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students throughout indian country. as earl is a veteran of the indicted states marine corps and a graduate of the seattle police academy, he assists native american veterans in the pursuit up careers in law enforcement. he is also known through indian country as a noted and see for powwows and special events, such as the kqed unsung hero award. i would like to quote the words of his wife, in recognition of his unsung hero award. "earl is a legend in his own time. he is well known throughout indian country and gives back everything he can to the community. through all of his own chal...

show us what you got, boys. dance hard. women's jindal, stand by. -- jingle, stand by. all right. looking good, boys. looking good. one more time. big round of applause for our boys grass and dancers and our men's grass dancers. looking good. jingle dress dancers, all ages, come on out. these young ladies represent our thursday night san liandro power of dance glasses. round of applause for all of these young ladies. good dancing, good singing. looking good out there. all right. here we go. bring it home. one more time. our jingle dress dancers. omg. they are good. go over to our wom...

he gives with enthusiasm, is a loyal friend, and spreads his wisdom and knowledge, when a corporate and called upon. earl is one of these unsung heroes. often, are most involved community members are taken for granted. earl is someone who fills a need, creates a bridge, and is able to reach all populations. our community would not be as strongly connected it was not for earl. congratulations on your recognition as a kqed on some hero. please step to the podium. -- unsung hero. [applause] >> i said i was that going to cry, so i won't. i was overwhelmed last year, when i emceed on beha...

go over to our women's fancy shawl, all ages. make your way into the arena. friendship house drum. kick one out. make them dance. all right. how about these beautiful dancers? dance hard. all right. [singing] you guys are looking good out there. that's hard. that's hard. -- dnace hard. dance hard. all right. good singing, good dancing. we are waiting for the mayor. any word on the mayor? this is a real honor to introduce to you and the honorable mayor, edwin lee, the mayor of the city of san francisco. [applause] >> thank you very much for that introduction. thank you, everybody. wel...

introduction. thank you, everybody. welcome to city hall. welcome to san francisco. welcome to our seventh annual american indians heritage month celebration, here at city hall. i just want to recognize and bank kqed for their sponsorship. i want to thank our wonderful spiritual drum corps here. thank you for being here. i wanted thank our wonderful and beautiful ceremonial dancers. thank you for making this such a wonderful, beautiful tradition. thank you very much. in our city, we always cherish our diversity, but we also cherish our origins. i know the native american heritage mon...