PELOSI."
THE PRESIDENT OF THE
LAC DU FLAMBEAU GAVE THE ANNUAL
STATE OF THE TRIBES ADDRESS THIS
WEEK.
JOHN J. JOHNSON, SR. TOUCHED ON
A WIDE ARRAY OF ISSUES FACING
THE NATION: THE LOSS OF LIFE
FROM COVID-19, OPIOID ADDICTION,
BIGOTRY AROUND TREATY RIGHTS.
HERE'S SOME OF HIS ADDRESS.
>> WE ASK ALL LEVELS OF STATE
GOVERNMENT TO BALANCE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTIONS.
ACCORDING TO OUR TEACHINGS, THE
LACKLAC DU FLAMBEAU AND MANY OTHER
TRIBES MAKE DECISIONS WITH SEVEN
GENERATIONS IN MIND.
WE ASK OUR HOW OUR DECISIONS IMPACT
THOSE WHO WILL COME HUNDREDS OF
YEARS FROM NOW.
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK EVERY LEVEL
OF STATE GOVERNMENT TO DO THE
SAME.
[APPLAUSE]
>> EARLIER I MENTIONED DIFFERENT
LENSES THROUGH WHICH OUR PEOPLE
ARE VIEWED.
ONE LENS VIEWS OUR PEOPLE SOLELY
ON RACE AND SKIN COLOR.
MUCH IS MADE OF CANCEL CULTURE
AND MODERN AMERICA THESE DAYS.
WE PROUDLY STAND HERE BEFORE YOU
AS SURVIVORS OF THE ULTIMATE
CANCEL CULTURE EFFORT.
THERE'S NO MORE --
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU.
THERE IS NO MORE ENDURING
ASSAULT ON A SINGLE CULTURE IN
THE UNITED STATES THAN THE
ONGOING ASSAULT ON THE CULTURE
OF NATIVE PEOPLE.
FEDERAL POLICIES, ALIMB ELIMINATION OF
OUR CULTURE, CHILDREN FORCED
FROM THEIR PARENTS' ARMS,
CHILDREN FORCED TO CUT THEIR
HAIR, CHILDREN BEATEN INTO
SUBMISSION FOR SPEAKING THEIR
NATIVE LANGUAGE AND OBSERVING
THEIR NATIVE CULTURE.
AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
EFFECTS OF TRAUMA ON HUMAN
BEINGS, WE CAN SEE THE LASTING
EFFECTS OF THOSE FEDERAL
POLICIES AND HOW THOSE
REVERBERATE THROUGHOUT OUR DAILY
LIVES.
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE
DESPERATELY NEEDED IN THE
NORTHWOODS.
MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES ARE THE
UNDERBELLY OF MANY PROBLEMS:
HOMELESSNESS, UNEMPLOYMENT,
CRIME.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
THERE'S A STATE BUDGET PROPOSED
FOR A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY
LOCATED AMONG MANY TRIBAL
NATIONS WITHIN WISCONSIN.
INVESTMENT BY THE STATE TO
EXPAND ACCESS TO THE NORTHWOODS
WILL PAY FOR ITSELF IN COUNTLESS
WAYS.
THIS IS NOT A PLEA FOR SYMPATHY.
RATHER, A CALL FOR
UNDERSTANDING, ACCEPTANCE AND
ACTIONS TOWARDS A MORE
SEAMLESSLY TO COEXIST.
THERE ARE DEEP DIFFERENCES AND
DISRESPECT THAT HAVE FESTERED
FOR GENERATIONS.
THESE LEAD TO DISDAIN SPREADING
ACROSS THE CULTURES.
THESE GET ALL THE HEADLINES.
PERPETRATING AND POISONING
RELATIONSHIPS.
HISTORY IS A BEAR TO OVERCOME.
OUR TESTIMONY ARE A TESTAMENT TO
THAT FACT, A TESTAMENT TO THE
TENACITY AND DETERMINATION.
THEY DEMONSTRATE EVERY DAY THEIR
WILL TO SUCCEED IN THE MODERN
WORLD AND OUR TRADITIONAL WORLD.
RELENTLESS EDUCATION OF ALL
CHILDREN IS OUR STRONGEST
APPROACH TO BREAKING SYSTEMATIC
RACISM, BIGOTRY REPEATED
GENERATION AFTER GENERATION.
PROSECUTION OF HATE CRIMES ALSO
HELPS.
CONFLICT OVER RACE, ETHNICITY,
SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND OTHER
DIFFERENCES ONLY HOLD US BACK.
THE RECENT PASSAGE OF SENATE
BILL 69 DESERVES APPLAUSE AND
SUPPORT.
TO YOUR CREDIT, THIS LEGISLATOR
IS A BIPARTISAN EFFORT.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THIS NOW REQUIRES ALL SCHOOLS
TO EDUCATE CHILDREN ABOUT THE
HOLOCAUST AND OTHER GENOCIDES.
IT'S A SYSTEMATIC,
STATE-SPONSORED KILLING OF SIX
MILLION JEWISH MEN, WOMEN AND
CHILDREN AND MILLIONS OF OTHERS
BY NAZI GERMANY AND
COLLABORATORS BETWEEN 1933 AND
1945.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REALIZE
AND RECOGNIZE SYSTEMIC
STATE-SPONSORED KILLINGS IN A
CLOSE RELATIVE SYSTEMATIC
RACISM.
>> PRESIDENT JOHN