. [applause] we tipped monthly official p. A. C. Meetings and working group meetings. The last is in collaboration with the indian ed program. Our prospect students met with americanindian student association, learned about opportunities and Resources Available to them. And its in the 32nd annual ucla powwow. The next slide shows the 2017 end of the year celebration. Each year we celebrate our students Successful School year, promotions and the p. A. C. Arranged for each High School Graduate to be given an honor blanket. That was new and its a big thing for the native community to honor these students with the blankets and our community wanted to support the group and they donated 10 blankets. The indian ed students have participated in a conference world renowned indigenous forum. Wed like to thank the collective for providing our program with this opportunity. So its a Huge Investment in our children for us to participate and weve been one of the groups that has the largest students participating every year and its getting bigger. So its a huge win for us. The picture above is indian ed being honored by the board of supervisors and Mayors Office for preserving nativeamerican cultures and planning an annual dancing feathers powwow. This is the first time youth were honored at the event. To the right, you can see the indian ed Program Coordinator receiving the 2017 local Unsung Heroes award. Were grateful for all of the support given to our community by the late San Francisco mayor ed lee. Continuing on. Theres a list of multiple, ongoing programs and events that happen, but i wanted to highlight a few. Cultural nights have included instruction in beading, basketweaving and sewing of ceremonial clothing. It features culturally relevant books and computers for the students use. Were proud of our ongoing collaboration with the nativeamerican health center, friendship house. This collaboration is integral to supporting our students and families as a whole. It takes a village. Americanindian community challenges. Trauma layered with historical intergenerational trauma. We have the lowest graduate rates nationwide. Cultural appropriation. Need for curriculum rooted in cultural humility and inclusivity. And the sf bay area housing crisis. Here we have the Graduation Rates and dropout rates and the rates of our students going to college. As you can see, graduate rate for americanindian students in 20142015 was 52. 6. The next year, 77. 8. Our dropout rate for americanindian students went from 15. 8 to 16. 7 . And Program Graduates that went to college in 2016, we had three students go to fouryear universities and eight go to twoyear university. The following year, we had one good to a fouryear, and six go to a twoyear. Wed like to note that these numbers are skewed by the San Francisco housing crisis. Weve lost a number of americanindian families in San Francisco because they cannot afford to live here anymore. Im a member of the rose bud sioux tribe and heres a snapshot of the nations that represent in the program. Our Top Priorities, cultural competency, humility, training for all sfusd employees. Tipped input into Curricular Development through regular interaction with Advisory Committee and barriers in the americanindian community. To adopt a supportive policy with the wearing of sacred feathers during graduation ceremony. To remove the racially insensitive murals at Washington High School. Our academic and social, emotional support, to increase Staff Support at the Indian Education center from part time to full time. Policy and operations. Thanks, everybody. We welcome questions. And wed like to invite you to the Indian EducationProgram Moving Forward cultural event, honoring our students and our culture, saturday, june 2, 12 00 to 3 00 at sanchez auditorium. The list of nations you see there represent many tribal nations. San francisco has the the latest, one of the largest on the west coast, intertribal, inter generational, and heres what you see and thats a snapshot. Take a note of what you see, here and outside the state of california. And the invitation to the event is right there. Thank you. [applause] okay. Thank you very much. Before we go into any discussion or comments, im going to call up we have four Public Comments on this item. We have several speakers. Michelle anton and celeste aguilar. Come on up and press the red button. Robert martin. Alexis bunton. Janeer alewa. Amy anderson. And mary travis allen. So you have 2 minutes and press the button for the red light to go on. Good evening. Im michelle anton. Community leader and parent of a graduate from Galileo High School. I wanted to reiterate about the murals at Washington High School. Recently it was brought to our attention a mural in their lobby, which is of a dead indian. We would like to see that removed. Its very detrimental it can be detrimental to the learning of our students having to walk past that every day. There is also other murals there that are regarding other races. It made us think what other murals are listed in our high schools or even buildings, we wanted to know and have an inventory so we know what murals are in our schools and what we can do by taking them out of our schools, because that cannot be helpful at all to our students. I want to reiterate the resources on our Top Priorities page. Using the Indian Museum and Cultural Center in santa rosa can be a valuable resource to help with curricular information and training for teachers. They are an excellent resource to use and we would reach out to them for you if you would like to make that connection, to have them come in and do some training in the School District. They have made that offer to us previously and we would love to recommend them as a resource for the School District. Theres a bill in the legislative being worked on right now involving regalia. When my daughter graduated, she wore an eagle feather and she was honored for and wed like to have that San Francisco take a stand and approve and make a formal statement that our students would be able to wear their eagle feathers in honor of their graduation and we would like the School District to take a stand on that. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Next speaker. My name is robert martin. Im from the Cherokee Nation of oklahoma and teacher for americanindian program for beading. I think its very important to have this curriculum to teach our students of their background, their culture, for emotional and spiritual reasons. When i was a kid, we never had anything lining this. I think its important that the negative images that we see in the media and movies be put aside and more positive images for people to teach our students and our youth. So thats what i have to say for now. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Next speaker. Good evening. Im janine luwa, graduate of galileo, 1979. Congratulations. And im here because i want to support the native children in our community and im very proud of them. And i want them to know that im an elder in the community and i really admire your work and keep up the great work that youre doing. Its an honor that you are a board member. And i would like to respectfully request that the mural at Washington High School be removed as it is very insensitive. I wanted to point that out to you, folks, and im just here to support the community. Im a San Francisco resident born and raised and very proud of my city. Thank you very much. [applause] hello. Im alexis bunten. I manage a program mentioned in the speech. Last year we is served 107 local indian youth. We empowered them with mentorship and meeting amazing change makers. My ancestors were enslaved by the russians at the barrel of a gun. They had to come down here to hunt otters. My grandmother was forced from her village in alaska to Boring School in oregon. And had i been forced to make a model of an indian boarding school, i would have been traumatized. So i want to remind you that San Francisco has the largest urban indian populations in the country and continue to experience ingoing and systemic oppression on a daily basis. I was raised by a single mother. We were poor, affected by alcoholism, drug use, mental illness. I do have a bachelors degree from dartmouth and ph. D. From ucla. I ignored my teachers in Public School that told me i was disruptive and sent me out to the hallway and told me i would never reach my goals. I had positive native role models at home that told me that columbus is not what we were learning in school and San Francisco unified School District need to learn the truth, too. They need to know what happened in california. They need to understand the language of oppression so they can speak to power especially in this Current National administration. I hope that we can lead the way for the rest of the country to do whats right. It reflects a responsibility that the government owes the First Nations of the country. Thanks for hearing my remarks. [cheers and applause] my name is amy anderson. Im grateful to be here. I am here to talk about the mural at Washington High School, where my son attends 10th grade. I will describe pieces of the mural. Bear with me. If you need to close your eyes to imagine what it looks like, feel free. In the mural, scalps of humans adorn the belts of americanindians. Scalping began with an english colonial settleer. Indigenous warriors attacking white soldiers erases the reality that George Washington ordered allout war without diplomacy against Indigenous People. It depicts American Indians committing the hideous tactics of warfare. It glorifies colonialism and whiteness. In short, this landmarkmaking mural perpetuates white supremacy. The size and placement of the mural shows a deep sadness for Indigenous People that were killed. Frontiersman walk over the lifeless body of a warrior. George washington stands beside the fallen warrior, but not a single eye is diverted. [cheers and applause] i have two more speakers on this item. Mary and celeste. Looks like i dont have to push a button. I like pushing buttons. [laughter] ive been here a few times and ive been on this earth for 62 years. Im a mother and a grandmother. My blood comes from central america. My children are enrolled members of sioux nation, pine ridge. You will have to forget my voice. I know it sounds sexy, but im dealing with a virus, so entertain me here. If i have a coughing spasm, give me a couple more moments. So to that end, my granddaughter proceeded as the student leader for indian ed. And she is now second year at ucla. There were times she was told she would not succeed because she did not conform to some of the things she was being taught or told to be quiet about. Shes a very strong woman now and strong leader and you will hear from her again. I have to say, some of the items on this list have been here a few years. Its time to proceed to action. Thats what i will challenge you about. I have 62 years. I dont want to come back a couple more years and just talk about the list incomplete. The other thing i want to talk about, i was at the board of supervisors meeting today. And you guys took a landmark decision to rename columbus day as Indigenous People. They did like ways today. [cheers and applause] so theres a prophecy. And theres a prophecy about the condor and the eagle. The eagle lives in the north. Condor in the south. And it represents a time of the two coming back together and bringing the nations together. Remember, we didnt put the borders. Other people put them there. And in that, right now, San Francisco is stating over and over again about being the sanctuary city. Representing and protectioning , not the illegals that trump represents. Thats coming together. And i want each of you to remember that. And thats something to the children need to know and they need to release and stop the racial bias and stereotyping thats being taught in schools because thats what makes trump being elected because people believe those lies and those falsehoods and those stereotypes and they live in fear. Stop the fear. Educate. Educate yourselves. And next year i want to give you a better report card. Thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you. I have one final speaker. Mary travis allen. Sorry, mary. Celeste aguilar okay. Shes not here. All right. Thank you very much for that. Can i substitute . No, im sorry. Thank you. All right. Commissioners, comments, questions . Commissioner walton . President walton thank you for coming tonight. One statement and a question. Its good to see you collaborating and going off on trips together and working together and hopefully we can see more of that collaboration. And then just a question on slide 9. We dont see Graduation Rates for 16 17. Are we waiting on those . Okay. Commissioner murase thank you. I was on the board when the facility having an Indian Education center, a physical space, was a very big issue. And i was pleased when we were able to carve out that space and be at the opening. And there are other communities, Pacific Islander community, thats seeking space. I want to know what difference thats made to have a physical space where you can meet and teach from. The difference is everything. It is, as the name implies, the center. The center that brings many together. The center being that in the middle of the serbingle. Its the hub, not only for the Academic School program that supports k12 and their needs after school, but it is the Family Center space. It is the cultural night. It is professional development. It is a safe space in this city, a city that has no space for anyone. And yet our children make their way from all the schools to spend time together. To be supported. To know more than words. Theres