1 00:00:04,434 --> 00:00:05,535 ALL RIGHT, GREAT. 2 00:00:05,535 --> 00:00:06,937 WELL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. 3 00:00:06,937 --> 00:00:11,041 HONORED GUESTS, SENIOR STAFF, 4 00:00:11,041 --> 00:00:13,477 AREA DIRECTORS, OFFICE DIRECTORS 5 00:00:13,477 --> 00:00:14,645 AND AWARDEES. 6 00:00:14,645 --> 00:00:16,279 IT'S MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU 7 00:00:16,279 --> 00:00:18,482 TO THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 8 00:00:18,482 --> 00:00:21,118 DIRECTOR'S AWARD CEREMONY. 9 00:00:21,118 --> 00:00:24,087 I'M DARRELL LAROCHE, DEPUTY 10 00:00:24,087 --> 00:00:24,588 DIRECTOR FOR MANAGEMENT 11 00:00:24,588 --> 00:00:26,456 OPERATIONS, AND I'LL BE YOUR 12 00:00:26,456 --> 00:00:28,091 MASTER OF CEREMONIES TODAY. 13 00:00:28,091 --> 00:00:29,626 THEY ALSO LET ME KNOW I COULD GO 14 00:00:29,626 --> 00:00:32,029 OFF SCRIPT IF I NEED TO, SO IF 15 00:00:32,029 --> 00:00:33,230 SOMETHING FUNNY COMES UP, I'LL 16 00:00:33,230 --> 00:00:36,400 ROLL WITH IT. 17 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:39,803 EVERY YEAR, THE DIRECTOR OF THE 18 00:00:39,803 --> 00:00:40,637 I.H.S. RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS 19 00:00:40,637 --> 00:00:42,439 AND TEAMS OF EMPLOYEES WHOSE 20 00:00:42,439 --> 00:00:43,306 SPECIAL EFFORTS AND 21 00:00:43,306 --> 00:00:44,508 CONTRIBUTIONS GO ABOVE AND 22 00:00:44,508 --> 00:00:47,244 BEYOND REGULAR DUTY 23 00:00:47,244 --> 00:00:48,378 REQUIREMENTS. 24 00:00:48,378 --> 00:00:49,780 THIS HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT 25 00:00:49,780 --> 00:00:51,415 BENEFITS AND IMPROVEMENT TO 26 00:00:51,415 --> 00:00:53,917 I.H.S. PROGRAMS AND PRIORITIES 27 00:00:53,917 --> 00:00:55,986 AND THE FULFILLMENT OF THE 28 00:00:55,986 --> 00:00:56,553 I.H.S. MISSION. 29 00:00:56,553 --> 00:01:00,757 TODAY WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE 30 00:01:00,757 --> 00:01:03,093 2023 DIRECTOR'S AWARDS 31 00:01:03,093 --> 00:01:03,760 RECIPIENTS. 32 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:05,195 THE CEREMONY WILL BE A HYBRID 33 00:01:05,195 --> 00:01:07,731 EVENT WITH AWARDS ANNOUNCED BY 34 00:01:07,731 --> 00:01:09,566 CATEGORY, INDIVIDUAL AND TEAMS, 35 00:01:09,566 --> 00:01:12,536 AND IN-PERSON ATTENDEES WILL BE 36 00:01:12,536 --> 00:01:15,138 ANNOUNCED FIRST AS THEY ACCEPT 37 00:01:15,138 --> 00:01:20,177 THE CRYSTAL AWARD FROM DIRECTOR 38 00:01:20,177 --> 00:01:21,812 TSO, THEN THE VIRTUAL ATTENDEES 39 00:01:21,812 --> 00:01:23,013 IN EVERY CATEGORY WILL BE 40 00:01:23,013 --> 00:01:24,214 RECOGNIZED IN A SLIDESHOW THAT 41 00:01:24,214 --> 00:01:26,183 YOU'LL SEE AFTER THE IN-PERSON 42 00:01:26,183 --> 00:01:26,516 PRESENTATIONS. 43 00:01:26,516 --> 00:01:29,386 SO I WOULD LIKE TO WAVE TO 44 00:01:29,386 --> 00:01:30,454 EVERYBODY OUT THERE THAT'S 45 00:01:30,454 --> 00:01:32,355 JOINING US VIRTUALLY, THERE'S 46 00:01:32,355 --> 00:01:33,957 PROBABLY A LOT OF YOU THAT ARE 47 00:01:33,957 --> 00:01:35,826 ON PACIFIC TIME OR ALASKA TIME, 48 00:01:35,826 --> 00:01:37,327 SO DO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY 49 00:01:37,327 --> 00:01:39,096 JOINING US EARLY. 50 00:01:39,096 --> 00:01:41,932 SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, PLEASE 51 00:01:41,932 --> 00:01:43,366 MUTE YOUR CELL PHONES FOR THE 52 00:01:43,366 --> 00:01:46,970 DURATION OF THE CEREMONY. 53 00:01:46,970 --> 00:01:49,740 TO BEGIN THE CEREMONY, I AM 54 00:01:49,740 --> 00:01:51,908 PLEASED TO WELCOME THE SURGEON 55 00:01:51,908 --> 00:01:52,776 GENERAL'S HONOR GUARD FOR THE 56 00:01:52,776 --> 00:01:53,744 POSTING OF THE COLORS. 57 00:01:53,744 --> 00:01:54,845 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE 58 00:01:54,845 --> 00:01:57,447 RISE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE 59 00:01:57,447 --> 00:01:59,516 COLORS, AND REMAIN STANDING FOR 60 00:01:59,516 --> 00:02:00,517 THE PRESENTATION AND THE SINGING 61 00:02:00,517 --> 00:02:10,994 OF THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER. 62 00:02:14,631 --> 00:02:25,108 HONOR GUARD, ADVANCE THE COLORS. 63 00:02:58,708 --> 00:03:08,685 ♪ 64 00:04:16,953 --> 00:04:18,488 >> HONOR GUARD, RETIRE THE 65 00:04:18,488 --> 00:04:28,632 COLORS. 66 00:04:40,143 --> 00:04:42,646 >> THANK YOU TO THE SURGEON 67 00:04:42,646 --> 00:04:43,546 GENERAL'S HONOR GUARD FOR YOUR 68 00:04:43,546 --> 00:04:44,948 TIME AND PRESENCE TODAY. 69 00:04:44,948 --> 00:04:52,155 EVERYBODY MAY BE SEATED. 70 00:04:52,155 --> 00:04:54,691 SO AS WE USUALLY DO IN THE 71 00:04:54,691 --> 00:04:55,258 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, WE'RE 72 00:04:55,258 --> 00:04:56,326 GOING TO START OUT WITH A 73 00:04:56,326 --> 00:04:58,528 TRADITIONAL OPENING, SO I'D LIKE 74 00:04:58,528 --> 00:05:00,363 TO CALL CHAIRMAN SINCLAIR TO THE 75 00:05:00,363 --> 00:05:10,874 PODIUM TO START US OFF TODAY. 76 00:05:21,051 --> 00:05:23,019 >> GRANDFATHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS 77 00:05:23,019 --> 00:05:26,523 WHO WATCH OVER US, THANK YOU FOR 78 00:05:26,523 --> 00:05:29,259 EVERYTHING THAT YOU PROVIDE. 79 00:05:29,259 --> 00:05:32,095 THANK YOU FOR THE LIFE THAT YOU 80 00:05:32,095 --> 00:05:35,165 GIVE US, THANK YOU FOR OUR 81 00:05:35,165 --> 00:05:37,667 FAMILY, OUR FRIENDS, OUR 82 00:05:37,667 --> 00:05:40,503 HERITAGE AN TRIBES. 83 00:05:40,503 --> 00:05:43,907 THANK YOU FOR THE PLACES THAT WE 84 00:05:43,907 --> 00:05:45,842 LIVE. 85 00:05:45,842 --> 00:05:47,610 BLESS US, HELP US TO KEEP THAT 86 00:05:47,610 --> 00:05:51,781 AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. 87 00:05:51,781 --> 00:05:52,983 GRANDFATHERS, WE ASK A BLESSING 88 00:05:52,983 --> 00:05:56,820 FOR THOSE WHO TRAVELED MANY 89 00:05:56,820 --> 00:05:58,555 DISTANCES TO COME HERE TODAY. 90 00:05:58,555 --> 00:06:02,058 THANK YOU FOR THE SAFE JOURNEY. 91 00:06:02,058 --> 00:06:04,260 WE PRAY THAT EVERYONE HAS A SAFE 92 00:06:04,260 --> 00:06:08,098 JOURNEY BACK HOME. 93 00:06:08,098 --> 00:06:10,400 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 94 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,336 EVERYTHING THAT YOU GIVE US. 95 00:06:13,336 --> 00:06:14,971 WE WANT TO ASK A BLESSING FOR 96 00:06:14,971 --> 00:06:18,141 OUR FAMILIES WHO AREN'T HERE 97 00:06:18,141 --> 00:06:20,443 PRESENT AND A BLESSING FOR ALL 98 00:06:20,443 --> 00:06:21,544 THOSE THAT ARE PRESENT HERE 99 00:06:21,544 --> 00:06:25,148 TODAY. 100 00:06:25,148 --> 00:06:33,256 WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THE PLACES 101 00:06:33,256 --> 00:06:41,231 THAT WE LIVE, THE CREATURES THAT 102 00:06:41,231 --> 00:06:41,865 EXIST THERE. 103 00:06:41,865 --> 00:06:44,834 HELP US TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF 104 00:06:44,834 --> 00:06:48,605 THE LAND SO THAT WE MAY PRESERVE 105 00:06:48,605 --> 00:06:53,476 THAT WHICH IS LEFT TO US. 106 00:06:53,476 --> 00:06:56,212 TODAY WE ASK THAT THOSE 107 00:06:56,212 --> 00:07:00,050 RECEIVING THESE AWARDS CONTINUE 108 00:07:00,050 --> 00:07:03,686 TO PERFORM THE DUTIES THAT THEY 109 00:07:03,686 --> 00:07:05,922 HAVE IN THE SPIRIT OF GOOD 110 00:07:05,922 --> 00:07:07,290 STEWARDSHIP AND REPRESENTATION 111 00:07:07,290 --> 00:07:10,627 OF OUR PEOPLE. 112 00:07:10,627 --> 00:07:12,929 HELP THE I.H.S. MEMBERS TO CARRY 113 00:07:12,929 --> 00:07:17,767 OUT THE MISSION OF I.H.S., WHICH 114 00:07:17,767 --> 00:07:21,271 IS TO ENHANCE THE SPIRITUAL, 115 00:07:21,271 --> 00:07:27,410 PHYSICAL, SOCIAL SPIRIT OF 116 00:07:27,410 --> 00:07:28,711 HELPING NATIVE AMERICANS, 117 00:07:28,711 --> 00:07:32,515 WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE LOWER 48 118 00:07:32,515 --> 00:07:37,153 OR IN ALASKA. 119 00:07:37,153 --> 00:07:47,230 AHO. 120 00:07:48,898 --> 00:07:50,333 >> NOW WE HAVE A SPECIAL SONG 121 00:07:50,333 --> 00:07:52,969 THAT WILL BE PROVIDED BY 122 00:07:52,969 --> 00:07:55,605 ROBINSON JONES WHO HAILS FROM 123 00:07:55,605 --> 00:07:56,706 LITTLE WATER, MEXICO. 124 00:07:56,706 --> 00:07:58,208 HE'S A PROUD MEMBER OF THE 125 00:07:58,208 --> 00:08:00,643 NAVAJO AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS 126 00:08:00,643 --> 00:08:03,146 THE OFFICE AUTOMATION CLERK IN 127 00:08:03,146 --> 00:08:05,115 ICU DEPARTMENT AT NORTHERN 128 00:08:05,115 --> 00:08:07,083 NAVAJO MEDICAL CENTER. 129 00:08:07,083 --> 00:08:08,718 WE WELCOME ROBINSON JONES TO THE 130 00:08:08,718 --> 00:08:18,828 STAGE. 131 00:08:39,983 --> 00:08:50,393 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. 132 00:09:10,046 --> 00:09:13,149 ♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA 133 00:09:13,149 --> 00:09:20,190 LAND THAT I LOVE ♪ 134 00:09:20,190 --> 00:09:21,991 ♪ WALK BESIDE HER 135 00:09:21,991 --> 00:09:27,931 AND GUIDE HER 136 00:09:27,931 --> 00:09:29,265 THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH THE LIGHT 137 00:09:29,265 --> 00:09:34,537 FROM ABOVE ♪ 138 00:09:34,537 --> 00:09:37,774 ♪ TO THE MOUNTAINS 139 00:09:37,774 --> 00:09:40,276 THROUGH THE PRAIRIES 140 00:09:40,276 --> 00:09:43,546 TO THE OCEANS 141 00:09:43,546 --> 00:09:47,283 WHITE WITH FOAM ♪ 142 00:09:47,283 --> 00:09:52,689 ♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA ♪ 143 00:09:52,689 --> 00:10:03,099 ♪ MY HOME SWEET HOME ♪ 144 00:10:05,401 --> 00:10:09,739 ♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA ♪ 145 00:10:09,739 --> 00:10:15,178 ♪ LAND THAT I LOVE ♪ 146 00:10:15,178 --> 00:10:18,648 ♪ WALK BESIDE HER 147 00:10:18,648 --> 00:10:21,951 AND GUIDE HER ♪ 148 00:10:21,951 --> 00:10:23,686 ♪ THROUGH THE NIGHT 149 00:10:23,686 --> 00:10:24,988 WITH THE LIGHT 150 00:10:24,988 --> 00:10:29,826 FROM ABOVE ♪ 151 00:10:29,826 --> 00:10:33,663 ♪ TO THE MOUNTAINS 152 00:10:33,663 --> 00:10:36,299 THROUGH THE PRAIRIES 153 00:10:36,299 --> 00:10:38,034 TO THE OCEANS 154 00:10:38,034 --> 00:10:45,141 WHITE WITH FOAM ♪ 155 00:10:45,141 --> 00:10:52,682 ♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA 156 00:10:52,682 --> 00:11:03,059 MY HOME SWEET HOME ♪ 157 00:11:08,164 --> 00:11:18,141 ♪ 158 00:11:30,286 --> 00:11:35,491 ♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA 159 00:11:35,491 --> 00:11:45,868 MY HOME SWEET HOME ♪ 160 00:11:47,036 --> 00:11:54,277 ♪ OUR HOME SWEET HOME ♪ 161 00:11:54,277 --> 00:12:04,454 [APPLAUSE] 162 00:12:13,830 --> 00:12:24,140 >> LAST MINUTE CHANGE. 163 00:12:28,878 --> 00:12:29,479 THANK YOU. 164 00:12:29,479 --> 00:12:31,547 I REALLY WANT TO SAY 165 00:12:31,547 --> 00:12:33,683 APPRECIATION TO CHAIRMAN 166 00:12:33,683 --> 00:12:36,319 SINCLAIR FOR HIS OPENING, AS 167 00:12:36,319 --> 00:12:39,255 WELL AS ROBINSON JONES. 168 00:12:39,255 --> 00:12:40,757 A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO START HERE. 169 00:12:40,757 --> 00:12:42,725 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 170 00:12:42,725 --> 00:12:45,228 AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE 171 00:12:45,228 --> 00:12:49,399 OUR HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY, ANDREA 172 00:12:49,399 --> 00:12:50,700 PALM, TO THE STAGE TO PROVIDE 173 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:56,639 HER REMARKS. 174 00:12:56,639 --> 00:12:59,375 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. 175 00:12:59,375 --> 00:13:01,244 ALL-OF-US 176 00:13:01,244 --> 00:13:01,778 >> GOOD MORNING. 177 00:13:01,778 --> 00:13:03,646 >> WE'RE SO FULL RIGHT TO THE 178 00:13:03,646 --> 00:13:04,247 BACK OF THIS PLACE. 179 00:13:04,247 --> 00:13:05,381 THAT'S SO GREAT! 180 00:13:05,381 --> 00:13:06,449 I'M ANDREA PALM, I DO HAVE THE 181 00:13:06,449 --> 00:13:08,751 PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE 182 00:13:08,751 --> 00:13:10,953 DEPUTY SECRETARY AT HHS, AND WAS 183 00:13:10,953 --> 00:13:13,556 SO PLEASED TO BE INVITED BACK 184 00:13:13,556 --> 00:13:16,859 AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR THE AWARDS 185 00:13:16,859 --> 00:13:17,160 CEREMONY. 186 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:18,928 I ENJOYED MYSELF SO MUCH, I PUT 187 00:13:18,928 --> 00:13:20,463 IT ON MY LIST OF THINGS I WAS 188 00:13:20,463 --> 00:13:23,132 HOPING TO GET INVITED BACK TO, 189 00:13:23,132 --> 00:13:25,034 SO THANK YOU, ROSELYN. 190 00:13:25,034 --> 00:13:26,235 CHAIRMAN SINCLAIR, THANK YOU FOR 191 00:13:26,235 --> 00:13:30,640 YOUR BLESSING, MR. ROBINSON FOR 192 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,141 THE SONG, OUR OTHER TRIBAL 193 00:13:32,141 --> 00:13:33,075 CHAIRMAN WHO HAVE JOINED US, 194 00:13:33,075 --> 00:13:34,677 THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU HONOR US 195 00:13:34,677 --> 00:13:38,648 WITH YOUR PRESENCE AS WE LIFT UP 196 00:13:38,648 --> 00:13:40,783 GOOD WORK, GREAT WORK, POSH WORK 197 00:13:40,783 --> 00:13:43,886 IMPORTANTWORK THAT IS HAPPENINGT 198 00:13:43,886 --> 00:13:44,287 THE I.H.S. 199 00:13:44,287 --> 00:13:45,955 I WILL TELL YOU ONE OF THE TRUE 200 00:13:45,955 --> 00:13:47,457 PRIVILEGES OF BEING THE DEPUTY 201 00:13:47,457 --> 00:13:49,325 SECRETARY IS HAVING AN 202 00:13:49,325 --> 00:13:51,294 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ACROSS THIS 203 00:13:51,294 --> 00:13:52,495 DEPARTMENT TO MEET THE 204 00:13:52,495 --> 00:13:55,665 OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO THE 205 00:13:55,665 --> 00:14:00,269 TRIBAL NATIONS, TO THOSE 206 00:14:00,269 --> 00:14:00,937 NATION-TO-NATION OBLIGATIONS 207 00:14:00,937 --> 00:14:04,807 THAT WE NEED TO WORK SO HARD TO 208 00:14:04,807 --> 00:14:06,843 FULFILL, AND TO MEET MISSION NOT 209 00:14:06,843 --> 00:14:08,444 ONLY FOR THE HEALTH AND WELFARE 210 00:14:08,444 --> 00:14:10,446 OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, BUT FOR 211 00:14:10,446 --> 00:14:11,981 THIS VERY IMPORTANT AND SPECIAL 212 00:14:11,981 --> 00:14:12,949 RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH 213 00:14:12,949 --> 00:14:15,017 OUR TRIBAL NATIONS, AND SO I 214 00:14:15,017 --> 00:14:16,552 WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR 215 00:14:16,552 --> 00:14:18,654 GETTING UP EVERY DAY TO DO THAT 216 00:14:18,654 --> 00:14:19,989 WORK ON BEHALF OF THE TRIBES 217 00:14:19,989 --> 00:14:22,291 THAT WE SERVE AND ALL THE WAYS 218 00:14:22,291 --> 00:14:23,893 THAT WE SERVE THEM AND ALL THE 219 00:14:23,893 --> 00:14:25,628 WAYS WE DO WELL AND IN ALL THE 220 00:14:25,628 --> 00:14:27,830 WAYS WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO 221 00:14:27,830 --> 00:14:30,132 STRIVE TO DO BETTER. 222 00:14:30,132 --> 00:14:31,667 I WANT TO THANK YOU, ROSELYN, 223 00:14:31,667 --> 00:14:33,836 FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP 224 00:14:33,836 --> 00:14:34,504 AT I.H.S. 225 00:14:34,504 --> 00:14:36,906 IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND A PLEASURE 226 00:14:36,906 --> 00:14:38,975 TO WORK WITH YOU, AND TO HAVE 227 00:14:38,975 --> 00:14:41,377 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT YOUR 228 00:14:41,377 --> 00:14:42,578 VISION, THE HARD WORK THAT YOU 229 00:14:42,578 --> 00:14:43,012 DO. 230 00:14:43,012 --> 00:14:46,849 I'M NOT SURE -- SHE SLEEPS IN 231 00:14:46,849 --> 00:14:48,551 THE SAME BED EVERY NIGHT. 232 00:14:48,551 --> 00:14:50,253 SHE'S ON THE ROAD ALL THE TIME, 233 00:14:50,253 --> 00:14:51,888 MAKING SURE THAT SHE UNDERSTANDS 234 00:14:51,888 --> 00:14:55,224 AND IS SEEING AND HEARING FROM 235 00:14:55,224 --> 00:14:57,426 YOU ALL IN THE PLACES THAT YOU 236 00:14:57,426 --> 00:15:00,162 LIVE AND WORK, BUT ALSO FROM OUR 237 00:15:00,162 --> 00:15:02,131 TRIBAL PARTNERS ABOUT THE WAYS 238 00:15:02,131 --> 00:15:04,100 IN WHICH WE CAN AND NEED TO BE 239 00:15:04,100 --> 00:15:05,167 DOING THINGS BETTER AND 240 00:15:05,167 --> 00:15:07,470 DIFFERENTLY AND IN PARTNERSHIP 241 00:15:07,470 --> 00:15:09,005 TO, AGAIN, MEET OUR MISSION AND 242 00:15:09,005 --> 00:15:12,074 FULFILL OUR OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE 243 00:15:12,074 --> 00:15:14,277 SO CRITICAL TO THE WAY IN WHICH 244 00:15:14,277 --> 00:15:17,413 WE NEED TO WORK HERE AT HHS. 245 00:15:17,413 --> 00:15:19,181 SO IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 246 00:15:19,181 --> 00:15:21,484 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE 247 00:15:21,484 --> 00:15:24,220 TREMENDOUS PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE 248 00:15:24,220 --> 00:15:26,322 THIS YEAR, CONTINUING -- I SEE 249 00:15:26,322 --> 00:15:29,592 MITCH, OUR HEALTH I.T. 250 00:15:29,592 --> 00:15:31,327 MODERNIZATION, AND OTHER 251 00:15:31,327 --> 00:15:34,263 MILESTONES THAT WE HAVE BEEN 252 00:15:34,263 --> 00:15:35,531 MEETING AS WE, AGAIN, CONTINUE 253 00:15:35,531 --> 00:15:38,200 TO WORK TO FULFILL OUR MISSION 254 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:42,371 TO SERVE THE TRIBES WITH THE 255 00:15:42,371 --> 00:15:44,907 HIGHEST QUALITY SERVICE AND 256 00:15:44,907 --> 00:15:46,976 PERSONNEL AND EFFORTS THAT WE 257 00:15:46,976 --> 00:15:48,277 CAN BRING TO BEAR. 258 00:15:48,277 --> 00:15:50,046 SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 259 00:15:50,046 --> 00:15:52,548 LET'S GET TO THE FUN PART OF 260 00:15:52,548 --> 00:15:54,850 THIS AND HONOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE 261 00:15:54,850 --> 00:15:57,286 BEING LIFTED UP WITH THE 262 00:15:57,286 --> 00:15:59,355 DIRECTOR'S AWARDS THIS MORNING, 263 00:15:59,355 --> 00:16:00,957 AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD, 264 00:16:00,957 --> 00:16:02,391 HOPEFULLY, TO GETTING AN 265 00:16:02,391 --> 00:16:06,162 INVITATION TO COME BACK AND SEE 266 00:16:06,162 --> 00:16:07,463 YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR FOR THE 267 00:16:07,463 --> 00:16:08,764 AWARDS, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I 268 00:16:08,764 --> 00:16:09,899 THINK -- SHALL I TURN IT BACK TO 269 00:16:09,899 --> 00:16:10,066 YOU? 270 00:16:10,066 --> 00:16:10,399 ALL RIGHT. 271 00:16:10,399 --> 00:16:11,934 THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING 272 00:16:11,934 --> 00:16:13,803 ME, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 273 00:16:13,803 --> 00:16:15,271 THE AWARDEES. 274 00:16:15,271 --> 00:16:22,445 [APPLAUSE] 275 00:16:22,445 --> 00:16:24,714 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEPUTY 276 00:16:24,714 --> 00:16:26,582 SECRETARY, FOR JOINING US TODAY. 277 00:16:26,582 --> 00:16:29,752 NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE 278 00:16:29,752 --> 00:16:31,087 I.H.S. DIRECTOR, MS. ROSELYN 279 00:16:31,087 --> 00:16:32,488 TSO, TO THE STAGE TO PROVIDE HER 280 00:16:32,488 --> 00:16:41,163 OPENING REMARKS. 281 00:16:41,163 --> 00:16:42,598 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 282 00:16:42,598 --> 00:16:43,265 >> GOOD MORNING. 283 00:16:43,265 --> 00:16:43,966 >> ALL RIGHT. 284 00:16:43,966 --> 00:16:46,168 I DON'T HAVE TO ASK AGAIN. 285 00:16:46,168 --> 00:16:47,637 YOU KNOW I DO THAT FROM TIME TO 286 00:16:47,637 --> 00:16:48,037 TIME. 287 00:16:48,037 --> 00:16:49,872 YOU KNOW, IT IS ABSOLUTELY A 288 00:16:49,872 --> 00:16:52,408 PRIVILEGE FOR ME TO BE HERE WITH 289 00:16:52,408 --> 00:16:53,175 YOU TODAY. 290 00:16:53,175 --> 00:16:55,811 IT IS 23 MONTHS, I KEEP SAYING 291 00:16:55,811 --> 00:16:59,081 THAT, THAT I'VE BEEN IN THIS 292 00:16:59,081 --> 00:17:03,052 ROLE AND A JUST AMAZING, AMAZING 293 00:17:03,052 --> 00:17:03,552 23 MONTHS. 294 00:17:03,552 --> 00:17:05,087 I CANNOT EVEN -- SOMETIMES 295 00:17:05,087 --> 00:17:06,322 PEOPLE ASK ME, WHAT IS THE ONE 296 00:17:06,322 --> 00:17:09,458 THING THAT YOU HAVE THAT HAS 297 00:17:09,458 --> 00:17:12,762 STAYED WITH YOU? 298 00:17:12,762 --> 00:17:14,163 THERE'S SO MANY, THERE'S SO MANY 299 00:17:14,163 --> 00:17:20,670 THINGS TH THATLY CARRY WITH ME D 300 00:17:20,670 --> 00:17:20,970 THROUGHOUT. 301 00:17:20,970 --> 00:17:22,171 FIRST I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 302 00:17:22,171 --> 00:17:23,572 EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN IN THIS 303 00:17:23,572 --> 00:17:27,576 ROLE 23 MONTHS, I AM FIRST A MOM 304 00:17:27,576 --> 00:17:29,378 AND A GRANDMA AND AN AUNT AND A 305 00:17:29,378 --> 00:17:29,712 WIFE. 306 00:17:29,712 --> 00:17:31,180 I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I 307 00:17:31,180 --> 00:17:34,617 SAW MY HUSBAND. 308 00:17:34,617 --> 00:17:35,284 [LAUGHTER] 309 00:17:35,284 --> 00:17:38,888 BUT HE IS STILL MY HUSBAND. 310 00:17:38,888 --> 00:17:40,756 AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE 311 00:17:40,756 --> 00:17:42,825 GREAT PARTS OF THE WORK THAT WE 312 00:17:42,825 --> 00:17:44,193 DO AT THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, 313 00:17:44,193 --> 00:17:46,595 IS TO PAUSE AND ACKNOWLEDGE ALL 314 00:17:46,595 --> 00:17:49,598 OF THE WORK THAT WE DO ACROSS 315 00:17:49,598 --> 00:17:53,803 AND IN COUNTRYINDIAN COUNTRY. 316 00:17:53,803 --> 00:17:55,805 THERE IS SO MUCH WE'VE DONE IN 317 00:17:55,805 --> 00:17:56,839 23 MONTHS AND SO MUCH LEFT TO 318 00:17:56,839 --> 00:17:58,240 DO, I WANT TO KEEP THAT IN FRONT 319 00:17:58,240 --> 00:17:58,674 OF US. 320 00:17:58,674 --> 00:18:00,676 I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT HERE 321 00:18:00,676 --> 00:18:01,977 TOO, ALL OF THESE BLANKETS YOU 322 00:18:01,977 --> 00:18:03,379 SEE, THERE'S SOME OVER THERE, 323 00:18:03,379 --> 00:18:05,047 THOSE WERE A REPRESENTATION OF 324 00:18:05,047 --> 00:18:07,216 WHERE I HAVE BEEN IN INDIAN 325 00:18:07,216 --> 00:18:10,386 COUNTRY, AND WHERE TRIBES AND 326 00:18:10,386 --> 00:18:12,688 TRIBAL LEADERS AND URBAN 327 00:18:12,688 --> 00:18:13,856 PROGRAMS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED ME AS 328 00:18:13,856 --> 00:18:16,292 I GO THROUGH HERE, SO I HEART HN 329 00:18:16,292 --> 00:18:18,160 TO THOSE, I SAY YOU CAN USE THEM 330 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:19,695 BUT YOU MAKE SURE I GET EVERY 331 00:18:19,695 --> 00:18:20,996 SINGLE ONE OF THEM BACK. 332 00:18:20,996 --> 00:18:24,166 SO IT'S JUST BEEN AN AMAZING, 333 00:18:24,166 --> 00:18:25,701 AMAZING JOURNEY THAT I HAVE BEEN 334 00:18:25,701 --> 00:18:27,603 ON AND JUST ABSOLUTELY 335 00:18:27,603 --> 00:18:28,437 APPRECIATE THAT. 336 00:18:28,437 --> 00:18:29,739 WHEN WE COME TOGETHER LIKE THIS, 337 00:18:29,739 --> 00:18:31,107 THIS IS ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ALL OF 338 00:18:31,107 --> 00:18:34,009 THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ACROSS 339 00:18:34,009 --> 00:18:35,010 INDIAN COUNTRY, AND HOW 340 00:18:35,010 --> 00:18:36,645 IMPORTANT THAT IS AS WE CONTINUE 341 00:18:36,645 --> 00:18:39,548 TO MOVE FORWARD. 342 00:18:39,548 --> 00:18:41,817 I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL 343 00:18:41,817 --> 00:18:43,652 OF THE AWARD RECIPIENTS, BUT 344 00:18:43,652 --> 00:18:45,421 YOUR FAMILIES AS WELL, BECAUSE I 345 00:18:45,421 --> 00:18:47,890 KNOW, I KNOW PERSONALLY HOW MUCH 346 00:18:47,890 --> 00:18:51,761 IT TAKES FOR THE FAMILY MEMBERS, 347 00:18:51,761 --> 00:18:56,866 YOUR PARENTS AND YOUR SPOUSES, 348 00:18:56,866 --> 00:18:57,867 CHILDREN, GIVE UP BECAUSE OF THE 349 00:18:57,867 --> 00:18:59,568 WORK WE DO AT THE INDIAN HEALTH 350 00:18:59,568 --> 00:18:59,802 SERVICE. 351 00:18:59,802 --> 00:19:01,036 I'M HOPING THAT NEXT WEEK I'LL 352 00:19:01,036 --> 00:19:02,338 GET A CHANCE TO SPEND A LITTLE 353 00:19:02,338 --> 00:19:04,206 BIT OF TIME WITH MY GRAND 354 00:19:04,206 --> 00:19:06,776 CHILDREN, AND I'M VERY MUCH 355 00:19:06,776 --> 00:19:07,943 LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 356 00:19:07,943 --> 00:19:09,245 CHAIRMAN SINCLAIR, THANK YOU 357 00:19:09,245 --> 00:19:11,413 VERY MUCH FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL, 358 00:19:11,413 --> 00:19:15,117 BEAUTIFUL PRAYER, AND TO 359 00:19:15,117 --> 00:19:15,785 MR. JONES, ROBINSON JONES, THANK 360 00:19:15,785 --> 00:19:16,218 YOU FOR THAT. 361 00:19:16,218 --> 00:19:18,354 THE MISSION OF THE INDIAN HEALTH 362 00:19:18,354 --> 00:19:20,055 SERVICE AS THE CHAIRMAN HAS 363 00:19:20,055 --> 00:19:21,557 ALREADY LAID OUT FOR THAT IS TO 364 00:19:21,557 --> 00:19:23,359 RAISE THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, 365 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:25,461 SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH OF 366 00:19:25,461 --> 00:19:28,063 AMERICAN INDIANS TO THE HIGHEST 367 00:19:28,063 --> 00:19:28,497 LEVEL. 368 00:19:28,497 --> 00:19:29,698 I BELIEVE THAT AS WE DO THE WORK 369 00:19:29,698 --> 00:19:32,868 THAT WE DO, THIS WILL ALWAYS BE 370 00:19:32,868 --> 00:19:34,703 IN FRONT OF US AND SHOULD ALWAYS 371 00:19:34,703 --> 00:19:36,272 BE IN FRONT OF US FOR THE WORK 372 00:19:36,272 --> 00:19:37,673 THAT WE DO. 373 00:19:37,673 --> 00:19:40,843 AND WHAT I'VE TAKEN AWAY FROM 374 00:19:40,843 --> 00:19:43,479 THIS MISSION OF THE INDI INDIAN 375 00:19:43,479 --> 00:19:45,481 HEALTH SERVICE OVER THE PAST 376 00:19:45,481 --> 00:19:46,715 MONTHS, AND THE MANY YEARS THAT 377 00:19:46,715 --> 00:19:49,385 I'VE BEEN HERE, IT HAS NOW COME 378 00:19:49,385 --> 00:19:50,886 TOGETHER FOR ME. 379 00:19:50,886 --> 00:19:54,023 I NOW UNDERSTAND PERFECTLY WHAT 380 00:19:54,023 --> 00:19:55,825 THIS MEANS, AND WHEN THIS WAS 381 00:19:55,825 --> 00:19:57,927 SET UP LONG AGO. 382 00:19:57,927 --> 00:20:02,398 THAT I KNOW NOW THAT WE CANNOT 383 00:20:02,398 --> 00:20:04,133 DO HEALTHCARE WITHOUT TAKING A 384 00:20:04,133 --> 00:20:07,203 STEP BACK AND INCORPORATING THAT 385 00:20:07,203 --> 00:20:08,971 SPIRITUAL ASPECT, INCORPORATING 386 00:20:08,971 --> 00:20:10,940 AND ADDRESSING THE MENTAL HEALTH 387 00:20:10,940 --> 00:20:12,908 OF OUR PEOPLE. 388 00:20:12,908 --> 00:20:14,410 AND THE SOCIAL PART OF OUR 389 00:20:14,410 --> 00:20:14,643 PEOPLE. 390 00:20:14,643 --> 00:20:19,348 ALL OF THAT, AS YOU HEAR ME 391 00:20:19,348 --> 00:20:21,083 TALK, I'M NOW SAYING WE NEED TO 392 00:20:21,083 --> 00:20:21,684 PAUSE HERE. 393 00:20:21,684 --> 00:20:23,252 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT 394 00:20:23,252 --> 00:20:24,053 APPOINTMENTS, IT'S NOT JUST 395 00:20:24,053 --> 00:20:25,354 ABOUT REFERRALS. 396 00:20:25,354 --> 00:20:28,324 IT'S TAKING THE WHOLE PERSON 397 00:20:28,324 --> 00:20:29,291 INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE DO 398 00:20:29,291 --> 00:20:30,626 OUR JOB, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU 399 00:20:30,626 --> 00:20:32,494 FOR DOING THAT. 400 00:20:32,494 --> 00:20:34,230 I ALSO ON DAY ONE LAID OUT MY 401 00:20:34,230 --> 00:20:36,866 PRIORITIES FOR THE INDIAN HEALTH 402 00:20:36,866 --> 00:20:37,933 SERVICE, AND THEY'RE VERY SIMPLE 403 00:20:37,933 --> 00:20:39,268 AND THERE'S ONLY TWO. 404 00:20:39,268 --> 00:20:40,669 THE FIRST ONE IS TO ENSURE SAFE 405 00:20:40,669 --> 00:20:42,671 AND QUALITY CARE. 406 00:20:42,671 --> 00:20:44,506 WE CANNOT DETERMINE THAT WE HAVE 407 00:20:44,506 --> 00:20:47,910 DONE THAT WELL UNTIL WE CAN LOOK 408 00:20:47,910 --> 00:20:49,445 AT HOW WE'RE EVALUATING 409 00:20:49,445 --> 00:20:50,446 OURSELVES. 410 00:20:50,446 --> 00:20:52,381 AND SO THAT BRINGS AN 411 00:20:52,381 --> 00:20:53,382 ACCOUNTABILITY AND 412 00:20:53,382 --> 00:20:54,483 RESPONSIBILITY TO EVERY SINGLE 413 00:20:54,483 --> 00:20:56,986 ONE OF US IN THE WORK THAT WE 414 00:20:56,986 --> 00:20:57,953 DO. 415 00:20:57,953 --> 00:20:59,255 THE SECOND PRIORITY IS JUST 416 00:20:59,255 --> 00:21:00,589 EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND 417 00:21:00,589 --> 00:21:03,759 SHOULD BE TO ALL OF US THAT WORK 418 00:21:03,759 --> 00:21:05,527 HERE, IS TO PROTECT THE 419 00:21:05,527 --> 00:21:07,363 RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH 420 00:21:07,363 --> 00:21:09,498 OUR TRIBES, OUR TRIBAL LEADERS, 421 00:21:09,498 --> 00:21:11,734 AND OUR URBAN PROGRAMS. 422 00:21:11,734 --> 00:21:13,435 BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE LEARNED, 423 00:21:13,435 --> 00:21:15,471 WITHOUT A DOUBT, IS WE CANNOT DO 424 00:21:15,471 --> 00:21:16,538 THIS JOB WITHOUT THAT 425 00:21:16,538 --> 00:21:17,539 PARTNERSHIP THAT HE WITH HAVE 426 00:21:17,539 --> 00:21:22,344 -- THAT WE HAVEWITH OUR TRIBESS 427 00:21:22,344 --> 00:21:22,912 AND URBAN PROGRAMS. 428 00:21:22,912 --> 00:21:24,213 THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO 429 00:21:24,213 --> 00:21:27,917 WHAT WE DO AND DO IT WELL. 430 00:21:27,917 --> 00:21:30,552 SO AS I HAVE NAVIGATED THROUGH 431 00:21:30,552 --> 00:21:33,923 THE LAST 23 MONTHS, THIS REALLY 432 00:21:33,923 --> 00:21:37,226 IS SORT OF A CULMINATION OF MY 433 00:21:37,226 --> 00:21:38,527 WHOLE CAREER, AND I'M JUST 434 00:21:38,527 --> 00:21:40,296 THINKING, I'M JUST IN AWE, 435 00:21:40,296 --> 00:21:41,397 YESTERDAY WE HAD A MEETING AND 436 00:21:41,397 --> 00:21:42,464 SOMEBODY SAID, WHAT'S GOING TO 437 00:21:42,464 --> 00:21:43,899 BE YOUR LEGACY, ROSELYN? 438 00:21:43,899 --> 00:21:45,801 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO CAPTURE -- 439 00:21:45,801 --> 00:21:47,403 I'M NOT DONE YET. 440 00:21:47,403 --> 00:21:47,770 [LAUGHTER] 441 00:21:47,770 --> 00:21:48,804 I'M NOT DONE YET. 442 00:21:48,804 --> 00:21:52,541 I HAVE 4 1/2 MONTHS, THAT I'M 443 00:21:52,541 --> 00:21:53,976 NOT DONE, AND I EXPECT WE'RE 444 00:21:53,976 --> 00:21:56,145 GOING TO CONTINUE EVERY SINGLE 445 00:21:56,145 --> 00:21:57,012 DAY. 446 00:21:57,012 --> 00:21:59,315 IF WE DO THIS WELL, MY LEGACY 447 00:21:59,315 --> 00:22:00,849 WILL SPEAK FOR ITSELF. 448 00:22:00,849 --> 00:22:01,984 SO I DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT 449 00:22:01,984 --> 00:22:03,052 THAT NOW. 450 00:22:03,052 --> 00:22:04,119 THAT'S MY GOAL. 451 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:05,321 THAT'S MY COMMITMENT TO THE WORK 452 00:22:05,321 --> 00:22:07,423 THAT WE DO AT I.H.S. 453 00:22:07,423 --> 00:22:09,058 AND AS I SAID, ALL OF THE WORK 454 00:22:09,058 --> 00:22:12,027 THAT I SEE, YOU SEE ME -- WE'VE 455 00:22:12,027 --> 00:22:14,396 BEEN TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHERE I'M 456 00:22:14,396 --> 00:22:16,732 AT, YOU GET AN EMAIL FROM ME 457 00:22:16,732 --> 00:22:18,033 EVERY FRIDAY THAT TELLS YOU 458 00:22:18,033 --> 00:22:20,569 EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING ACROSS 459 00:22:20,569 --> 00:22:22,938 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, AND 460 00:22:22,938 --> 00:22:25,908 INDIAN HEALTHCARE OUTSIDE OF 461 00:22:25,908 --> 00:22:27,209 I.H.S. WITH OUR PARTNERS. 462 00:22:27,209 --> 00:22:28,744 BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ALL OF 463 00:22:28,744 --> 00:22:30,045 THIS AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE 464 00:22:30,045 --> 00:22:32,781 THAT WE DO A BETTER JOB, BECAUSE 465 00:22:32,781 --> 00:22:35,184 I CAN ALSO NOT DO THIS JOB 466 00:22:35,184 --> 00:22:36,852 WITHOUT YOU AS THE I.H.S. 467 00:22:36,852 --> 00:22:37,119 WORKFORCE. 468 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:38,821 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 469 00:22:38,821 --> 00:22:39,788 THAT, TRULY. 470 00:22:39,788 --> 00:22:41,323 SO THE DEDICATION THAT WE HAVE, 471 00:22:41,323 --> 00:22:42,524 THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE, THE 472 00:22:42,524 --> 00:22:44,493 WORK THAT WE STILL HAVE TO DO IS 473 00:22:44,493 --> 00:22:46,462 STILL TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE 474 00:22:46,462 --> 00:22:48,697 THE BEST CARE TO OUR VETERANS, 475 00:22:48,697 --> 00:22:51,934 WE PROVIDE THE BEST CARE TO OUR 476 00:22:51,934 --> 00:22:52,901 ELDERS, AND WE PROVIDE THE BEST 477 00:22:52,901 --> 00:22:54,103 CARE TO THE CHILDREN THAT WE 478 00:22:54,103 --> 00:22:55,304 HAVE AND THE CHILDREN THAT ARE 479 00:22:55,304 --> 00:22:56,839 YET TO COME. 480 00:22:56,839 --> 00:22:59,808 I THINK ABOUT NOW SHE'S 5 YEARS 481 00:22:59,808 --> 00:23:02,478 OLD, MY GRANDDAUGHTER, AND IN 482 00:23:02,478 --> 00:23:03,846 THE FIVE YEARS, HER LIFE HAS 483 00:23:03,846 --> 00:23:05,280 CHANGED AS A RESULT OF DECISIONS 484 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:06,482 THAT ARE BEING MADE. 485 00:23:06,482 --> 00:23:08,917 SHE NO LONGER HAS THE FULL 486 00:23:08,917 --> 00:23:09,985 DECISIONS TO MAKE THOSE 487 00:23:09,985 --> 00:23:11,286 DECISIONS WHEN SHE GETS OLDER 488 00:23:11,286 --> 00:23:13,255 ABOUT HERSELF. 489 00:23:13,255 --> 00:23:14,790 BUT WHAT DO WE DO AT I.H.S.? 490 00:23:14,790 --> 00:23:16,759 HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT SHE 491 00:23:16,759 --> 00:23:18,193 GETS THE BEST CARE? 492 00:23:18,193 --> 00:23:20,696 HOW DO WE MAKE SURE, AND THAT'S 493 00:23:20,696 --> 00:23:22,331 WHAT I THINK ABOUT, WHAT KIND OF 494 00:23:22,331 --> 00:23:24,633 CARE WILL MY GRANDDAUGHTER GET? 495 00:23:24,633 --> 00:23:25,734 WHAT'S THE PROVIDER -- HOW IS 496 00:23:25,734 --> 00:23:28,370 THE PROVIDER GOING TO TREAT HER? 497 00:23:28,370 --> 00:23:31,740 WHEN SHE GETS AND SHE RELIES ON 498 00:23:31,740 --> 00:23:34,810 INDIAN HEL INDIAN HEALTHCARE FOR 499 00:23:34,810 --> 00:23:35,144 SERVICES. 500 00:23:35,144 --> 00:23:36,879 BUT I'LL TELL YOU, IT TAKES A 501 00:23:36,879 --> 00:23:38,947 VILLAGE, A BIG VILLAGE TO HELP 502 00:23:38,947 --> 00:23:40,616 ME DO WHAT I DO, AND I WANT TO 503 00:23:40,616 --> 00:23:43,118 JUST ASK MY LEADERSHIP TEAM TO 504 00:23:43,118 --> 00:23:43,652 PLEASE STAND. 505 00:23:43,652 --> 00:23:46,422 THIS IS A TEAM THAT -- THIS IS 506 00:23:46,422 --> 00:23:53,529 MY ELT MEMBERS, BEN SMITH, 507 00:23:53,529 --> 00:23:54,163 DR. CHRISTIANSON, DARRELL THAT 508 00:23:54,163 --> 00:23:58,600 YOU'VE ALREADY MET, ADMIRAL 509 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,937 BUCHANAN, MR. DRIVING HAWK, 510 00:24:01,937 --> 00:24:09,711 STACY AKAVI, CAPTAIN CLEELAND, 511 00:24:09,711 --> 00:24:11,580 MITCH, MICHELLE BOYLAND, AND 512 00:24:11,580 --> 00:24:12,214 JOSH MARSHAL. 513 00:24:12,214 --> 00:24:15,751 THIS IS A GROUP THAT PROBABLY 514 00:24:15,751 --> 00:24:17,252 KNOWS EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON 515 00:24:17,252 --> 00:24:20,222 EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT WE MEET. 516 00:24:20,222 --> 00:24:21,957 EVERY MONDAY MORNING, THEY HEAR 517 00:24:21,957 --> 00:24:23,192 WHERE I'M AT. 518 00:24:23,192 --> 00:24:24,693 WHAT DID I LEARN FROM THE LAST 519 00:24:24,693 --> 00:24:26,028 WEEK AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO 520 00:24:26,028 --> 00:24:28,230 FOCUS ON THIS WEEK, AND THIS IS 521 00:24:28,230 --> 00:24:28,964 MY TEAM. 522 00:24:28,964 --> 00:24:30,432 PLEASE GIVE MY TEAM -- 523 00:24:30,432 --> 00:24:38,841 [APPLAUSE] 524 00:24:38,841 --> 00:24:39,808 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 525 00:24:39,808 --> 00:24:40,676 GREAT, GREAT, GREAT TEAM. 526 00:24:40,676 --> 00:24:42,311 AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO 527 00:24:42,311 --> 00:24:43,212 ACKNOWLEDGE OUR AREA DIRECTORS 528 00:24:43,212 --> 00:24:44,613 WHO ALSO HAVE A VERY, VERY HARD 529 00:24:44,613 --> 00:24:46,482 JOB, HAVING HAD THAT JOB BEFORE, 530 00:24:46,482 --> 00:24:50,319 I KNOW EXACTLY HOW HARD IT IS. 531 00:24:50,319 --> 00:24:55,224 DR. THOMAS FROM ALBUQUERQUE. 532 00:24:55,224 --> 00:24:58,060 ASHA, SHE IS THE ACTING AREA 533 00:24:58,060 --> 00:25:00,028 DIRECTOR BECAUSE WE STOLE AN 534 00:25:00,028 --> 00:25:01,029 EMPLOYEE. 535 00:25:01,029 --> 00:25:02,464 BRYCE REDGRAVE, THE BILLINGS 536 00:25:02,464 --> 00:25:04,967 AREA. 537 00:25:04,967 --> 00:25:07,369 BEVERLY MILLER, CALIFORNIA AREA. 538 00:25:07,369 --> 00:25:11,073 JOE AMIOTT, GREAT PLAINS. 539 00:25:11,073 --> 00:25:13,375 DR. COTTON, NASHVILLE AREA. 540 00:25:13,375 --> 00:25:16,578 LET ME SEE, ADMIRAL WATTS, 541 00:25:16,578 --> 00:25:21,817 OKLAHOMA AREA. 542 00:25:21,817 --> 00:25:24,653 DR. REED HEAD, PHOENIX AREA. 543 00:25:24,653 --> 00:25:26,188 ADMIRAL MARTINEZ FROM THE 544 00:25:26,188 --> 00:25:30,025 PORTLAND AREA, AND I'LL ALSO 545 00:25:30,025 --> 00:25:31,560 ACKNOWLEDGE LYLE, WHO'S 546 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:32,628 REPRESENTING THE ALASKA AREA 547 00:25:32,628 --> 00:25:32,961 THIS WEEK. 548 00:25:32,961 --> 00:25:34,963 SO AGAIN, THESE ARE OUR AREA 549 00:25:34,963 --> 00:25:37,399 DIRECTORS THAT ARE PRESENT 550 00:25:37,399 --> 00:25:38,000 ACROSS THE INDIAN HEALTH 551 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:38,333 SERVICE. 552 00:25:38,333 --> 00:25:40,169 WE HAVE 12 AREA DIRECTORS TOTAL. 553 00:25:40,169 --> 00:25:42,271 PLEASE GIVE THEM AN 554 00:25:42,271 --> 00:25:42,638 ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 555 00:25:42,638 --> 00:25:47,342 [APPLAUSE] 556 00:25:47,342 --> 00:25:50,445 YOU WILL ALSO HEAR A LOT -- SOME 557 00:25:50,445 --> 00:25:51,813 OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL STILL 558 00:25:51,813 --> 00:25:54,183 BE RECOGNIZED, BUT WE HAVE HAD 559 00:25:54,183 --> 00:25:55,484 TO, AT THE INDIAN HEALTH 560 00:25:55,484 --> 00:25:57,352 SERVICE, AS WE MAKE IMPROVEMENTS 561 00:25:57,352 --> 00:25:59,321 ACROSS THE AGENCY, WE HAVE HAD 562 00:25:59,321 --> 00:26:01,623 TO TAP INTO RESOURCES ACROSS THE 563 00:26:01,623 --> 00:26:03,158 AGENCY AND NOT JUST SAY, OKAY, 564 00:26:03,158 --> 00:26:04,793 WE KNOW HOW IT IS AND WHATEVER. 565 00:26:04,793 --> 00:26:07,729 AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GO 566 00:26:07,729 --> 00:26:10,132 TO THE FIELD, WE GO TO WHERE 567 00:26:10,132 --> 00:26:13,001 SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED ON 568 00:26:13,001 --> 00:26:14,469 THE GROUND, AND WE TAP INTO 569 00:26:14,469 --> 00:26:15,304 THOSE RESOURCES. 570 00:26:15,304 --> 00:26:17,039 BECAUSE WE CAN SIT OVER HERE, 571 00:26:17,039 --> 00:26:18,340 FROM HERE, AND MAKE POLICY AND 572 00:26:18,340 --> 00:26:20,209 SAY DO THIS AND DO THAT AND 573 00:26:20,209 --> 00:26:20,542 WHATEVER. 574 00:26:20,542 --> 00:26:22,311 BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT 575 00:26:22,311 --> 00:26:25,781 THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND, OUR 576 00:26:25,781 --> 00:26:26,715 STAFF ON THE GROUND UNDERSTAND 577 00:26:26,715 --> 00:26:28,650 WHAT THOSE POLICIES ARE, SO WE 578 00:26:28,650 --> 00:26:29,952 CAN IMPLEMENT THAT AS WE MOVE 579 00:26:29,952 --> 00:26:30,285 FORWARD. 580 00:26:30,285 --> 00:26:32,454 I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY 581 00:26:32,454 --> 00:26:34,790 ACKNOWLEDGE ALSO DAN FRYE. 582 00:26:34,790 --> 00:26:36,491 WHERE'S DAN? 583 00:26:36,491 --> 00:26:38,794 HE'S OUR NEW H.R. DIRECTOR AND 584 00:26:38,794 --> 00:26:40,796 I'LL TELL YOU, HE'S BEEN RUNNING 585 00:26:40,796 --> 00:26:42,264 AS FAST AS HE CAN, BECAUSE WE 586 00:26:42,264 --> 00:26:44,833 KNOW THAT MAKING SURE THAT WE DO 587 00:26:44,833 --> 00:26:46,401 RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AT THE 588 00:26:46,401 --> 00:26:47,369 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE AS BEST AS 589 00:26:47,369 --> 00:26:49,838 WE CAN IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. 590 00:26:49,838 --> 00:26:52,140 RICK MUELLER, I DON'T KNOW IF 591 00:26:52,140 --> 00:26:53,242 HE'S HERE? 592 00:26:53,242 --> 00:26:53,909 RICK? 593 00:26:53,909 --> 00:26:56,411 HE'S ALSO STEPPED UP TO SERVE AS 594 00:26:56,411 --> 00:27:00,649 THE ACTING URBAN DIRECTOR FOR 595 00:27:00,649 --> 00:27:01,450 I.H.S. 596 00:27:01,450 --> 00:27:04,286 ADMIRAL BRIAN JOHNSON HAS BEEN 597 00:27:04,286 --> 00:27:05,587 LEADING THE BILL, THE 598 00:27:05,587 --> 00:27:06,755 INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WORK FOR US 599 00:27:06,755 --> 00:27:08,056 AT THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, 600 00:27:08,056 --> 00:27:09,191 JUST AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF 601 00:27:09,191 --> 00:27:10,058 WORK. 602 00:27:10,058 --> 00:27:12,027 CAPTAIN JOE BRYANT. 603 00:27:12,027 --> 00:27:13,462 I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT YOU, 604 00:27:13,462 --> 00:27:14,496 SIR. 605 00:27:14,496 --> 00:27:16,398 AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT JOE HAS 606 00:27:16,398 --> 00:27:18,400 DONE FOR US IN THE PAST 10 607 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,637 MONTHS TO IMPROVE PURCHASE AND 608 00:27:21,637 --> 00:27:22,738 REFERRED CARE, BECAUSE WE KNOW 609 00:27:22,738 --> 00:27:24,406 THAT OUR PEOPLE RELY ON THE 610 00:27:24,406 --> 00:27:26,141 SERVICE AND THEY RELY ON THIS 611 00:27:26,141 --> 00:27:26,908 CARE. 612 00:27:26,908 --> 00:27:28,477 ADMIRAL WATTS, IF YOU'D PLEASE 613 00:27:28,477 --> 00:27:29,978 STAND AGAIN. 614 00:27:29,978 --> 00:27:31,613 ADMIRAL WATTS HAS BEEN MY 615 00:27:31,613 --> 00:27:33,582 ADVISOR, HE'S ON SPEED-DIAL TO 616 00:27:33,582 --> 00:27:36,652 ME AND I'D SAY I NEED HELP HERE, 617 00:27:36,652 --> 00:27:37,286 HELP ME OUT. 618 00:27:37,286 --> 00:27:39,288 SO I WANT TO JUST REALLY THANK 619 00:27:39,288 --> 00:27:40,689 YOU, ADMIRAL, FOR ALL YOU HAVE 620 00:27:40,689 --> 00:27:41,356 DONE. 621 00:27:41,356 --> 00:27:47,462 LAURA HERBISON, CAPTAIN 622 00:27:47,462 --> 00:27:49,097 HERBISON, SORRY, ALSO BEEN A BIG 623 00:27:49,097 --> 00:27:49,865 RESOURCE TO ME. 624 00:27:49,865 --> 00:27:53,935 I STOLE HER FROM THE HEALTH 625 00:27:53,935 --> 00:27:57,005 CENTER UP IN OREGON. 626 00:27:57,005 --> 00:27:59,174 CAPTAIN KLELAND, PLEASE STAND 627 00:27:59,174 --> 00:28:00,609 AGAIN. 628 00:28:00,609 --> 00:28:01,576 CAPTAIN SERVICES AS MY CHIEF OF 629 00:28:01,576 --> 00:28:01,910 STAFF. 630 00:28:01,910 --> 00:28:05,180 I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THE WORLD 631 00:28:05,180 --> 00:28:06,381 GOES ROUND AND ROUND GOOD WHEN 632 00:28:06,381 --> 00:28:08,016 YOU HAVE A GOOD CHIEF OF STAFF. 633 00:28:08,016 --> 00:28:09,551 AND SO HE IS MY CHIEF OF STAFF 634 00:28:09,551 --> 00:28:12,721 THAT HELPS ME NAVIGATE ACROSS 635 00:28:12,721 --> 00:28:15,257 EVERYTHING THAT WE DO EVERY DAY, 636 00:28:15,257 --> 00:28:17,326 THAT I GET TO DO EVERY DAY. 637 00:28:17,326 --> 00:28:18,427 HE'S BEHIND THE SCENES TRYING TO 638 00:28:18,427 --> 00:28:19,728 MAKE THINGS HAPPEN, SO THANK 639 00:28:19,728 --> 00:28:22,698 YOU, THANK YOU, CAPTAIN. 640 00:28:22,698 --> 00:28:28,937 JENNA TOWNE, CAPTAIN TOWNE. 641 00:28:28,937 --> 00:28:31,340 I'VE TAKEN THESE PEOPLE FROM 642 00:28:31,340 --> 00:28:33,308 THEIR JOBS TO HELP PEOPLE 643 00:28:33,308 --> 00:28:34,509 UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT WE DO. 644 00:28:34,509 --> 00:28:35,043 THERE'S A LOT MORE. 645 00:28:35,043 --> 00:28:37,045 I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HIGHLIGHT 646 00:28:37,045 --> 00:28:37,346 THESE. 647 00:28:37,346 --> 00:28:38,880 LET JUST GIVE AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT 648 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:40,749 TO THE AWARDS COMMITTEE, BECAUSE 649 00:28:40,749 --> 00:28:42,050 I'LL TELL YOU, IT TAKES A LOT OF 650 00:28:42,050 --> 00:28:43,251 WORK TO GET THIS DONE AND 651 00:28:43,251 --> 00:28:44,553 THEY'VE HAD TO WORK -- THEY HAVE 652 00:28:44,553 --> 00:28:47,389 HAD TO BE PATIENT ABOUT ME. 653 00:28:47,389 --> 00:28:49,691 WHERE IS XAVIER AT? 654 00:28:49,691 --> 00:28:50,992 THEY'RE PROBABLY ALL BEHIND THE 655 00:28:50,992 --> 00:28:51,460 SCENES. 656 00:28:51,460 --> 00:28:53,428 SORRY ABOUT THAT. 657 00:28:53,428 --> 00:28:58,467 SO XAVIER, KATHRYN, DAVID, LISA, 658 00:28:58,467 --> 00:29:00,702 TRAVIS, AND THEY'RE PART OF THE 659 00:29:00,702 --> 00:29:02,070 H.R. TEAM THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO 660 00:29:02,070 --> 00:29:03,138 PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR US. 661 00:29:03,138 --> 00:29:04,272 SO LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND 662 00:29:04,272 --> 00:29:04,806 OF APPLAUSE. 663 00:29:04,806 --> 00:29:10,912 [APPLAUSE] 664 00:29:10,912 --> 00:29:14,850 AND THEN I WANT TO SAY A HUGE, 665 00:29:14,850 --> 00:29:18,587 HUGE THANK YOU TO HHS. 666 00:29:18,587 --> 00:29:20,122 DEPUTY DIRECTOR PALM, YOU KNOW, 667 00:29:20,122 --> 00:29:21,957 YOU AND I HAVE MANY 668 00:29:21,957 --> 00:29:22,958 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ESPECIALLY 669 00:29:22,958 --> 00:29:24,926 AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, AND I 670 00:29:24,926 --> 00:29:27,896 ALWAYS REMEMBER WHEN SHE WAS 671 00:29:27,896 --> 00:29:28,764 INTERVIEWING ME FOR THIS JOB AND 672 00:29:28,764 --> 00:29:30,732 I ASKED HER, I SAID WHAT DO YOU 673 00:29:30,732 --> 00:29:32,100 THINK I.H.S. NEEDS TO DO? 674 00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:34,703 WHAT DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO DO 675 00:29:34,703 --> 00:29:35,370 TO IMPROVE? 676 00:29:35,370 --> 00:29:36,738 AND SHE SAID TO ME, I.H.S. NEEDS 677 00:29:36,738 --> 00:29:38,273 TO GET OUT OF ITS OWN WAY 678 00:29:38,273 --> 00:29:39,474 SOMETIMES. 679 00:29:39,474 --> 00:29:40,675 I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT, AND IT'S 680 00:29:40,675 --> 00:29:41,543 TRUE. 681 00:29:41,543 --> 00:29:42,644 IT'S TRUE, BECAUSE THERE'S SO 682 00:29:42,644 --> 00:29:44,279 MUCH MORE THAT WE CAN DO WHEN WE 683 00:29:44,279 --> 00:29:45,480 WORK TOGETHER INSTEAD OF PUTTING 684 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:46,915 ALL THESE ROAD BLOCKS IN FRONT 685 00:29:46,915 --> 00:29:49,184 OF EACH OTHER, AND SO I THANK 686 00:29:49,184 --> 00:29:49,951 YOU FOR THAT. 687 00:29:49,951 --> 00:29:52,154 I WANT TO THANK ALSO THE 688 00:29:52,154 --> 00:29:55,557 SECRETARY, SECRETARY BECERRA. 689 00:29:55,557 --> 00:29:59,928 IF I COULD TELL YOU, THE MANY 690 00:29:59,928 --> 00:30:00,762 CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD AND THE 691 00:30:00,762 --> 00:30:02,564 OPPORTUNITIES THAT I GET, THERE 692 00:30:02,564 --> 00:30:03,899 IS NO ONE ELSE THAT I KNOW 693 00:30:03,899 --> 00:30:08,770 WITHIN --WITHIN HHS AND IN HISN 694 00:30:08,770 --> 00:30:10,172 THAT SUPPORTS US IN A WAY, 695 00:30:10,172 --> 00:30:11,406 SUPPORTS ME IN THE WAY THAT I'VE 696 00:30:11,406 --> 00:30:12,374 BEEN SUPPORTED. 697 00:30:12,374 --> 00:30:14,042 ON MANY, MANY OCCASIONS, THE 698 00:30:14,042 --> 00:30:15,777 SECRETARY WILL SAY, ROSELYN, YOU 699 00:30:15,777 --> 00:30:16,878 LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU NEED AND 700 00:30:16,878 --> 00:30:18,079 WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT HAPPENS. 701 00:30:18,079 --> 00:30:19,247 AND HE HAS. 702 00:30:19,247 --> 00:30:20,715 HE HAS DELIVERED ON ALL OF THOSE 703 00:30:20,715 --> 00:30:21,783 THINGS AND ALL OF THE REQUESTS 704 00:30:21,783 --> 00:30:23,885 THAT WE MAKE TO HHS. 705 00:30:23,885 --> 00:30:25,954 SO I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR THAT 706 00:30:25,954 --> 00:30:29,024 AND JUST ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE 707 00:30:29,024 --> 00:30:31,860 THE ATTENTION THAT WE GET AT HHS 708 00:30:31,860 --> 00:30:33,428 AND THE AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY 709 00:30:33,428 --> 00:30:36,665 THAT THEY TAKE ON FOR US TO PAVE 710 00:30:36,665 --> 00:30:37,999 THOSE PATHS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 711 00:30:37,999 --> 00:30:39,801 CAN DO WHAT WE DO. 712 00:30:39,801 --> 00:30:41,036 AND THEN WITH REGARDS TO OUR 713 00:30:41,036 --> 00:30:43,438 TRIBAL AND URBAN PARTNERS, THIS 714 00:30:43,438 --> 00:30:45,774 HAS BEEN PROBABLY AN AREA THAT I 715 00:30:45,774 --> 00:30:47,843 HAVE WORKED SO HARD AT TO MAKE 716 00:30:47,843 --> 00:30:49,911 SURE THAT I MAINTAIN THE 717 00:30:49,911 --> 00:30:52,214 RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE TRIBAL 718 00:30:52,214 --> 00:30:53,181 LEADERS, OUR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES 719 00:30:53,181 --> 00:30:54,483 AND OUR URBAN PROGRAMS. 720 00:30:54,483 --> 00:30:57,819 I HAVE BEEN TO PLACES AT THE 721 00:30:57,819 --> 00:30:58,653 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, THE 722 00:30:58,653 --> 00:31:01,590 PLACES THAT I VISITED OFTEN MORE 723 00:31:01,590 --> 00:31:03,391 THAN TIMES THAT I WANT TO 724 00:31:03,391 --> 00:31:04,326 ACKNOWLEDGE WHERE THEY SAID 725 00:31:04,326 --> 00:31:05,460 WE'VE NEVER HAD AN I.H.S. 726 00:31:05,460 --> 00:31:06,795 DIRECTOR COME OUT HERE. 727 00:31:06,795 --> 00:31:08,296 AND LET ME SAY WHAT THE PROBLEM 728 00:31:08,296 --> 00:31:10,165 WITH THAT KIND OF A PICTURE IS 729 00:31:10,165 --> 00:31:12,534 THAT YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY 730 00:31:12,534 --> 00:31:12,868 UNDERSTAND. 731 00:31:12,868 --> 00:31:15,570 YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND 732 00:31:15,570 --> 00:31:16,838 THE LONG DISTANCES THAT OUR 733 00:31:16,838 --> 00:31:19,007 PEOPLE HAVE TO TRAVEL JUST FOR 734 00:31:19,007 --> 00:31:19,441 CARE. 735 00:31:19,441 --> 00:31:22,077 YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND 736 00:31:22,077 --> 00:31:23,712 WHEN OUR SYSTEMS FAIL AND THE 737 00:31:23,712 --> 00:31:25,447 IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON OUR TRIBAL 738 00:31:25,447 --> 00:31:27,115 PEOPLE. 739 00:31:27,115 --> 00:31:29,417 WHEN OUR SYSTEMS DON'T WORK. 740 00:31:29,417 --> 00:31:31,253 AND SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT 741 00:31:31,253 --> 00:31:32,888 I UNDERSTAND THAT AND MAKE SURE 742 00:31:32,888 --> 00:31:34,990 THAT THAT MESSAGE CONTINUES TO 743 00:31:34,990 --> 00:31:38,126 GROW AT THE I.H.S., AND I'LL 744 00:31:38,126 --> 00:31:39,794 ALSO SAY, MANY OF WHAT I'VE SEEN 745 00:31:39,794 --> 00:31:41,630 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR TRIBAL 746 00:31:41,630 --> 00:31:43,498 PARTNERS AND THE PROGRAMS THAT 747 00:31:43,498 --> 00:31:46,234 ARE OPERATED BY OUR TRIBAL 748 00:31:46,234 --> 00:31:47,869 PARTNERS ARE PHENOMENAL. 749 00:31:47,869 --> 00:31:49,404 I'VE SEEN AMAZING THINGS OUT 750 00:31:49,404 --> 00:31:51,039 THERE, I'VE SEEN AMAZING 751 00:31:51,039 --> 00:31:52,908 BUILDINGS THAT THEY HAVE. 752 00:31:52,908 --> 00:31:54,109 THEY DON'T SIT HERE AND SAY, 753 00:31:54,109 --> 00:31:56,711 WELL, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT 754 00:31:56,711 --> 00:31:58,146 DIDN'T GIVE US ANY MONEY SO WE 755 00:31:58,146 --> 00:31:59,814 CAN'T DO THIS AND CAN'T DO THAT. 756 00:31:59,814 --> 00:32:00,415 NO. 757 00:32:00,415 --> 00:32:01,349 THEY SAID WE'RE TIRED OF WAITING 758 00:32:01,349 --> 00:32:02,317 FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 759 00:32:02,317 --> 00:32:03,752 WE'RE GOING TO DO IT OURSELVES, 760 00:32:03,752 --> 00:32:04,185 RIGHT? 761 00:32:04,185 --> 00:32:05,287 BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR 762 00:32:05,287 --> 00:32:07,689 PEOPLE FIRST. 763 00:32:07,689 --> 00:32:09,224 AND THE TRIBAL LEADERS THAT I 764 00:32:09,224 --> 00:32:11,059 HAVE HAD THE HONOR TO MEET WITH 765 00:32:11,059 --> 00:32:15,664 AND SIT DOWNSIDE DOWN SIDE BY S, 766 00:32:15,664 --> 00:32:16,965 THE ONES THAT ARE AT THE TABLE 767 00:32:16,965 --> 00:32:18,333 AND PUT HEALTH FIRST, THOSE ARE 768 00:32:18,333 --> 00:32:19,067 THE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. 769 00:32:19,067 --> 00:32:20,168 THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I WANT 770 00:32:20,168 --> 00:32:21,770 TO BE PART OF, BECAUSE I'M 771 00:32:21,770 --> 00:32:24,205 THINKING, WOW, THEY'RE MAKING 772 00:32:24,205 --> 00:32:25,507 HEALTH A PRIORITY. 773 00:32:25,507 --> 00:32:26,908 WHICH MEANS THAT WE WILL 774 00:32:26,908 --> 00:32:30,579 CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS WE MOVE 775 00:32:30,579 --> 00:32:31,746 FORWARD AT THE -- THROUGHOUT 776 00:32:31,746 --> 00:32:33,081 TRIBAL COUNTRY. 777 00:32:33,081 --> 00:32:36,651 A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO 778 00:32:36,651 --> 00:32:38,286 SHARE, JUST HOW POWERFUL THAT 779 00:32:38,286 --> 00:32:40,055 PARTNERSHIP IS AND HAS JUST 780 00:32:40,055 --> 00:32:41,389 ABSOLUTELY RESONATED FOR ME. 781 00:32:41,389 --> 00:32:43,658 A FEW MONTHS AGO, WHILE WE WERE 782 00:32:43,658 --> 00:32:44,659 GETTING READY FOR THE SUPREME 783 00:32:44,659 --> 00:32:47,696 COURT AND WE KNEW WE WERE READY, 784 00:32:47,696 --> 00:32:48,597 WHICHEVER MESSAGE WE WERE GOING 785 00:32:48,597 --> 00:32:50,599 TO GIVE OUT IF WE WON, IF WE 786 00:32:50,599 --> 00:32:53,501 LOST, ALL THIS WORK THAT WENT 787 00:32:53,501 --> 00:32:54,502 INTO THE RECENT SUPREME COURT 788 00:32:54,502 --> 00:32:55,804 DECISION REGARDING CONTRACT 789 00:32:55,804 --> 00:32:57,105 SUPPORT COSTS. 790 00:32:57,105 --> 00:32:59,307 AND I HAD A HARD TIME WITH THAT, 791 00:32:59,307 --> 00:33:00,709 BECAUSE I'M A TRIBAL MEMBER, I'M 792 00:33:00,709 --> 00:33:02,577 A TRIBAL MEMBER FIRST. 793 00:33:02,577 --> 00:33:03,678 EVEN THOUGH I'M A FEDERAL 794 00:33:03,678 --> 00:33:05,780 OFFICIAL. 795 00:33:05,780 --> 00:33:07,415 AND I HAVE SAID SEVERAL TIMES 796 00:33:07,415 --> 00:33:09,351 DURING THAT, IF THE GOVERNMENT 797 00:33:09,351 --> 00:33:10,685 PREVAILS, I WILL NOT BE THE 798 00:33:10,685 --> 00:33:11,453 PERSON THAT'S GOING TO TALK 799 00:33:11,453 --> 00:33:12,587 ABOUT IT. 800 00:33:12,587 --> 00:33:13,955 I DON'T WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE 801 00:33:13,955 --> 00:33:15,090 FOR THAT DECISION WHEN IT 802 00:33:15,090 --> 00:33:16,625 HAPPENS. 803 00:33:16,625 --> 00:33:18,860 BUT WHAT WAS AMAZING WHEN I WAS 804 00:33:18,860 --> 00:33:21,696 ABLE TO GO TO THE COURTS AND BE 805 00:33:21,696 --> 00:33:24,032 ON THE STEPS OF THAT HEARING 806 00:33:24,032 --> 00:33:27,002 WHEN IT OCCURRED, WAS TO STAND 807 00:33:27,002 --> 00:33:29,471 SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE NORTHERN 808 00:33:29,471 --> 00:33:31,473 ARAPAHO TRIBE, TAKE PHOTOS WITH 809 00:33:31,473 --> 00:33:32,774 THEM. 810 00:33:32,774 --> 00:33:33,742 SO IN SPITE OF THE CHALLENGES 811 00:33:33,742 --> 00:33:35,276 THAT WE HAVE AND THESE 812 00:33:35,276 --> 00:33:36,044 DISAGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE, WE 813 00:33:36,044 --> 00:33:38,680 WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER, AND 814 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:40,315 I WILL CHERISH THAT PHOTO, I 815 00:33:40,315 --> 00:33:41,650 WILL CHERISH THAT. 816 00:33:41,650 --> 00:33:43,485 YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF RALLIED 817 00:33:43,485 --> 00:33:45,453 AROUND ME AND MAYBE THEY ALREADY 818 00:33:45,453 --> 00:33:49,591 KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. 819 00:33:49,591 --> 00:33:51,126 [LAUGHTER] 820 00:33:51,126 --> 00:33:53,094 BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S 821 00:33:53,094 --> 00:33:54,663 IMPORTANT THAT TRIBES FIGHT FOR 822 00:33:54,663 --> 00:33:56,598 WHAT THEY NEED TO FIGHT FOR. 823 00:33:56,598 --> 00:33:58,933 AND I RESPECT THAT, AND I HONOR 824 00:33:58,933 --> 00:34:00,769 THE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN 825 00:34:00,769 --> 00:34:01,870 MADE. 826 00:34:01,870 --> 00:34:05,240 AND THEN JUST THIS WEEK VISITING 827 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,676 CHAIRMAN RAMBLER'S TRIBE, AGAIN, 828 00:34:07,676 --> 00:34:10,078 IT'S A REMINDER OF WHAT IT IS 829 00:34:10,078 --> 00:34:11,913 THAT CAN HAPPEN IN INDIAN 830 00:34:11,913 --> 00:34:13,281 COUNTRY, EVEN IF THIS IS THE WAY 831 00:34:13,281 --> 00:34:15,316 THAT WE HAVE TO GET RESOURCES 832 00:34:15,316 --> 00:34:18,920 FOR INDIAN COUNTRY. 833 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:24,292 I WAS ALSO OUT LAST FRIDAY IN 834 00:34:24,292 --> 00:34:25,393 GANADO, ARIZONA OPENING UP A 835 00:34:25,393 --> 00:34:26,895 GRAND BRAND NEW FACILITY. 836 00:34:26,895 --> 00:34:27,996 THAT WAS A FACILITY WHERE THE 837 00:34:27,996 --> 00:34:29,631 TRIBE ALSO PREVAILED IN 838 00:34:29,631 --> 00:34:33,268 LITIGATION, OR THE SAGE MEMORIAL 839 00:34:33,268 --> 00:34:34,269 PREVAILED IN LITIGATION. 840 00:34:34,269 --> 00:34:35,770 BUT THEY TURNED AROUND AND USED 841 00:34:35,770 --> 00:34:38,073 THAT MONEY TO BUILD A BRAND NEW, 842 00:34:38,073 --> 00:34:39,174 BEAUTIFUL FACILITY IN NAVAJO 843 00:34:39,174 --> 00:34:40,709 COUNTRY. 844 00:34:40,709 --> 00:34:42,444 AND I WAS A FEDERAL 845 00:34:42,444 --> 00:34:44,212 REPRESENTATIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE 846 00:34:44,212 --> 00:34:46,147 THAT FOUGHT AND FOUGHT, SAID NO, 847 00:34:46,147 --> 00:34:48,116 NO, YOU'RE NOT ENTITLED TO THIS, 848 00:34:48,116 --> 00:34:49,451 BUT THEY PREVAILED. 849 00:34:49,451 --> 00:34:50,885 AND I'M GLAD THEY DID. 850 00:34:50,885 --> 00:34:53,388 AND I HONOR THAT, AND I RESPECT 851 00:34:53,388 --> 00:34:54,355 THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 852 00:34:54,355 --> 00:34:55,990 SO I WANT TO THANK THE TRIBAL 853 00:34:55,990 --> 00:34:57,659 LEADERS THAT ARE PRESENT TODAY. 854 00:34:57,659 --> 00:34:59,294 IT'S BEEN AMAZING. 855 00:34:59,294 --> 00:35:01,262 CHAIRMAN SINCLAIR WAS ALSO THE 856 00:35:01,262 --> 00:35:04,833 MOST RECENT TRIBE THAT HAS GONE 857 00:35:04,833 --> 00:35:07,035 638 AND ON THEIR SIDE, WE'RE 858 00:35:07,035 --> 00:35:08,136 LIKE I DON'T THINK THEY'RE 859 00:35:08,136 --> 00:35:09,237 READY, I DON'T THINK THEY CAN DO 860 00:35:09,237 --> 00:35:09,571 IT. 861 00:35:09,571 --> 00:35:10,338 YOU KNOW WHAT? 862 00:35:10,338 --> 00:35:11,973 THEY DID, THEY DELIVERED, 863 00:35:11,973 --> 00:35:12,240 JULY 1ST. 864 00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:13,742 THAT WAS AWESOME! 865 00:35:13,742 --> 00:35:16,244 THAT WAS AWESOME TO SEE A TRIBE 866 00:35:16,244 --> 00:35:19,214 CONVERT FROM 638 TO -- FROM 867 00:35:19,214 --> 00:35:20,381 I.H.S. TO 638. 868 00:35:20,381 --> 00:35:23,051 AND THEN FINALLY, I WANT TO JUST 869 00:35:23,051 --> 00:35:23,785 ACKNOWLEDGE OUR I.H.S. 870 00:35:23,785 --> 00:35:26,755 WORKFORCE. 871 00:35:26,755 --> 00:35:29,157 THERE IS NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY 872 00:35:29,157 --> 00:35:30,592 THAT I DON'T THINK ABOUT THE 873 00:35:30,592 --> 00:35:32,427 I.H.S. WORKFORCE. 874 00:35:32,427 --> 00:35:35,497 THERE'S NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY 875 00:35:35,497 --> 00:35:37,665 THAT I WONDER, HOW IS MY TEAM 876 00:35:37,665 --> 00:35:42,070 DOING? 877 00:35:42,070 --> 00:35:43,171 THIS MORNING WHEN WE WERE ABLE 878 00:35:43,171 --> 00:35:44,939 TO TAKE PHOTOS, I MET A YOUNG 879 00:35:44,939 --> 00:35:47,208 LADY, SHE'S STANDING IN FOR HER 880 00:35:47,208 --> 00:35:48,409 BROTHER TODAY, BECAUSE HE JUST 881 00:35:48,409 --> 00:35:58,586 PASSED AWAY. 882 00:35:58,586 --> 00:35:59,988 SO WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT OUR 883 00:35:59,988 --> 00:36:01,856 WORKFORCE IS. 884 00:36:01,856 --> 00:36:03,391 AND WE'RE WORKING EXTREMELY HARD 885 00:36:03,391 --> 00:36:11,599 TO GET MORE STAFF, MOR -- MORE 886 00:36:11,599 --> 00:36:12,567 RESOURCES SO YOU CAN DO YOUR 887 00:36:12,567 --> 00:36:15,403 JOB, YOU CAN DELIVER THE BEST 888 00:36:15,403 --> 00:36:17,505 CARE POSSIBLE TO OUR PEOPLE. 889 00:36:17,505 --> 00:36:18,706 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING 890 00:36:18,706 --> 00:36:25,246 TO DO HERE. 891 00:36:25,246 --> 00:36:29,517 I KNOW THAT AS I GO THROUGH 892 00:36:29,517 --> 00:36:31,586 INDIAN COUNTRY AGAIN, I HEAR 893 00:36:31,586 --> 00:36:32,887 LOTS OF THINGS FROM TRIBAL 894 00:36:32,887 --> 00:36:33,154 LEADERS. 895 00:36:33,154 --> 00:36:34,789 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT -- JUST A 896 00:36:34,789 --> 00:36:36,724 VERY RECENT VISIT THAT I HAD 897 00:36:36,724 --> 00:36:41,329 SITTING NEXT TO THE TRIBAL 898 00:36:41,329 --> 00:36:43,298 PRESIDENT, JUST ABSOLUTELY 899 00:36:43,298 --> 00:36:45,733 ACKNOWLEDGING THE I.H.S. STAFF 900 00:36:45,733 --> 00:36:50,305 AND THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO. 901 00:36:50,305 --> 00:36:52,040 BUT I'VE ALSO SAT SIDE BY SIDE 902 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,142 BY TRIBAL LEADERS THAT SAY THIS 903 00:36:54,142 --> 00:36:55,677 AIN'T WORKING, ROSELYN. 904 00:36:55,677 --> 00:36:59,614 YOU'D BETTER DO SOMETHING. 905 00:36:59,614 --> 00:37:01,049 SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY WE 906 00:37:01,049 --> 00:37:02,150 STILL HAVE WORK TO DO. 907 00:37:02,150 --> 00:37:03,885 BUT FOR TODAY, I WANT TO SAY 908 00:37:03,885 --> 00:37:05,186 THAT THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF 909 00:37:05,186 --> 00:37:07,589 WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE 910 00:37:07,589 --> 00:37:08,990 23 MONTHS, WHERE WE HAVE 911 00:37:08,990 --> 00:37:12,060 IMPROVED OUR QUALITY OUTCOMES, 912 00:37:12,060 --> 00:37:13,394 WE'RE BUILDING METRICS NOW THAT 913 00:37:13,394 --> 00:37:15,129 WE CAN ALL LOOK AT AND SAY, THIS 914 00:37:15,129 --> 00:37:19,067 IS HOW WE KNOW THAT WE'RE 915 00:37:19,067 --> 00:37:20,301 IMPROVING INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE. 916 00:37:20,301 --> 00:37:22,136 THIS WEEK WAS ALSO WORLD WATER 917 00:37:22,136 --> 00:37:24,439 WEEK, AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO 918 00:37:24,439 --> 00:37:28,376 MAKE SURE THAT WE DELIVER ON 919 00:37:28,376 --> 00:37:30,144 IMPROVING WATER AND SANITATION 920 00:37:30,144 --> 00:37:31,112 TO OUR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. 921 00:37:31,112 --> 00:37:33,615 THAT IS A PRIORITY AT INDIAN 922 00:37:33,615 --> 00:37:34,148 HEALTH SERVICE. 923 00:37:34,148 --> 00:37:36,351 AND SO HOW DO WE DO THAT WHEN WE 924 00:37:36,351 --> 00:37:37,785 SAY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH AND WE 925 00:37:37,785 --> 00:37:39,621 CAN'T DO THIS SO WE CAN'T DO 926 00:37:39,621 --> 00:37:40,054 THAT? 927 00:37:40,054 --> 00:37:41,723 THERE IS AMAZING WORK GOING ON. 928 00:37:41,723 --> 00:37:42,790 YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PHOTOS THAT 929 00:37:42,790 --> 00:37:44,993 WE HAD, WE DEPLOYED OUR SENIOR 930 00:37:44,993 --> 00:37:47,729 STAFF AND HAD THEM COVER SOME OF 931 00:37:47,729 --> 00:37:49,163 THESE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE 932 00:37:49,163 --> 00:37:49,497 HAPPENING. 933 00:37:49,497 --> 00:37:51,566 BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT. 934 00:37:51,566 --> 00:37:53,534 IT'S ABOUT THOSE TRIBAL 935 00:37:53,534 --> 00:37:57,138 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING 936 00:37:57,138 --> 00:37:58,439 TO HAVE WATER! 937 00:37:58,439 --> 00:38:00,775 I MEAN, THINK ABOUT THIS, IN THE 938 00:38:00,775 --> 00:38:03,278 YEAR 2024, WE DON'T HAVE WATER 939 00:38:03,278 --> 00:38:05,246 AND SANITATION IN MANY OF OUR 940 00:38:05,246 --> 00:38:06,447 TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. 941 00:38:06,447 --> 00:38:08,116 SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. 942 00:38:08,116 --> 00:38:09,851 WE ALSO HAVE THAT ON OUR WEBSITE 943 00:38:09,851 --> 00:38:11,719 WHERE WE'RE HOLDING OURSELVES 944 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:12,587 ACCOUNTABLE BY PUTTING 945 00:38:12,587 --> 00:38:16,457 INFORMATION OUT THERE TO YOU AND 946 00:38:16,457 --> 00:38:17,725 TO THE PUBLIC THAT HOLDS US 947 00:38:17,725 --> 00:38:18,126 ACCOUNTABLE. 948 00:38:18,126 --> 00:38:19,460 BECAUSE A TRIBAL LEADER CAN SAY 949 00:38:19,460 --> 00:38:21,629 HEY, YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO 950 00:38:21,629 --> 00:38:23,264 GET THIS JOB DONE, WHERE IS IT 951 00:38:23,264 --> 00:38:24,799 AT AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET 952 00:38:24,799 --> 00:38:25,300 THIS DONE? 953 00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:29,103 SO I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE TH 954 00:38:29,103 --> 00:38:30,571 THAT -- I WANT OUR IFS STAFF TO 955 00:38:30,571 --> 00:38:31,940 KNOW THAT I DO THINK ABOUT YOU 956 00:38:31,940 --> 00:38:32,573 EVERY DAY. 957 00:38:32,573 --> 00:38:35,109 I MIGHT NOT KNOW YOU INDIVIDUAL 958 00:38:35,109 --> 00:38:37,278 INDIVIDUALLY BUT I MET A LOT OF 959 00:38:37,278 --> 00:38:39,380 YOU, AND A LOT OF ME REMIND ME 960 00:38:39,380 --> 00:38:40,915 OF WHERE I MET YOU, BUT I WANT 961 00:38:40,915 --> 00:38:41,950 TO JUST SAY THANK YOU, BECAUSE 962 00:38:41,950 --> 00:38:44,752 THE WORK THAT WE DO AT INDIAN 963 00:38:44,752 --> 00:38:47,588 HEALTH SERVICE IS BECAUSE OF 964 00:38:47,588 --> 00:38:49,657 YOU, AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE 965 00:38:49,657 --> 00:38:51,759 MAKING ACROSS INDIAN HEALTH 966 00:38:51,759 --> 00:38:52,360 SERVICE IS BECAUSE OF YOU. 967 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:56,597 SO I WANT TO TAKE TODAY JUST TO 968 00:38:56,597 --> 00:38:58,566 AGAIN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND YOUR 969 00:38:58,566 --> 00:39:00,401 FAMILIES AND ALL THAT YOU DO TO 970 00:39:00,401 --> 00:39:01,869 DEDICATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR 971 00:39:01,869 --> 00:39:04,472 RESOURCES TO THE INDIAN HEALTH 972 00:39:04,472 --> 00:39:09,410 SERVICE. 973 00:39:09,410 --> 00:39:15,516 [APPLAUSE] 974 00:39:15,516 --> 00:39:18,152 >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR TSO. 975 00:39:18,152 --> 00:39:20,989 NEXT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR 976 00:39:20,989 --> 00:39:23,291 KEYNOTE SPEAKER, AND REALLY 977 00:39:23,291 --> 00:39:25,360 APPRECIATE HER STEPPING UP. 978 00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:26,661 I WAS KIDDING WITH HER THAT SHE 979 00:39:26,661 --> 00:39:28,096 WAS GOING TO BE THE EMCEE THIS 980 00:39:28,096 --> 00:39:29,831 YEAR, BUT SHE WENT AND TURNED IT 981 00:39:29,831 --> 00:39:31,799 AROUND ON ME AND SHE GOT THE 982 00:39:31,799 --> 00:39:32,800 KEYNOTE INSTEAD. 983 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,003 SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE 984 00:39:35,003 --> 00:39:37,505 DR. BEVERLY COTTON, OUR 985 00:39:37,505 --> 00:39:38,206 NASHVILLE AREA DIRECTOR. 986 00:39:38,206 --> 00:39:38,506 THANK YOU. 987 00:39:38,506 --> 00:39:45,046 [APPLAUSE] 988 00:39:45,046 --> 00:39:46,781 >> WELL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 989 00:39:46,781 --> 00:39:48,116 IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE AND HONOR 990 00:39:48,116 --> 00:39:49,017 TO BE WITH YOU THIS MORNING. 991 00:39:49,017 --> 00:39:50,952 THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION. 992 00:39:50,952 --> 00:39:53,354 IT'S EXTREMELY HU HUMBLING TO BE 993 00:39:53,354 --> 00:39:56,657 ABLE TO STAND HERE AND GIVE A 994 00:39:56,657 --> 00:39:58,192 KEYNOTE, ESPECIALLY AS WE HONOR 995 00:39:58,192 --> 00:40:03,531 ALL OF THE 2023 AWARDEES. 996 00:40:03,531 --> 00:40:05,166 I LIKE TO ALWAYS START WITH A 997 00:40:05,166 --> 00:40:07,235 LITTLE JOKE, AND I TELL THE 998 00:40:07,235 --> 00:40:09,670 CORNIEST JOKES, BUT -- HEY. 999 00:40:09,670 --> 00:40:11,873 WHAT DID THE BEAVER SAY AFTER 1000 00:40:11,873 --> 00:40:22,150 SWIMMING INTO A WALL? 1001 00:40:22,150 --> 00:40:23,351 AGO! 1002 00:40:23,351 --> 00:40:25,520 BEAVERS ARE DEVOTED TO THEIR 1003 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:27,622 WORK AS DAM BUILDERS, BORN 1004 00:40:27,622 --> 00:40:28,790 EQUIPPED AND READY FOR THE JOB 1005 00:40:28,790 --> 00:40:32,093 AND OUT OF ALL CREATION, ONLY 1006 00:40:32,093 --> 00:40:33,728 CORAL AND MAN HAVE HAD A GREATER 1007 00:40:33,728 --> 00:40:35,163 IMPACT ON THE ECOSYSTEM THAN THE 1008 00:40:35,163 --> 00:40:37,999 BEAVER. 1009 00:40:37,999 --> 00:40:41,169 MY SPEECH OR MESSAGE TODAY IS 1010 00:40:41,169 --> 00:40:44,272 ENTITLED, "LEAVE TO BEAVERS." 1011 00:40:44,272 --> 00:40:45,506 [LAUGHTER] 1012 00:40:45,506 --> 00:40:48,943 BEAVERS CAN, I AFFECT AN ENTIRE 1013 00:40:48,943 --> 00:40:49,377 ECOSYSTEM. 1014 00:40:49,377 --> 00:40:53,414 THEY ARE WHAT SCIENTISTS CALL 1015 00:40:53,414 --> 00:40:54,749 ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS AND WHEN 1016 00:40:54,749 --> 00:40:56,818 THEY CREATE DAMS, THEY CREATE 1017 00:40:56,818 --> 00:40:58,920 BRAND NEW PONDS AND THEY CAN 1018 00:40:58,920 --> 00:40:59,987 DIVERT THE ENTIRE WAY A RIVER 1019 00:40:59,987 --> 00:41:00,188 FLOWS. 1020 00:41:00,188 --> 00:41:02,156 THIS CAN HAVE A DOMINO EFFECT ON 1021 00:41:02,156 --> 00:41:04,459 THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT, 1022 00:41:04,459 --> 00:41:06,561 GOOD AND BAD. 1023 00:41:06,561 --> 00:41:07,962 BEAVERS ARE SLOW ON LAND BUT 1024 00:41:07,962 --> 00:41:09,630 THEY'RE SLEPT SWIMMERS. 1025 00:41:09,630 --> 00:41:13,134 ONCE -- EXCELLENT SWIMMERS. 1026 00:41:13,134 --> 00:41:14,402 BEAVERS CAN BUILD THEIR LODGES 1027 00:41:14,402 --> 00:41:15,536 IN THE POND AND THEN THEY DON'T 1028 00:41:15,536 --> 00:41:16,704 HAVE TO TRAVEL TOO FAR ON LAND 1029 00:41:16,704 --> 00:41:18,673 TO GET ACCESS TO NEW TREES. 1030 00:41:18,673 --> 00:41:22,176 THE MORE AREA THE DAM FLOODS, 1031 00:41:22,176 --> 00:41:23,644 THE EASIER IT IS FOR THEM TO 1032 00:41:23,644 --> 00:41:25,379 ACCESS THEIR FOOD SAFELY. 1033 00:41:25,379 --> 00:41:26,814 SOMETIMES, BEAVERS WILL EVEN 1034 00:41:26,814 --> 00:41:29,417 EXCAVATE CANALS OVER 100 FEET 1035 00:41:29,417 --> 00:41:30,852 LONG IN ORDER TO BRING WATER 1036 00:41:30,852 --> 00:41:32,787 CLOSER TO THE STANDS OF THEIR 1037 00:41:32,787 --> 00:41:33,788 FAVORITE TREES. 1038 00:41:33,788 --> 00:41:35,089 THIS ALLOWS THEM TO SWIM UP 1039 00:41:35,089 --> 00:41:36,724 CLOSE TO THOSE TREES AND RETREAT 1040 00:41:36,724 --> 00:41:38,626 QUICKLY IF THERE'S DANGER. 1041 00:41:38,626 --> 00:41:40,228 IN ADDITION, THEY CAN USE THOSE 1042 00:41:40,228 --> 00:41:42,630 CANALS TO FLOAT REALLY BIG LOGS 1043 00:41:42,630 --> 00:41:44,065 BACK TO THEIR LODGES AND BACK TO 1044 00:41:44,065 --> 00:41:45,700 THOSE DAMS. 1045 00:41:45,700 --> 00:41:48,536 IN COLD CLIMATES EACH FALL, 1046 00:41:48,536 --> 00:41:50,938 BEAVERS WILL STOCKPILE STICKS 1047 00:41:50,938 --> 00:41:51,606 UNDER WATER. 1048 00:41:51,606 --> 00:41:52,940 THEY DON'T HIBERNATE. 1049 00:41:52,940 --> 00:41:54,041 THEY'LL REMAIN INSIDE THEIR 1050 00:41:54,041 --> 00:41:56,110 LODGE ALL WINTER, EXCEPT WHEN 1051 00:41:56,110 --> 00:41:58,412 THEY SWIM UNDER THE ICE TO THEIR 1052 00:41:58,412 --> 00:42:00,381 FOOD STOCKPILE JUST FOR A STICK 1053 00:42:00,381 --> 00:42:04,185 TO NIBBLE ON. 1054 00:42:04,185 --> 00:42:05,586 TO OBTAIN FOOD AND BUILDING 1055 00:42:05,586 --> 00:42:06,387 MATERIALS, BEAVERS ARE 1056 00:42:06,387 --> 00:42:08,322 WELL-KNOWN FOR THEIR ABILITY TO 1057 00:42:08,322 --> 00:42:09,891 TOPPLE ENTIRE LARGE TREES, WE'RE 1058 00:42:09,891 --> 00:42:11,492 TALKING HUGE TREES, USING 1059 00:42:11,492 --> 00:42:13,594 NOTHING BUT THEIR SPECIALLY 1060 00:42:13,594 --> 00:42:16,197 ADAPTED INCISOR TEETH. 1061 00:42:16,197 --> 00:42:18,833 AND THEIR POWERFUL JAW MUSCLES. 1062 00:42:18,833 --> 00:42:20,801 THOSE TWO AREAS COMBINED. 1063 00:42:20,801 --> 00:42:22,436 THEIR TEETH NEVER STOP GROWING, 1064 00:42:22,436 --> 00:42:23,971 AND THEY DON'T BECOME WORN. 1065 00:42:23,971 --> 00:42:26,374 THEY DON'T WEAR OUT, DESPITE 1066 00:42:26,374 --> 00:42:30,344 YEARS OF CHEWING ON HARDWOODS. 1067 00:42:30,344 --> 00:42:32,180 THEIR FOUR FRONT TEETH ARE 1068 00:42:32,180 --> 00:42:33,214 SELF-SHARPENING BECAUSE OF THE 1069 00:42:33,214 --> 00:42:36,117 HIGH LEVEL OF IRON THAT DEVELOPS 1070 00:42:36,117 --> 00:42:38,286 A HARD ORANGE ENAMEL ON THE 1071 00:42:38,286 --> 00:42:40,154 FRONT OF THE TOOTH AND ON THE 1072 00:42:40,154 --> 00:42:43,057 BACK, THERE'S A SOFT DENTIN, SO 1073 00:42:43,057 --> 00:42:44,892 AS THEY CHEW THE WOOD IT CREATES 1074 00:42:44,892 --> 00:42:47,261 THIS CHISEL-LIKE CUTTING 1075 00:42:47,261 --> 00:42:47,662 SURFACE. 1076 00:42:47,662 --> 00:42:48,629 THEY BUILD AND THEY MAINTAIN 1077 00:42:48,629 --> 00:42:51,432 THEIR LODGES. 1078 00:42:51,432 --> 00:42:53,201 WITHIN EACH LODGE, BEAVERS WILL 1079 00:42:53,201 --> 00:42:54,702 HOLLOW OUT A CHAMBER WHERE THEY 1080 00:42:54,702 --> 00:42:57,572 SLEEP, EAT, GROOM, WHERE THEIR 1081 00:42:57,572 --> 00:42:59,740 BABY KITS ARE BORN AND THEY'RE 1082 00:42:59,740 --> 00:43:00,541 NURSED EACH SPRING. 1083 00:43:00,541 --> 00:43:03,144 THEY BRING IN BEDDINGS OF GRASS, 1084 00:43:03,144 --> 00:43:03,911 REED, WOOD CHIPS. 1085 00:43:03,911 --> 00:43:05,112 THEY CHANGE THEM REGULARLY AND 1086 00:43:05,112 --> 00:43:07,081 IN ORDER TO BREATHE FRESH AIR, 1087 00:43:07,081 --> 00:43:08,950 THEY DON'T APPLY MUD TO THE TOP 1088 00:43:08,950 --> 00:43:10,785 OF THAT LODGE, CREATING A 1089 00:43:10,785 --> 00:43:12,887 VENTILATION SHAFT. 1090 00:43:12,887 --> 00:43:14,422 EACH LODGE HAS THESE 1091 00:43:14,422 --> 00:43:15,089 WATER-FILLED TUNNELS THAT I 1092 00:43:15,089 --> 00:43:17,391 TALKED ABOUT, SO THEY CAN ACCESS 1093 00:43:17,391 --> 00:43:19,126 THEIR FOOD AND THEY CAN ENTER 1094 00:43:19,126 --> 00:43:22,196 AND EXIT SAFELY. 1095 00:43:22,196 --> 00:43:23,431 AND THE WALLS ARE REALLY STRONG 1096 00:43:23,431 --> 00:43:24,632 DUE TO THE LAYER OF MUD AND 1097 00:43:24,632 --> 00:43:26,467 STICKS THAT THEY USE, SO IT'S 1098 00:43:26,467 --> 00:43:28,002 EXTREMELY INSULATED IN COLD 1099 00:43:28,002 --> 00:43:30,071 WEATHER, EVEN IN SUB ZERO 1100 00:43:30,071 --> 00:43:31,505 OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES, IT WON'T 1101 00:43:31,505 --> 00:43:33,241 DROP BELOW FREEZING INSIDE, DUE 1102 00:43:33,241 --> 00:43:34,942 TO THE RETAINED BODY HEAT FROM 1103 00:43:34,942 --> 00:43:37,945 THE FAMILY OF BEAVERS. 1104 00:43:37,945 --> 00:43:39,680 AND THEY'RE HIGHLY ORGANIZED. 1105 00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:41,349 THEY'RE VERY SOCIAL, THEY'RE 1106 00:43:41,349 --> 00:43:43,150 PEACEFUL ANIMALS, AND THEY HAVE 1107 00:43:43,150 --> 00:43:44,252 A REALLY STRONG FAMILY 1108 00:43:44,252 --> 00:43:46,053 STRUCTURE. 1109 00:43:46,053 --> 00:43:47,688 EACH ESTABLISHED BEAVER COLONY 1110 00:43:47,688 --> 00:43:51,092 USUALLY CONSISTS OF ADULT 1111 00:43:51,092 --> 00:43:52,393 PARENTS AND TWO YEARS OF 1112 00:43:52,393 --> 00:43:53,427 OFFSPRING. 1113 00:43:53,427 --> 00:43:55,162 SO ON AVERAGE, THEY HAVE AN 1114 00:43:55,162 --> 00:43:57,198 ESTABLISHED FAMILY OF AROUND SIX 1115 00:43:57,198 --> 00:43:58,566 OR SEVEN BEAVERS. 1116 00:43:58,566 --> 00:44:00,201 WHY DO I TELL YOU THIS STORY? 1117 00:44:00,201 --> 00:44:03,037 WELL, YOU KNOW CULTURALLY AND 1118 00:44:03,037 --> 00:44:05,339 TRADITIONALLY THAT WE CAN LEARN 1119 00:44:05,339 --> 00:44:10,478 LIFE LESSONS, SPIRITUAL TRUTHS 1120 00:44:10,478 --> 00:44:11,879 FROM ANIMALS, AND OUR 1121 00:44:11,879 --> 00:44:12,980 TRADITIONAL STORIES ARE OFTEN 1122 00:44:12,980 --> 00:44:14,315 HINGED IN WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM 1123 00:44:14,315 --> 00:44:15,816 OUR ENVIRONMENT, FROM NATURE 1124 00:44:15,816 --> 00:44:17,151 AROUND US. 1125 00:44:17,151 --> 00:44:20,354 SO I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE 1126 00:44:20,354 --> 00:44:21,622 BIT ABOUT WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM 1127 00:44:21,622 --> 00:44:24,792 THE BEAVER. 1128 00:44:24,792 --> 00:44:26,127 DILIGENCE AND HARD WORK. 1129 00:44:26,127 --> 00:44:27,962 THEY'RE KNOWN FOR THEIR 1130 00:44:27,962 --> 00:44:28,763 INDUSTRIOUS NATURE. 1131 00:44:28,763 --> 00:44:30,531 THEY TIRELESSLY BUILD THESE DAMS 1132 00:44:30,531 --> 00:44:32,533 AND LODGES USING BRANCHES, MUDS 1133 00:44:32,533 --> 00:44:33,234 AND ROCKS. 1134 00:44:33,234 --> 00:44:35,102 THEY'RE A SYMBOL OF 1135 00:44:35,102 --> 00:44:36,304 DETERMINATION, KNOWN FOR THEIR 1136 00:44:36,304 --> 00:44:39,040 INCREDIBLE AB ABILITY TO TRANSFM 1137 00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:40,808 THE ENVIRONMENT BY BUILDING 1138 00:44:40,808 --> 00:44:41,676 COMPLEX DAMS AND LODGES. 1139 00:44:41,676 --> 00:44:45,379 THE BEAVER ENCOURAGES US TO BE 1140 00:44:45,379 --> 00:44:46,314 CHANGE AGENTS AND BELIEVE THAT 1141 00:44:46,314 --> 00:44:48,182 WE, TOO, CAN TRANSFORM OUR 1142 00:44:48,182 --> 00:44:49,884 ENVIRONMENTS WITH OUR TIRELESS 1143 00:44:49,884 --> 00:44:53,187 EFFORT AND PERSISTENCE. 1144 00:44:53,187 --> 00:44:54,155 ADDITIONALLY, THE BEAVER, BEING 1145 00:44:54,155 --> 00:44:56,357 A CREATURE THAT THRIVES BOTH ON 1146 00:44:56,357 --> 00:45:00,494 LAND AND WATER SIGNIFIES 1147 00:45:00,494 --> 00:45:01,195 ADAPTABILITY. 1148 00:45:01,195 --> 00:45:02,596 IT SUGGESTS TO US THAT 1149 00:45:02,596 --> 00:45:03,898 FLEXIBILITY AND BALANCE ARE 1150 00:45:03,898 --> 00:45:05,766 ESSENTIAL TO OUR JOURNEY TO 1151 00:45:05,766 --> 00:45:07,301 ACHIEVE OUR MISSION, OUR VISION, 1152 00:45:07,301 --> 00:45:10,938 AND OUR GOALS. 1153 00:45:10,938 --> 00:45:12,373 THE BEAVER EXEMPLIFIES THE 1154 00:45:12,373 --> 00:45:15,076 IMPORTANCE OF CONSISTENT EFFORT 1155 00:45:15,076 --> 00:45:16,310 AND PLANNING AND IT REMINDS US 1156 00:45:16,310 --> 00:45:17,778 IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD FROM 1157 00:45:17,778 --> 00:45:19,080 MERE PLANNING TO ACTIVE 1158 00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:20,247 EXECUTION. 1159 00:45:20,247 --> 00:45:22,216 AND TO TAKE THOSE CRITICAL STEPS 1160 00:45:22,216 --> 00:45:23,951 THAT WILL BRING OUR GOALS TO 1161 00:45:23,951 --> 00:45:26,487 FULL REALITY. 1162 00:45:26,487 --> 00:45:27,722 THEY ALSO TEACH US TO UTILIZE 1163 00:45:27,722 --> 00:45:29,557 OUR RESOURCES WISELY. 1164 00:45:29,557 --> 00:45:31,525 THE BEAVER IS A MASTER AT 1165 00:45:31,525 --> 00:45:32,526 UTILIZING THE RESOURCES 1166 00:45:32,526 --> 00:45:33,060 AVAILABLE TO IT. 1167 00:45:33,060 --> 00:45:35,062 BY OBSERVING THE BEAVER'S 1168 00:45:35,062 --> 00:45:35,930 RESOURCEFULNESS, WE'RE REMINDED 1169 00:45:35,930 --> 00:45:38,132 TO USE OUR GOD-GIVEN TALENTS FOR 1170 00:45:38,132 --> 00:45:39,433 THE BETTERMENT OF OUR WORK 1171 00:45:39,433 --> 00:45:41,769 ENVIRONMENT AND FOR OTHERS. 1172 00:45:41,769 --> 00:45:43,738 AS BEAVERS PREPARE FOR WINTER, 1173 00:45:43,738 --> 00:45:46,774 THEY SYMBOLIZE PREPARATION, 1174 00:45:46,774 --> 00:45:48,776 RESOURCEFULNESS, AND FORESIGHT. 1175 00:45:48,776 --> 00:45:50,511 JUST AS BEAVERS ADAPT TO THE 1176 00:45:50,511 --> 00:45:51,512 APPROACHING WINTER BY WORKING 1177 00:45:51,512 --> 00:45:54,582 TIRELESSLY, WE, TOO, CAN BE 1178 00:45:54,582 --> 00:45:56,584 ENCOURAGED TO ADAPT TO LIFE'S 1179 00:45:56,584 --> 00:45:58,085 CHANGING SEASONS WITH GRACE AND 1180 00:45:58,085 --> 00:46:01,789 RESILIENCE. 1181 00:46:01,789 --> 00:46:03,324 AS THEY'RE KNOWN FOR THEIR 1182 00:46:03,324 --> 00:46:04,125 COOPERATIVE NATURE, THEY TEACH 1183 00:46:04,125 --> 00:46:05,426 US TO WORK TOGETHER IN 1184 00:46:05,426 --> 00:46:06,861 COMMUNITY. 1185 00:46:06,861 --> 00:46:08,996 THEY WORK TOGETHER TO CONSTRUCT 1186 00:46:08,996 --> 00:46:11,999 TEASE DAMS AND CREATE HABITATS 1187 00:46:11,999 --> 00:46:13,434 THAT BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COLONY. 1188 00:46:13,434 --> 00:46:14,835 THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT 1189 00:46:14,835 --> 00:46:16,170 EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF 1190 00:46:16,170 --> 00:46:17,471 COMMUNITY AND UNITY AS WE REACH 1191 00:46:17,471 --> 00:46:20,808 OUR MISSION AND OUR GOALS. 1192 00:46:20,808 --> 00:46:23,210 THE BIEFER'S COMMUNAL BEHAVIOR 1193 00:46:23,210 --> 00:46:24,412 TEACHES US THE SIGNIFICANT OF 1194 00:46:24,412 --> 00:46:26,280 TEAM WORK AND SUPPORT AND BY 1195 00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:27,281 FOSTERING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS 1196 00:46:27,281 --> 00:46:28,816 WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, WE CAN 1197 00:46:28,816 --> 00:46:29,917 ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS, AND 1198 00:46:29,917 --> 00:46:31,118 SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER THROUGH 1199 00:46:31,118 --> 00:46:33,754 LIFE'S CHALLENGES. 1200 00:46:33,754 --> 00:46:39,760 A BEAVER CARRIES CONNOTATIONS OF 1201 00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:43,964 TEAM WORK AND COOPERATION. 1202 00:46:43,964 --> 00:46:45,132 THEY TEACH US THE IMPORTANCE OF 1203 00:46:45,132 --> 00:46:46,133 WORKING TOGETHER NOT JUST SIDE 1204 00:46:46,133 --> 00:46:48,536 BY SIDE, BUT HARMONIOUSLY. 1205 00:46:48,536 --> 00:46:51,505 WITH A SHARED GOAL, EMPHASIZING 1206 00:46:51,505 --> 00:46:53,574 OUR COLLECTIVE STRENGTH AND 1207 00:46:53,574 --> 00:46:55,643 UNITY IN NUMBERS, AND A 1208 00:46:55,643 --> 00:46:56,544 COORDINATED EFFORT TO GET THE 1209 00:46:56,544 --> 00:46:58,612 JOB DONE. 1210 00:46:58,612 --> 00:47:00,381 TRANSFORMING AN ENTIRE 1211 00:47:00,381 --> 00:47:01,482 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND 1212 00:47:01,482 --> 00:47:02,349 MANAGING MASSIVE CHANGE LIKE 1213 00:47:02,349 --> 00:47:05,286 WE'RE DOING NOW IS A LOT OF 1214 00:47:05,286 --> 00:47:08,956 WORK. 1215 00:47:08,956 --> 00:47:11,125 IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT 1216 00:47:11,125 --> 00:47:12,359 WITH PATIENCE AND DETERMINATION, 1217 00:47:12,359 --> 00:47:14,061 TOGETHER WE CAN CREATE SOMETHING 1218 00:47:14,061 --> 00:47:16,597 SUBSTANTIAL AND ENDURING. 1219 00:47:16,597 --> 00:47:18,666 THE BEAVER TEACHES US THE POWER 1220 00:47:18,666 --> 00:47:20,100 OF PERSISTENCE AND ENCOURAGES US 1221 00:47:20,100 --> 00:47:21,735 TO KEEP WORKING TOWARD OUR 1222 00:47:21,735 --> 00:47:22,636 GOALS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE 1223 00:47:22,636 --> 00:47:25,372 CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US. 1224 00:47:25,372 --> 00:47:27,274 BUT HOW, HOW DO WE REALLY 1225 00:47:27,274 --> 00:47:28,776 OVERCOME THE OBSTACLES IN OUR 1226 00:47:28,776 --> 00:47:30,644 WAY, AND WHAT MINDSET DO WE NEED 1227 00:47:30,644 --> 00:47:32,613 TO LEAD THIS ORGANIZATION TO 1228 00:47:32,613 --> 00:47:36,550 FULLY ACHIEVE ITS MISSION? 1229 00:47:36,550 --> 00:47:37,685 MANY FACTORS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO 1230 00:47:37,685 --> 00:47:38,686 OUR ORGANIZATIONAL SUCCESS. 1231 00:47:38,686 --> 00:47:40,821 ONE OF THOSE IS TENACITY. 1232 00:47:40,821 --> 00:47:42,256 IT WILL TAKE TENACITY TO GET 1233 00:47:42,256 --> 00:47:44,758 THERE. 1234 00:47:44,758 --> 00:47:46,861 TENACITY FUELS INNOVATION, IT 1235 00:47:46,861 --> 00:47:48,395 FOSTERS CREATIVITY, AND IT 1236 00:47:48,395 --> 00:47:49,196 ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO STAY 1237 00:47:49,196 --> 00:47:50,264 DETERMINED AND FOCUSED ON THEIR 1238 00:47:50,264 --> 00:47:51,365 GOALS. 1239 00:47:51,365 --> 00:47:54,301 PUT SIMPLY, TENACITY IS THAT 1240 00:47:54,301 --> 00:47:58,038 FIERCE BLEND OF DETERMINATION, 1241 00:47:58,038 --> 00:48:00,774 PERSISTENCE, AND GRIT. 1242 00:48:00,774 --> 00:48:02,743 IN FACT, HAVING TENACITY OR GRIT 1243 00:48:02,743 --> 00:48:05,045 IS DEFINED AS COURAGEOUSLY 1244 00:48:05,045 --> 00:48:06,146 PERSISTENT AND HAVING STRONG 1245 00:48:06,146 --> 00:48:10,284 QUALITIES OF TOUGH, 1246 00:48:10,284 --> 00:48:12,286 UNCOMPROMISING REALISM. 1247 00:48:12,286 --> 00:48:14,054 BUT BEING GRITTY ISN'T EASY, 1248 00:48:14,054 --> 00:48:16,590 IT'S NOT FUN. 1249 00:48:16,590 --> 00:48:19,994 I HEARD CARRIE LORENZ, THE FIRST 1250 00:48:19,994 --> 00:48:22,596 FEMALE F-14 TOMCAT FIGHTER PILOT 1251 00:48:22,596 --> 00:48:24,832 IN THE U.S. NAVY PUT IT THIS 1252 00:48:24,832 --> 00:48:25,299 WAY. 1253 00:48:25,299 --> 00:48:28,869 SHE SAID, REMEMBER, GRITTY 1254 00:48:28,869 --> 00:48:33,607 RHYMES WITH SCHMITTY. 1255 00:48:33,607 --> 00:48:35,142 THIS TELLS US IN ORDER TO GET TO 1256 00:48:35,142 --> 00:48:37,344 WHERE WE'RE GOING, WE CAN'T 1257 00:48:37,344 --> 00:48:38,646 FORGET THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE 1258 00:48:38,646 --> 00:48:40,414 REALLY HARD DAYS. 1259 00:48:40,414 --> 00:48:43,083 WE CAN GET OVERWHELMED, WE CAN 1260 00:48:43,083 --> 00:48:45,119 REALLY LOSE HOPE, AND WE'VE GOT 1261 00:48:45,119 --> 00:48:46,453 TO REMEMBER WHAT IT'S GOING TO 1262 00:48:46,453 --> 00:48:48,022 TAKE TO OVERCOME THE OBSTACLES 1263 00:48:48,022 --> 00:48:50,257 AND CHALLENGES IN ORDER TO WHERE 1264 00:48:50,257 --> 00:48:51,926 WE'RE -- GET TO WHERE WE'RE 1265 00:48:51,926 --> 00:48:52,359 HEADING. 1266 00:48:52,359 --> 00:48:54,461 WE CAN'T GIVE UP, WE HAVE TO 1267 00:48:54,461 --> 00:48:55,663 HAVE RESILIENCE. 1268 00:48:55,663 --> 00:48:59,166 AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 1269 00:48:59,166 --> 00:48:59,934 RESILIENCE, WE TEND TO TALK 1270 00:48:59,934 --> 00:49:01,569 ABOUT IT IN THE TERMS OF 1271 00:49:01,569 --> 00:49:02,870 BEING -- OF IT BEING REALLY 1272 00:49:02,870 --> 00:49:03,203 POSITIVE. 1273 00:49:03,203 --> 00:49:04,838 AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M NOT 1274 00:49:04,838 --> 00:49:06,307 TRYING TO SUGGEST THAT HAVING 1275 00:49:06,307 --> 00:49:08,275 RESILIENCE IS NOT A POSITIVE 1276 00:49:08,275 --> 00:49:08,542 ATTRIBUTE. 1277 00:49:08,542 --> 00:49:09,343 IT IS. 1278 00:49:09,343 --> 00:49:12,179 BUT WHAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IS 1279 00:49:12,179 --> 00:49:17,785 HOW THAT RESILIENCE IS BUILT. 1280 00:49:17,785 --> 00:49:19,653 WHEN WE SEE INCREDIBLY RESILIENT 1281 00:49:19,653 --> 00:49:20,988 PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO BE ABLE TO 1282 00:49:20,988 --> 00:49:22,423 BOUNCE BACK, WE ALWAYS COMMENT 1283 00:49:22,423 --> 00:49:24,692 HOW STRONG THEY ARE. 1284 00:49:24,692 --> 00:49:26,060 SOMETIMES WE MAY SECRETLY WISH 1285 00:49:26,060 --> 00:49:28,529 WE WERE MORE LIKE THEM. 1286 00:49:28,529 --> 00:49:29,630 WHAT WE DON'T THINK ABOUT IS 1287 00:49:29,630 --> 00:49:31,265 WHAT THEY HAD TO DO TO GET 1288 00:49:31,265 --> 00:49:32,700 THERE, TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF 1289 00:49:32,700 --> 00:49:34,902 RESILIENCE. 1290 00:49:34,902 --> 00:49:36,337 WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THEIR HARD 1291 00:49:36,337 --> 00:49:37,871 TIMES, THE DARK TIMES, THE 1292 00:49:37,871 --> 00:49:39,273 EVENTS, THE SITUATIONS AND THE 1293 00:49:39,273 --> 00:49:41,375 CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HELPED BUILD 1294 00:49:41,375 --> 00:49:43,143 THAT RESILIENCE. 1295 00:49:43,143 --> 00:49:47,815 I HEARD BERNE BROWN, A RENOWNED 1296 00:49:47,815 --> 00:49:49,149 RESEARCHER AND STORYTELLER WHO 1297 00:49:49,149 --> 00:49:50,718 STUDIED COURAGE, VULNERABILITY, 1298 00:49:50,718 --> 00:49:52,252 SHAME AND EMPATHY SAY SOMETHING 1299 00:49:52,252 --> 00:49:53,754 THAT STUCK WITH ME. 1300 00:49:53,754 --> 00:49:55,189 SHE SAID EVERY STORY OF 1301 00:49:55,189 --> 00:49:58,792 RESILIENCE BEGINS IN DARKNESS. 1302 00:49:58,792 --> 00:50:01,095 WITHOUT GRIEF, STRIFE AND 1303 00:50:01,095 --> 00:50:02,296 FRUSTRATION, THERE CAN BE NO 1304 00:50:02,296 --> 00:50:03,631 RESILIENCE. 1305 00:50:03,631 --> 00:50:04,932 SO AS WE LOOK BACK AND WE 1306 00:50:04,932 --> 00:50:07,001 APPRECIATE THE RESILIENCE IN 1307 00:50:07,001 --> 00:50:09,136 OURSELVES AND THOSE AROUND US, 1308 00:50:09,136 --> 00:50:11,639 THOSE WHO WERE HERE BEFORE US 1309 00:50:11,639 --> 00:50:13,941 AND THINKING ABOUT THOSE WHO 1310 00:50:13,941 --> 00:50:18,212 WILL GO INTO THE FUTURE, THOSE 1311 00:50:18,212 --> 00:50:19,213 FUTURE GENERATIONS THAT ARE 1312 00:50:19,213 --> 00:50:20,648 DEPENDING ON US, I ENCOURAGE US 1313 00:50:20,648 --> 00:50:23,917 AND I SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE THE 1314 00:50:23,917 --> 00:50:26,120 OPPORTUNITY TO PULL TOGETHER 1315 00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:28,222 WITH TENACIOUS, GRITTY 1316 00:50:28,222 --> 00:50:31,291 RESILIENCE. 1317 00:50:31,291 --> 00:50:35,362 WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE I.H.S., 1318 00:50:35,362 --> 00:50:36,163 TRIBAL, URBAN INDIAN 1319 00:50:36,163 --> 00:50:37,431 ORGANIZATION OR ONE OF OUR 1320 00:50:37,431 --> 00:50:38,399 COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS, YOU HAVE 1321 00:50:38,399 --> 00:50:41,468 TO SETTLE IN YOUR HEART, MIND AN 1322 00:50:41,468 --> 00:50:44,338 SPIRIT JUST HOW IMPORTANT AND 1323 00:50:44,338 --> 00:50:45,305 CRITICAL YOUR WORK IS TO 1324 00:50:45,305 --> 00:50:46,040 ACCOMPLISHING THE I.H.S. 1325 00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:46,573 MISSION. 1326 00:50:46,573 --> 00:50:47,508 WHEN THE DAYS ARE HARD AND IT 1327 00:50:47,508 --> 00:50:49,076 SEEMS LIKE ALL OF YOUR 1328 00:50:49,076 --> 00:50:50,144 PERSEVERANCE AND ENDURANCE IS 1329 00:50:50,144 --> 00:50:51,345 TURNING INTO HOPELESSNESS, IT 1330 00:50:51,345 --> 00:50:53,914 HELPS TO REMEMBER HOW FAR WE'VE 1331 00:50:53,914 --> 00:50:55,182 COME, AND THAT IN THE PAST, WE 1332 00:50:55,182 --> 00:50:56,517 WEREN'T ALWAYS REALLY DESIGNED 1333 00:50:56,517 --> 00:50:59,019 TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 1334 00:50:59,019 --> 00:51:01,188 IT GIVES ME HOPE TO UNDERSTAND 1335 00:51:01,188 --> 00:51:02,423 OUR PAST, AND THOSE THAT HAVE 1336 00:51:02,423 --> 00:51:05,059 WENT BEFORE US AND HOW FAR WE'VE 1337 00:51:05,059 --> 00:51:06,160 COME. 1338 00:51:06,160 --> 00:51:07,261 IN 1880, THE COMMISSIONER OF 1339 00:51:07,261 --> 00:51:09,797 INDIAN AFFAIRS, THOMAS J. 1340 00:51:09,797 --> 00:51:10,898 MORGAN, REQUESTED MORE FUNDING 1341 00:51:10,898 --> 00:51:13,801 TO COVER EXPENSES. 1342 00:51:13,801 --> 00:51:15,536 AND HE CALCULATED THE DISPARITY 1343 00:51:15,536 --> 00:51:17,371 IN RESOURCES, FINDING THAT THE 1344 00:51:17,371 --> 00:51:20,507 ARMY SPENT $21.91 PER SOLDIER, 1345 00:51:20,507 --> 00:51:25,279 AND THE NA NAVY SPENT $48.10 PEE 1346 00:51:25,279 --> 00:51:28,582 LORE, WHILE THE GOVERNMENT 1347 00:51:28,582 --> 00:51:30,217 APPROPRIATED $1.25 PER INDIAN 1348 00:51:30,217 --> 00:51:31,852 PATIENT. 1349 00:51:31,852 --> 00:51:34,288 WHEN THE BUREAU OF INDIAN 1350 00:51:34,288 --> 00:51:36,690 AFFAIRS OPENED A HEALTH DIVISION 1351 00:51:36,690 --> 00:51:38,225 IN 1921, THE SYSTEM SUFFERED 1352 00:51:38,225 --> 00:51:40,094 FROM POOR FUNDING, UNSANITARY 1353 00:51:40,094 --> 00:51:41,295 FACILITIES AND INADEQUATE 1354 00:51:41,295 --> 00:51:42,329 SUPPLIES, WHICH PLACED A STRAIN 1355 00:51:42,329 --> 00:51:44,832 ON THE QUALITY OF CARE PROVIDED. 1356 00:51:44,832 --> 00:51:45,899 WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND OUR PAST, 1357 00:51:45,899 --> 00:51:47,768 YOU SEE THE STRUGGLE AND THE 1358 00:51:47,768 --> 00:51:48,736 BARRIERS AND THE CHALLENGES THAT 1359 00:51:48,736 --> 00:51:51,605 WE'VE HAD TO OVERCOME. 1360 00:51:51,605 --> 00:51:53,807 WHEN WE LOOK AT DELIVERING ON 1361 00:51:53,807 --> 00:51:56,310 OUR MISSION, WE CAN SEE THAT 1362 00:51:56,310 --> 00:51:58,412 WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES 1363 00:51:58,412 --> 00:52:00,447 AND WE HAVE A LOT TO THANK FOR 1364 00:52:00,447 --> 00:52:02,149 THOSE THAT HAVE WENT BEFORE US. 1365 00:52:02,149 --> 00:52:03,784 BUT THE REALITY IS THAT WE'RE 1366 00:52:03,784 --> 00:52:05,052 HERE TODAY AND WE STILL HAVE A 1367 00:52:05,052 --> 00:52:07,988 WAYS TO GO. 1368 00:52:07,988 --> 00:52:09,723 WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO OVERCOME 1369 00:52:09,723 --> 00:52:11,391 NOT ONLY THOSE BARRIERS FROM THE 1370 00:52:11,391 --> 00:52:15,996 PAST BUT OUR CURRENT ONES, AND 1371 00:52:15,996 --> 00:52:17,097 SET US AN ORGANIZATION IN MOTION 1372 00:52:17,097 --> 00:52:21,335 TO BE ABLE TO OVERCOME OUR 1373 00:52:21,335 --> 00:52:22,136 FUTURE CHALLENGES. 1374 00:52:22,136 --> 00:52:25,873 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRUE 1375 00:52:25,873 --> 00:52:27,407 ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION. 1376 00:52:27,407 --> 00:52:29,710 AS WE MOVE TO ONE I.H.S., IT'S 1377 00:52:29,710 --> 00:52:30,944 NOT JUST THE FEDERAL SIDE THAT 1378 00:52:30,944 --> 00:52:31,478 NEEDS TO MOVE. 1379 00:52:31,478 --> 00:52:32,913 WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT OUR 1380 00:52:32,913 --> 00:52:34,548 TRIBAL PARTNERS, WITHOUT OUR 1381 00:52:34,548 --> 00:52:35,349 URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND 1382 00:52:35,349 --> 00:52:37,518 OUR COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS. 1383 00:52:37,518 --> 00:52:39,286 WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS 1384 00:52:39,286 --> 00:52:41,722 ACCOMPLISH MORE THAN JUST MAKE 1385 00:52:41,722 --> 00:52:42,923 IMPROVEMENTS, PURSUING ONE 1386 00:52:42,923 --> 00:52:43,924 I.H.S. IS GOING TO HAVE AN 1387 00:52:43,924 --> 00:52:45,793 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO 1388 00:52:45,793 --> 00:52:50,631 RE-EVALUATE OUR COLLECTIVE 1389 00:52:50,631 --> 00:52:50,931 EXPERIENCES. 1390 00:52:50,931 --> 00:52:51,665 SHARING, STANDARDIZING WHERE WE 1391 00:52:51,665 --> 00:52:55,102 NEED TO, MAKING BIG CHANGE. 1392 00:52:55,102 --> 00:52:56,537 WE VALUE THE INCREDIBLE 1393 00:52:56,537 --> 00:52:59,606 DIVERSITY WE'VE HAD I AND THE 1394 00:52:59,606 --> 00:53:00,841 UNIQUENESS THAT MAKES US THE 1395 00:53:00,841 --> 00:53:01,809 INDIAN HEALTH SYSTEM. 1396 00:53:01,809 --> 00:53:03,777 THIS AGENCY NEEDS YOU TO CLEARLY 1397 00:53:03,777 --> 00:53:06,113 UNDERSTAND YOUR PURPOSE FOR 1398 00:53:06,113 --> 00:53:07,614 BEING IN THE INDIAN HEALTH 1399 00:53:07,614 --> 00:53:07,848 SYSTEM. 1400 00:53:07,848 --> 00:53:08,749 I'M SUGGESTING THAT AS 1401 00:53:08,749 --> 00:53:10,818 INDIVIDUALS, WHEN WE TRULY GET 1402 00:53:10,818 --> 00:53:12,352 IT, WE CAN COLLECTIVELY SHIFT 1403 00:53:12,352 --> 00:53:14,021 THE ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE TO 1404 00:53:14,021 --> 00:53:15,422 EXCEL AND MEET OUR MISSION IN A 1405 00:53:15,422 --> 00:53:17,090 BETTER WAY. 1406 00:53:17,090 --> 00:53:19,493 THE FUNDAMENTAL REASON THIS 1407 00:53:19,493 --> 00:53:20,594 ORGANIZATION EXISTS IS TO RAISE 1408 00:53:20,594 --> 00:53:22,896 THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL, 1409 00:53:22,896 --> 00:53:24,765 AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH OF AMERICAN 1410 00:53:24,765 --> 00:53:26,867 INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES TO 1411 00:53:26,867 --> 00:53:28,335 THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AND WE NEED 1412 00:53:28,335 --> 00:53:30,270 EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN THIS 1413 00:53:30,270 --> 00:53:32,272 SYSTEM, IF WE TRULY ARE, 1414 00:53:32,272 --> 00:53:32,940 COLLECTIVELY, IN THE I.H.S. 1415 00:53:32,940 --> 00:53:35,576 TRIBAL AND URBAN INDIAN 1416 00:53:35,576 --> 00:53:37,611 ORGANIZATION, THE 17TH LARGEST 1417 00:53:37,611 --> 00:53:39,413 HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN THIS 1418 00:53:39,413 --> 00:53:41,048 COUNTRY, WE NEED EACH OF YOU TO 1419 00:53:41,048 --> 00:53:43,016 CENTER ON YOUR PURPOSE AND 1420 00:53:43,016 --> 00:53:43,717 UNDERSTAND YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO 1421 00:53:43,717 --> 00:53:45,519 OUR MISSION. 1422 00:53:45,519 --> 00:53:48,388 AS WE MOVE TO A SYSTEMS APPROACH 1423 00:53:48,388 --> 00:53:49,623 OF ONE I.H.S., AND WE WORK TO 1424 00:53:49,623 --> 00:53:52,259 BECOME A HIGHLY RELIABLE 1425 00:53:52,259 --> 00:53:53,160 ORGANIZATION, OUR ORGANIZATIONAL 1426 00:53:53,160 --> 00:53:54,995 CULTURE WILL HAVE TO SHIFT WITH 1427 00:53:54,995 --> 00:53:56,129 IT. 1428 00:53:56,129 --> 00:53:57,531 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE REFERS TO 1429 00:53:57,531 --> 00:53:58,899 THE COLLECTIVE HABITS, 1430 00:53:58,899 --> 00:54:00,400 BEHAVIORS, VALUES, AND BELIEFS 1431 00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:02,369 THAT ARE SHARED AMONG EMPLOYEES. 1432 00:54:02,369 --> 00:54:04,371 AND I ENVISION AN ORGANIZATIONAL 1433 00:54:04,371 --> 00:54:06,340 CULTURE THAT PROMOTES TRUST, 1434 00:54:06,340 --> 00:54:08,175 PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY, HIGH 1435 00:54:08,175 --> 00:54:09,076 ENGAGEMENT, AND A SHARED SENSE 1436 00:54:09,076 --> 00:54:11,712 OF BELONGING. 1437 00:54:11,712 --> 00:54:12,813 HIGH PERFORMANCE CULTURE IS THE 1438 00:54:12,813 --> 00:54:14,114 CORNERSTONE OF SUCCESS. 1439 00:54:14,114 --> 00:54:17,217 IT UNDERPINS OUR TALENT AGENDA, 1440 00:54:17,217 --> 00:54:18,852 ACCELERATES OUR PEOPLE, AND 1441 00:54:18,852 --> 00:54:19,953 SUPPORT OUR PRIORITIES ACROSS 1442 00:54:19,953 --> 00:54:22,289 THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION. 1443 00:54:22,289 --> 00:54:23,724 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO 1444 00:54:23,724 --> 00:54:25,592 THAT TODAY, TO CREATE A TIME, 1445 00:54:25,592 --> 00:54:27,094 THE SPACE, THE RESOURCES TO 1446 00:54:27,094 --> 00:54:28,428 BECOME THOSE CHANGE AGENTS. 1447 00:54:28,428 --> 00:54:30,330 IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US AT ALL 1448 00:54:30,330 --> 00:54:33,934 LEVELS, AND NO MATTER WHERE WE 1449 00:54:33,934 --> 00:54:36,036 ARE, I.H.S., TRIBAL, URBAN, 1450 00:54:36,036 --> 00:54:39,506 INDIAN HEALTH, WE NEED ALL OF 1451 00:54:39,506 --> 00:54:41,909 YOU WILLING TO EMERGE AS CHANGE 1452 00:54:41,909 --> 00:54:43,043 AGENTS TO HELP INFLUENCE AND 1453 00:54:43,043 --> 00:54:44,344 IMPACT THE DESIRED CULTURE THAT 1454 00:54:44,344 --> 00:54:45,512 WILL SUPPORT THE INDIAN HEALTH 1455 00:54:45,512 --> 00:54:46,980 SERVICE TO MEET ITS MISSION. 1456 00:54:46,980 --> 00:54:48,115 AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE DON'T HAVE 1457 00:54:48,115 --> 00:54:49,583 A MINUTE TO WASTE, NOT EVEN ONE. 1458 00:54:49,583 --> 00:54:50,817 IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED 1459 00:54:50,817 --> 00:54:52,419 EACH OF YOU CONNECTED TO YOUR 1460 00:54:52,419 --> 00:54:53,053 PURPOSE FOR BEING HERE. 1461 00:54:53,053 --> 00:54:56,023 WE NEED YOU SHOWING UP EVERY 1462 00:54:56,023 --> 00:54:57,157 DAY, WILLING TO PUT THE HARD 1463 00:54:57,157 --> 00:54:59,426 WORK IN HELP US GET THERE. 1464 00:54:59,426 --> 00:55:00,527 PEOPLE ACROSS THIS NATION, BACK 1465 00:55:00,527 --> 00:55:01,895 HOME, OUR RELATIVES, THEY'RE 1466 00:55:01,895 --> 00:55:02,863 DEPENDING ON US. 1467 00:55:02,863 --> 00:55:04,197 I WAS TRYING NOT TO GO OVER 1468 00:55:04,197 --> 00:55:07,234 TIME. 1469 00:55:07,234 --> 00:55:09,036 [ALARM SOUNDING] 1470 00:55:09,036 --> 00:55:12,906 THEY'RE TBEND DEPENDI DEPENDINGY 1471 00:55:12,906 --> 00:55:14,641 SINGLE MINUTE OF EVERY SINGLE 1472 00:55:14,641 --> 00:55:15,108 DAY. 1473 00:55:15,108 --> 00:55:16,843 WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR WHY, YOUR 1474 00:55:16,843 --> 00:55:17,911 REASON AND PURPOSE FOR BEING IN 1475 00:55:17,911 --> 00:55:18,879 THIS AGENCY AND DOING THE WORK 1476 00:55:18,879 --> 00:55:20,247 THAT YOU DO, IT'S EASIER TO SHOW 1477 00:55:20,247 --> 00:55:22,316 UP FOR YOUR CO-WORKERS, FOR YOUR 1478 00:55:22,316 --> 00:55:23,250 TEAM, YOUR PATIENTS, FOR 1479 00:55:23,250 --> 00:55:23,750 YOURSELF. 1480 00:55:23,750 --> 00:55:24,918 IF WE LOSE SIGHT OF OUR PURPOSE, 1481 00:55:24,918 --> 00:55:26,320 WE LOSE OUR PASSION, OUR 1482 00:55:26,320 --> 00:55:28,855 MOTIVATION, WE SUFFER BURNOUT, 1483 00:55:28,855 --> 00:55:30,590 BE AND EVERYTHING AROUND US 1484 00:55:30,590 --> 00:55:33,226 SUFFERS, OUR OWN HEALTH, OUR 1485 00:55:33,226 --> 00:55:34,695 RELATIONSHIPS, OUR WORK, OUR 1486 00:55:34,695 --> 00:55:35,762 PRODUCTIVITY, AND ULTIMATELY 1487 00:55:35,762 --> 00:55:36,630 THOSE WE SERVE. 1488 00:55:36,630 --> 00:55:38,065 WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO OVERCOME 1489 00:55:38,065 --> 00:55:39,533 THOSE THINGS AND I KNOW IT'S NOT 1490 00:55:39,533 --> 00:55:39,733 EASY. 1491 00:55:39,733 --> 00:55:41,969 BUT WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THIS 1492 00:55:41,969 --> 00:55:43,236 AGENCY AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK 1493 00:55:43,236 --> 00:55:44,271 HERE, THE PEOPLE THAT PARTNER 1494 00:55:44,271 --> 00:55:48,175 WITH US, IS THAT WE CAN DO THIS. 1495 00:55:48,175 --> 00:55:50,711 IF A SMALL COMMUNITY OF SIX OR 1496 00:55:50,711 --> 00:55:52,145 SEVEN BEAVERS CAN CHANGE AN 1497 00:55:52,145 --> 00:55:54,247 ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM, IMAGINE WHAT 1498 00:55:54,247 --> 00:55:57,284 WE CAN DO TOGETHER. 1499 00:55:57,284 --> 00:55:59,720 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2023 1500 00:55:59,720 --> 00:55:59,987 AWARDEES. 1501 00:55:59,987 --> 00:56:01,722 IT BEEN MY PLEASURE TO SERVE AS 1502 00:56:01,722 --> 00:56:03,790 YOUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER THIS 1503 00:56:03,790 --> 00:56:04,024 MORNING. 1504 00:56:04,024 --> 00:56:14,201 [APPLAUSE] 1505 00:56:16,069 --> 00:56:17,270 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, 1506 00:56:17,270 --> 00:56:17,704 DR. COTTON. 1507 00:56:17,704 --> 00:56:23,043 I ALWAYS ENJOY HER STORYTELLING 1508 00:56:23,043 --> 00:56:25,479 AND HER WAY THAT SHE PRESENTS 1509 00:56:25,479 --> 00:56:25,812 THIS. 1510 00:56:25,812 --> 00:56:27,681 AND I TAKE IT I'M NOT ON LIKE 1511 00:56:27,681 --> 00:56:29,683 SOCIAL MEDIA A LOT, BUT THAT 1512 00:56:29,683 --> 00:56:32,319 WASN'T A HERSHEY KISS, RIGHT? 1513 00:56:32,319 --> 00:56:35,055 [LAUGHTER ?CHT OKAY. 1514 00:56:35,055 --> 00:56:35,389 OKAY. 1515 00:56:35,389 --> 00:56:36,390 SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO CHECK 1516 00:56:36,390 --> 00:56:39,459 WITH MY DAUGHTERS AT HOME AFTER 1517 00:56:39,459 --> 00:56:39,793 THAT. 1518 00:56:39,793 --> 00:56:42,062 SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO 1519 00:56:42,062 --> 00:56:44,698 THE RECOGNITION OF OUR 1520 00:56:44,698 --> 00:56:45,832 EMPLOYEES, SO WHO'S READY TO 1521 00:56:45,832 --> 00:56:48,335 HAVE SOME FUN HERE AND RECOGNIZE 1522 00:56:48,335 --> 00:56:49,569 EVERYBODY FOR THEIR GOOD WORK? 1523 00:56:49,569 --> 00:56:52,305 [APPLAUSE] 1524 00:56:52,305 --> 00:56:57,911 OKAY. 1525 00:56:57,911 --> 00:56:59,346 THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR IN 1526 00:56:59,346 --> 00:57:02,182 THIS PART BECAUSE WE'VE ASKED 1527 00:57:02,182 --> 00:57:04,751 EVERYBODY TO PUT IN THEIR 1528 00:57:04,751 --> 00:57:06,520 PHONETICS PRONUNCIATION OF YOUR 1529 00:57:06,520 --> 00:57:07,821 NAMES, AND IF YOU DIDN'T DO IT, 1530 00:57:07,821 --> 00:57:11,358 IT'S ALL UP TO ME TO DECIPHER, 1531 00:57:11,358 --> 00:57:14,394 AND I'M NOT VERY GOOD WITH 1532 00:57:14,394 --> 00:57:15,395 LANGUAGES, SO HOPEFULLY THIS 1533 00:57:15,395 --> 00:57:18,365 WILL GO WELL, BUT MY SINCERE 1534 00:57:18,365 --> 00:57:21,234 APOLOGIES TO ANYBODY UP FRONT IF 1535 00:57:21,234 --> 00:57:23,637 I PRONOUNCE A NAME WRONG. 1536 00:57:23,637 --> 00:57:26,540 AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE 1537 00:57:26,540 --> 00:57:30,343 FIVE SMITHS THAT PUT THEIR 1538 00:57:30,343 --> 00:57:31,344 PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION IN THERE, 1539 00:57:31,344 --> 00:57:35,382 SO I THINK I HAVE YOU ALL. 1540 00:57:35,382 --> 00:57:36,383 ALL RIGHT. 1541 00:57:36,383 --> 00:57:39,419 SO NOW FOR THE PRESENTATION OF 1542 00:57:39,419 --> 00:57:40,821 THE 2023 DIRECTOR'S AWARDS. 1543 00:57:40,821 --> 00:57:42,122 WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE LENGTH OF 1544 00:57:42,122 --> 00:57:44,958 SERVICE AWARDS AND SPECIAL 1545 00:57:44,958 --> 00:57:46,693 RECOGNITION FOR THEIR DEDICATION 1546 00:57:46,693 --> 00:57:48,795 AND COMMITMENT TO THE I.H.S., 1547 00:57:48,795 --> 00:57:50,130 THE DIRECTOR WOULD LIKE TO 1548 00:57:50,130 --> 00:57:51,598 RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING 1549 00:57:51,598 --> 00:57:53,233 INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR 1550 00:57:53,233 --> 00:57:54,768 EXTRAORDINARY LENGTH OF SERVICE 1551 00:57:54,768 --> 00:58:05,011 TO THE I.H.S. 1552 00:58:06,847 --> 00:58:17,157 ARE WE LINING THEM UP? 1553 00:58:23,263 --> 00:58:24,898 ALL RIGHT, THIS WAS THE AWKWARD 1554 00:58:24,898 --> 00:58:25,232 PAUSE. 1555 00:58:25,232 --> 00:58:26,199 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 1556 00:58:26,199 --> 00:58:28,935 EVERYBODY IS LINED UP. 1557 00:58:28,935 --> 00:58:31,104 ALL RIGHT, WE'LL START OFF WITH 1558 00:58:31,104 --> 00:58:32,472 THE FIRST RECIPIENT FOR -- WE'LL 1559 00:58:32,472 --> 00:58:34,040 START WITH THE 40 YEARS OF 1560 00:58:34,040 --> 00:58:39,713 SERVICE. 1561 00:58:39,713 --> 00:58:41,214 ROSE CYSEWSKI 1562 00:58:41,214 --> 00:58:42,215 FROM THE ALASKA AREA. 1563 00:58:42,215 --> 00:58:52,392 [APPLAUSE] 1564 00:59:05,405 --> 00:59:08,775 [APPLAUSE] 1565 00:59:08,775 --> 00:59:11,878 >> NEXT WE HAVE 1566 00:59:11,878 --> 00:59:13,547 LYDIA BIRDINGROUND 1567 00:59:13,547 --> 00:59:15,115 FROM THE BILLINGS AREA. 1568 00:59:15,115 --> 00:59:25,292 [APPLAUSE] 1569 00:59:39,206 --> 00:59:44,311 NEXT WE HAVE BARBARA TULLOCH, 1570 00:59:44,311 --> 00:59:44,644 HEADQUARTERS. 1571 00:59:44,644 --> 00:59:54,821 [APPLAUSE] 1572 01:00:07,434 --> 01:00:08,635 AWARD RECIPIENTS, YOU'LL BE 1573 01:00:08,635 --> 01:00:10,470 STANDING IN THE CENTER THERE. 1574 01:00:10,470 --> 01:00:13,607 ALL RIGHT. 1575 01:00:13,607 --> 01:00:15,709 ALVINA THOMAS, NAVAJO AREA. 1576 01:00:15,709 --> 01:00:25,885 [APPLAUSE] 1577 01:00:37,530 --> 01:00:38,898 OKAY, THIS ONE SHE'S SMILING AT 1578 01:00:38,898 --> 01:00:40,000 ME BECAUSE I NEED TO FIGURE OUT 1579 01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:41,334 HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE NAME. 1580 01:00:41,334 --> 01:00:48,375 NEXT WE HAVE 1581 01:00:48,375 --> 01:00:50,744 CAROL AHHAITTY-WETSELLINE 1582 01:00:50,744 --> 01:00:51,378 FROM OKLAHOMA CITY. 1583 01:00:51,378 --> 01:01:01,554 [APPLAUSE] 1584 01:01:10,697 --> 01:01:12,465 NEXT IS WENDY DUNSON FROM THE 1585 01:01:12,465 --> 01:01:13,166 OKLAHOMA CITY AREA. 1586 01:01:13,166 --> 01:01:23,343 [APPLAUSE] 1587 01:01:39,426 --> 01:01:43,163 NEXT WE HAVE WILLIAM SAUPITTY, 1588 01:01:43,163 --> 01:01:44,431 CLOSE ENOUGH, FROM OKLAHOMA CITY 1589 01:01:44,431 --> 01:01:44,664 AREA. 1590 01:01:44,664 --> 01:01:54,841 [APPLAUSE] 1591 01:02:08,555 --> 01:02:11,091 OKAY, THE NEXT ONE, I THINK SHE 1592 01:02:11,091 --> 01:02:12,892 STARTED WHEN THEY STARTED THE 1593 01:02:12,892 --> 01:02:13,993 PATHWAYS PROGRAM FOR 1594 01:02:13,993 --> 01:02:16,830 5-YEAR-OLDS. 1595 01:02:16,830 --> 01:02:22,469 WE HAVE MS. ROSELYN TSO FOR 40 1596 01:02:22,469 --> 01:02:30,076 YEARS. 1597 01:02:30,076 --> 01:02:37,984 [APPLAUSE] 1598 01:02:37,984 --> 01:02:39,386 ALL RIGHT. 1599 01:02:39,386 --> 01:02:42,889 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE 1600 01:02:42,889 --> 01:02:43,757 40-YEAR-OF-SERVICE RECIPIENTS. 1601 01:02:43,757 --> 01:02:45,258 NEXT WE HAVE THE 45 YEARS. 1602 01:02:45,258 --> 01:02:46,860 NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO CLOSER TO 1603 01:02:46,860 --> 01:02:52,098 MY AGE. 1604 01:02:52,098 --> 01:02:55,735 WE HAVE VINCENT ABEITA, 1605 01:02:55,735 --> 01:02:56,035 ALBUQUERQUE. 1606 01:02:56,035 --> 01:03:06,212 [APPLAUSE] 1607 01:03:15,955 --> 01:03:17,524 ACTUALLY I THINK I RECOGNIZE 1608 01:03:17,524 --> 01:03:21,194 YOU, VINCENT, FROM WHEN I WAS A 1609 01:03:21,194 --> 01:03:21,728 CO-STEP. 1610 01:03:21,728 --> 01:03:23,163 I WON'T SAY WHAT YEAR. 1611 01:03:23,163 --> 01:03:25,565 NEXT WE HAVE MARY WALL, BILLINGS 1612 01:03:25,565 --> 01:03:25,799 AREA. 1613 01:03:25,799 --> 01:03:35,975 [APPLAUSE] 1614 01:03:43,283 --> 01:03:50,089 [APPLAUSE] 1615 01:03:50,089 --> 01:03:56,763 NEXT WE HAVE PEARL THOM, NAVAJO 1616 01:03:56,763 --> 01:04:06,873 AREA. 1617 01:04:27,460 --> 01:04:30,163 NEXT IS VIRGINIA WOODIE, NAVAJO 1618 01:04:30,163 --> 01:04:30,396 AREA. 1619 01:04:30,396 --> 01:04:40,573 [APPLAUSE] 1620 01:05:04,998 --> 01:05:06,266 CONGRATULATIONS. 1621 01:05:06,266 --> 01:05:07,700 NOW WE'D ALSO LIKE TO 1622 01:05:07,700 --> 01:05:09,168 ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OUR AWARDEES FOR 1623 01:05:09,168 --> 01:05:12,872 LENGTH OF SERVICE AND YOU'LL SEE 1624 01:05:12,872 --> 01:05:15,074 THEM IN THE -- ON THE SLIDES 1625 01:05:15,074 --> 01:05:16,309 HERE, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU OUT 1626 01:05:16,309 --> 01:05:17,744 IN OUR VIRTUAL LAND, 1627 01:05:17,744 --> 01:05:18,545 CONGRATULATIONS. 1628 01:05:18,545 --> 01:05:19,479 LET'S GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF 1629 01:05:19,479 --> 01:05:20,013 APPLAUSE. 1630 01:05:20,013 --> 01:05:26,686 [APPLAUSE] 1631 01:05:26,686 --> 01:05:27,420 ALL RIGHT. 1632 01:05:27,420 --> 01:05:32,225 NOW WE WILL PRESENT THE I.H.S. 1633 01:05:32,225 --> 01:05:33,192 DIRECTOR'S INDIVIDUAL AWARDS. 1634 01:05:33,192 --> 01:05:35,828 THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES SERVICE OF 1635 01:05:35,828 --> 01:05:38,298 INDIVIDUALS WHO SIGNIFICANTLY 1636 01:05:38,298 --> 01:05:39,465 ADVANCE THE I.H.S. MISSION AND 1637 01:05:39,465 --> 01:05:40,700 VISION THROUGH WORK FOCUSED ON 1638 01:05:40,700 --> 01:05:43,403 THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IN THE 1639 01:05:43,403 --> 01:05:46,739 I.H.S. STRATEGIC PLAN. 1640 01:05:46,739 --> 01:05:48,274 ACCESS, QUALITY, AND MANAGEMENT 1641 01:05:48,274 --> 01:05:49,709 OPERATIONS WITH PARTICULAR 1642 01:05:49,709 --> 01:05:51,277 EMPHASIS ON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 1643 01:05:51,277 --> 01:05:53,580 ACTIVITIES IN 2023. 1644 01:05:53,580 --> 01:05:57,083 SO FIRST WE HAVE, FROM ALASKA 1645 01:05:57,083 --> 01:06:01,287 AREA, DR. M MARTHA COTTON FOR 1646 01:06:01,287 --> 01:06:02,322 SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING THE 1647 01:06:02,322 --> 01:06:03,456 QUALITY OF HEALTH SERVICES, 1648 01:06:03,456 --> 01:06:05,058 TRAUMA SKILLS AND ADDICTION 1649 01:06:05,058 --> 01:06:06,993 TREATMENT ALONG WITH THE 1650 01:06:06,993 --> 01:06:08,561 DELIVERY OF TELEPHARMACY IN 1651 01:06:08,561 --> 01:06:09,228 RURAL ALASKA. 1652 01:06:09,228 --> 01:06:19,405 [APPLAUSE] 1653 01:06:20,873 --> 01:06:24,243 NEXT WE HAVE COMMANDER ASHLEY 1654 01:06:24,243 --> 01:06:27,614 FROST, FOR ELEVATING KANA BY 1655 01:06:27,614 --> 01:06:29,616 ENHANCING LABORATORY SERVICES, 1656 01:06:29,616 --> 01:06:31,417 SECURING TOP ACCREDITATIONS AND 1657 01:06:31,417 --> 01:06:32,919 MENTORING THE NEXT GENERATION OF 1658 01:06:32,919 --> 01:06:33,820 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 1659 01:06:33,820 --> 01:06:43,997 [APPLAUSE] 1660 01:06:45,465 --> 01:06:48,067 NEXT WE HAVE SHANNON HARRISON, 1661 01:06:48,067 --> 01:06:50,236 FOR DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL 1662 01:06:50,236 --> 01:06:52,005 LEADERSHIP IN SERVICE AS THE 1663 01:06:52,005 --> 01:06:53,706 ALASKA AREA RECORDS MANAGEMENT 1664 01:06:53,706 --> 01:06:56,209 OFFICER BY IMPLEMENTING A MAJOR 1665 01:06:56,209 --> 01:06:58,611 OMB MANDATED RECORDS MANAGEMENT 1666 01:06:58,611 --> 01:07:00,613 MAINTENANCE AND NARA 1667 01:07:00,613 --> 01:07:03,816 ASCENSIONING PROJECT FROM 2019 1668 01:07:03,816 --> 01:07:04,150 TO 2023. 1669 01:07:04,150 --> 01:07:13,760 [APPLAUSE] 1670 01:07:13,760 --> 01:07:15,061 ALL RIGHT, ON TO THE BILLINGS 1671 01:07:15,061 --> 01:07:15,628 AREA. 1672 01:07:15,628 --> 01:07:18,231 WE HAVE MARJORIE SPOTTED BIRD. 1673 01:07:18,231 --> 01:07:20,266 FOR LEADING A PROJECT TO 1674 01:07:20,266 --> 01:07:22,135 INCREASE LOCAL PATIENT 1675 01:07:22,135 --> 01:07:23,803 TRANSPORTATION, THEREBY 1676 01:07:23,803 --> 01:07:24,837 DECREASING HEALTHCARE 1677 01:07:24,837 --> 01:07:30,510 DISPARITIES FOR THE UNDERSERVED 1678 01:07:30,510 --> 01:07:32,178 IN FORT PACK COMMUNITY. 1679 01:07:32,178 --> 01:07:41,454 [APPLAUSE] 1680 01:07:41,454 --> 01:07:43,222 ALL RIGHT. 1681 01:07:43,222 --> 01:07:48,428 FOR GREAT PLAINS AREA, WE HAVE 1682 01:07:48,428 --> 01:07:50,229 JENCIE RUBIO MAJANO 1683 01:07:50,229 --> 01:07:51,230 FOR DEMONSTRATING EXCELLENT 1684 01:07:51,230 --> 01:07:52,532 VISION AS A LEADER WITH 1685 01:07:52,532 --> 01:07:53,700 INNOVATIVE IDEAS TO IMPROVE 1686 01:07:53,700 --> 01:07:56,536 PATIENT CARE. 1687 01:07:56,536 --> 01:08:06,713 [APPLAUSE] 1688 01:08:08,614 --> 01:08:09,248 ALL RIGHT. 1689 01:08:09,248 --> 01:08:10,650 ON TO HEADQUARTERS. 1690 01:08:10,650 --> 01:08:14,353 WE HAVE CAPTAIN CHARLES WOODLEE 1691 01:08:14,353 --> 01:08:15,521 FOR DISTINGUISHED AND SUSTAINED 1692 01:08:15,521 --> 01:08:17,557 SERVICE THROUGH LEADERSHIP OF 1693 01:08:17,557 --> 01:08:18,991 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL 1694 01:08:18,991 --> 01:08:21,961 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, 1695 01:08:21,961 --> 01:08:22,829 CONTINUED TRANSITION SUPPORT TO 1696 01:08:22,829 --> 01:08:25,264 THE NATIONAL IEH PROGRAM, AND 1697 01:08:25,264 --> 01:08:27,133 LEADERSHIP WITH THE INCIDENT 1698 01:08:27,133 --> 01:08:30,570 REPORTING SYSTEM OR ISTAR. 1699 01:08:30,570 --> 01:08:36,242 [APPLAUSE] 1700 01:08:36,242 --> 01:08:40,179 NEXT WE HAVE DR. MATTHEW CLARKE, 1701 01:08:40,179 --> 01:08:41,647 FOR DEDICATION AND KNOWLEDGE AS 1702 01:08:41,647 --> 01:08:42,949 AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADER SUPPORTING 1703 01:08:42,949 --> 01:08:44,817 THE MISSION OF THE I.H.S. EVERY 1704 01:08:44,817 --> 01:08:45,084 DAY. 1705 01:08:45,084 --> 01:08:53,559 [APPLAUSE] 1706 01:08:53,559 --> 01:08:55,495 AND BEING ONE OF THE FEW OF US 1707 01:08:55,495 --> 01:08:57,196 THAT CAN PULL OFF A BOW TIE. 1708 01:08:57,196 --> 01:08:58,731 I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT, BUT 1709 01:08:58,731 --> 01:09:00,500 I DON'T THINK I'M BUILT FOR 1710 01:09:00,500 --> 01:09:00,700 THAT. 1711 01:09:00,700 --> 01:09:01,601 ALL RIGHT. 1712 01:09:01,601 --> 01:09:07,006 NOW ON TO NAVAJO AREA, WE HAVE 1713 01:09:07,006 --> 01:09:09,075 CIARA HANSEN, FOR SPEARHEADING 1714 01:09:09,075 --> 01:09:12,078 AND DEVELOPING THE NEW MEXICO 1715 01:09:12,078 --> 01:09:12,845 PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP 1716 01:09:12,845 --> 01:09:14,881 COLLABORATIVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF 1717 01:09:14,881 --> 01:09:16,015 NATIVE AMERICAN PATIENTS SEEKING 1718 01:09:16,015 --> 01:09:16,849 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 1719 01:09:16,849 --> 01:09:26,492 [APPLAUSE] 1720 01:09:26,492 --> 01:09:34,133 NEXT WE HAVE LIEUTENANT 1721 01:09:34,133 --> 01:09:36,202 COMMANDER 1722 01:09:36,202 --> 01:09:38,171 CHELSEA MCFADDEN 1723 01:09:38,171 --> 01:09:41,007 , ACTING INPATIENT PHARMACY 1724 01:09:41,007 --> 01:09:47,246 SUPERVISOR. 1725 01:09:47,246 --> 01:09:49,615 NEXT IS ERICA PERRY, FOR LEADING 1726 01:09:49,615 --> 01:09:51,784 PROJECTS AND INNOVATIONS -- OR 1727 01:09:51,784 --> 01:09:53,319 INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE THE 1728 01:09:53,319 --> 01:09:55,555 OVERALL HEALTH OF COMMUNITY -- 1729 01:09:55,555 --> 01:09:57,557 OF THE COMMUNITY WITH EXPERTISE, 1730 01:09:57,557 --> 01:09:58,724 INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP. 1731 01:09:58,724 --> 01:10:08,901 [APPLAUSE] 1732 01:10:09,435 --> 01:10:12,939 NEXT IS ARLENE SANDOVAL, FOR 1733 01:10:12,939 --> 01:10:14,574 SERVICE EXCELLENCE AND 1734 01:10:14,574 --> 01:10:15,975 SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCING THE 1735 01:10:15,975 --> 01:10:17,310 I.H.S. MISSION THROUGH 1736 01:10:17,310 --> 01:10:19,111 CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 1737 01:10:19,111 --> 01:10:21,280 EFFORTS AS THE ACTING PATIENT 1738 01:10:21,280 --> 01:10:23,282 ADVOCATE FOR 17 YEARS AT -- I'M 1739 01:10:23,282 --> 01:10:26,986 JUST GOING TO CALL IT D.Z., I 1740 01:10:26,986 --> 01:10:29,455 THINK EVERY FROM NAVAJO KNOWS 1741 01:10:29,455 --> 01:10:30,256 WHICH ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT. 1742 01:10:30,256 --> 01:10:36,095 [APPLAUSE] 1743 01:10:36,095 --> 01:10:37,496 NOW ON TO THE OKLAHOMA CITY 1744 01:10:37,496 --> 01:10:39,699 AREA, WE HAVE LIEUTENANT 1745 01:10:39,699 --> 01:10:42,101 COMMANDER WHITNEY MOSELY, FOR 1746 01:10:42,101 --> 01:10:43,836 MAKING CONTINUAL EFFORTS TO 1747 01:10:43,836 --> 01:10:45,304 ELEVATE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS 1748 01:10:45,304 --> 01:10:47,773 OF INDIAN COUNTRY IN ALIGNMENT 1749 01:10:47,773 --> 01:10:49,108 WITH I.H.S. STRATEGIC PLAN. 1750 01:10:49,108 --> 01:10:57,617 [APPLAUSE] 1751 01:10:57,617 --> 01:10:59,118 ALL RIGHT, NOW ON TO THE PHOENIX 1752 01:10:59,118 --> 01:10:59,552 AREA. 1753 01:10:59,552 --> 01:11:06,859 WE HAVE JONATHAN ENCHIN, FOR 1754 01:11:06,859 --> 01:11:08,294 ESTABLISHING HIV AND PREP 1755 01:11:08,294 --> 01:11:09,562 INJECTABLE SERVICES AND NOVEL 1756 01:11:09,562 --> 01:11:11,764 GIFT CARD INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND 1757 01:11:11,764 --> 01:11:13,232 FOSTERING DIALOGUE ON THE IMPACT 1758 01:11:13,232 --> 01:11:14,667 OF NATIVE IDENTITY ON 1759 01:11:14,667 --> 01:11:15,001 HEALTHCARE. 1760 01:11:15,001 --> 01:11:23,809 [APPLAUSE] 1761 01:11:23,809 --> 01:11:24,644 ALL RIGHT. 1762 01:11:24,644 --> 01:11:27,013 PORTLAND AREA, WE HAVE REGINA 1763 01:11:27,013 --> 01:11:28,681 ADAMS, FOR EXCEPTIONAL 1764 01:11:28,681 --> 01:11:31,617 CONTRIBUTION IN EXPANDING THE 1765 01:11:31,617 --> 01:11:33,452 MEDICAL ASSISTANT ROLE IN 1766 01:11:33,452 --> 01:11:35,054 MEDICAL HOME TEAM EFFECTIVENESS 1767 01:11:35,054 --> 01:11:39,625 LEADING TO SURPASS GIPRA DENTAL 1768 01:11:39,625 --> 01:11:40,626 FLUORIDE TREATMENT GOALS. 1769 01:11:40,626 --> 01:11:47,233 [APPLAUSE] 1770 01:11:47,233 --> 01:11:50,102 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE 1771 01:11:50,102 --> 01:11:50,870 I.H.S. DIRECTOR'S INDIVIDUAL 1772 01:11:50,870 --> 01:11:52,872 AWARDS AND, AGAIN, WE HAVE ON 1773 01:11:52,872 --> 01:11:54,974 THE SCREEN HERE THE SLIDES, THE 1774 01:11:54,974 --> 01:11:57,043 PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE 1775 01:11:57,043 --> 01:11:59,578 IT HERE, SO GIVE EVERYBODY 1776 01:11:59,578 --> 01:12:00,680 ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 1777 01:12:00,680 --> 01:12:10,089 [APPLAUSE] 1778 01:12:10,089 --> 01:12:12,124 NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE I.H.S. 1779 01:12:12,124 --> 01:12:13,826 DIRECTOR'S TEAM AWARDS. 1780 01:12:13,826 --> 01:12:19,265 THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES GROUPS 1781 01:12:19,265 --> 01:12:21,000 SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCING THE 1782 01:12:21,000 --> 01:12:22,535 I.H.S. MISSION ENVISIONED 1783 01:12:22,535 --> 01:12:24,170 THROUGH WORK FOCUS OND GOALS AND 1784 01:12:24,170 --> 01:12:25,204 OBJECTIVES IN THE I.H.S. 1785 01:12:25,204 --> 01:12:26,505 STRATEGIC PLAN, THE ACCESS 1786 01:12:26,505 --> 01:12:28,607 QUALITY AND MANAGEMENT 1787 01:12:28,607 --> 01:12:29,575 OPERATIONS WITH PARTICULAR 1788 01:12:29,575 --> 01:12:31,177 EMPHASIS ON QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 1789 01:12:31,177 --> 01:12:34,213 ACTIVITIES IN 2023. 1790 01:12:34,213 --> 01:12:36,182 SO FIRST WE HAVE FROM THE 1791 01:12:36,182 --> 01:12:38,084 ALBUQUERQUE AREA, ALBUQUERQUE 1792 01:12:38,084 --> 01:12:40,519 AREA OFFICE DIVISION OF 1793 01:12:40,519 --> 01:12:42,054 SANITATION FACILITIES 1794 01:12:42,054 --> 01:12:42,588 CONSTRUCTION. 1795 01:12:42,588 --> 01:12:49,528 ACCEPTING FOR THEM IS GABRIEL 1796 01:12:49,528 --> 01:12:49,929 LUCERO. 1797 01:12:49,929 --> 01:13:00,106 [APPLAUSE] 1798 01:13:02,375 --> 01:13:03,709 I'M GOING TO READ THESE 1799 01:13:03,709 --> 01:13:04,510 CITATIONS HERE SO I'LL GIVE YOU 1800 01:13:04,510 --> 01:13:06,345 THE NAME OF THE TEAM AND THEN 1801 01:13:06,345 --> 01:13:07,780 THE CITATION AND THEN WHO'S 1802 01:13:07,780 --> 01:13:08,447 ACCEPTING. 1803 01:13:08,447 --> 01:13:11,517 SO NEXT WE HAVE THE MIHC MEDICAL 1804 01:13:11,517 --> 01:13:14,620 AND NURSING TEAM FOR OUTSTANDING 1805 01:13:14,620 --> 01:13:15,821 CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TOWARDS 1806 01:13:15,821 --> 01:13:17,490 ACHIEVING THE GOALS AND 1807 01:13:17,490 --> 01:13:20,459 OBJECTIVES OF I.H.S. E3 VACCINE 1808 01:13:20,459 --> 01:13:22,461 STRATEGY, PROVIDING OUTSTANDING 1809 01:13:22,461 --> 01:13:24,530 SERVICE WITH NATIONAL 1810 01:13:24,530 --> 01:13:25,631 SIGNIFICANCE, IMPROVING 1811 01:13:25,631 --> 01:13:28,601 VACCINATION RATES, OUTCOMES, AND 1812 01:13:28,601 --> 01:13:34,340 PATIENT EXPERIENCE AT THE -- AT 1813 01:13:34,340 --> 01:13:35,541 MESCALERO APACHE COMMUNITY. 1814 01:13:35,541 --> 01:13:37,410 ACCEPTING IS LIEUTENANT 1815 01:13:37,410 --> 01:13:38,044 COMMANDER REGINA SCOTT. 1816 01:13:38,044 --> 01:13:48,220 [APPLAUSE] 1817 01:13:53,059 --> 01:13:53,259 [APPLAUSE] 1818 01:13:53,259 --> 01:13:58,464 >> ON TO THE LEECH LAKE 1819 01:13:58,464 --> 01:14:00,032 COMMUNITY WELLNESS COMMUNITY 1820 01:14:00,032 --> 01:14:02,368 NAVIGATORS, FOR COMMITMENT IN -- 1821 01:14:02,368 --> 01:14:02,935 NO? 1822 01:14:02,935 --> 01:14:03,769 OKAY. 1823 01:14:03,769 --> 01:14:06,972 THANK YOU. 1824 01:14:06,972 --> 01:14:07,840 SCRATCH THAT. 1825 01:14:07,840 --> 01:14:09,909 OKAY, NOW ON TO THE BILLINGS 1826 01:14:09,909 --> 01:14:10,109 AREA. 1827 01:14:10,109 --> 01:14:10,843 AM I CLOSE? 1828 01:14:10,843 --> 01:14:13,245 OKAY. 1829 01:14:13,245 --> 01:14:14,580 CROW SERVICE UNIT PHARMACY 1830 01:14:14,580 --> 01:14:16,248 DEPARTMENT, FOR EXEMPLARY 1831 01:14:16,248 --> 01:14:19,552 LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION IN 1832 01:14:19,552 --> 01:14:20,419 EXPANDING ACCESS, QUALITY AND 1833 01:14:20,419 --> 01:14:22,621 MANAGEMENT OF HARM REDUCTION 1834 01:14:22,621 --> 01:14:23,322 SERVICES, SIGNIFICANTLY 1835 01:14:23,322 --> 01:14:25,424 ADVANCING THE I.H.S. MISSION AND 1836 01:14:25,424 --> 01:14:26,058 VISION. 1837 01:14:26,058 --> 01:14:30,796 ACCEPTING IS COMMANDER DANIEL 1838 01:14:30,796 --> 01:14:31,063 HAMMILL. 1839 01:14:31,063 --> 01:14:34,967 [APPLAUSE] 1840 01:14:34,967 --> 01:14:36,535 NEXT WE HAVE THE CROW SERVICE 1841 01:14:36,535 --> 01:14:41,173 UNIT QUALITY DEPARTMENT. 1842 01:14:41,173 --> 01:14:43,242 FOR BEING LEADING INNOVATORS IN 1843 01:14:43,242 --> 01:14:45,277 CREATING SYSTEMS FOR QUALITY AND 1844 01:14:45,277 --> 01:14:46,412 SAFETY SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCING 1845 01:14:46,412 --> 01:14:50,916 THE I.H.S. MISSION. 1846 01:14:50,916 --> 01:14:52,718 AND APOLOGIES, I DON'T HAVE -- 1847 01:14:52,718 --> 01:14:56,489 OH. 1848 01:14:56,489 --> 01:14:59,558 CHEYENNE TALLBULL. 1849 01:14:59,558 --> 01:15:05,097 [APPLAUSE] 1850 01:15:05,097 --> 01:15:09,702 NEXT WE HAVE THE LITTLE SHELL 1851 01:15:09,702 --> 01:15:10,636 HEALTH CENTER PHARMACY 1852 01:15:10,636 --> 01:15:11,504 DEPARTMENT, FOR BEING 1853 01:15:11,504 --> 01:15:12,805 INSTRUMENTAL IN ACHIEVING THE 1854 01:15:12,805 --> 01:15:15,141 ONGOING GOAL OF PROVIDING 1855 01:15:15,141 --> 01:15:16,308 ESSENTIAL DIRECT HEALTHCARE 1856 01:15:16,308 --> 01:15:18,244 SERVICES TO THE LITTLE SHELL 1857 01:15:18,244 --> 01:15:21,213 TRIBE. 1858 01:15:21,213 --> 01:15:24,383 ACCEPTING IS DR. ADINA CARLISLE 1859 01:15:24,383 --> 01:15:27,119 MORGAN. 1860 01:15:27,119 --> 01:15:33,125 [APPLAUSE] 1861 01:15:33,125 --> 01:15:34,560 NEXT WE HAVE THE CALIFORNIA 1862 01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:36,896 AREA, FOR THE CALIFORNIA AREA 1863 01:15:36,896 --> 01:15:38,764 FINANCE TEAM, FOR EXCEPTIONAL 1864 01:15:38,764 --> 01:15:41,333 DEDICATION, COLLABORATION AND 1865 01:15:41,333 --> 01:15:43,402 INNOVATIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 1866 01:15:43,402 --> 01:15:44,937 CONTRIBUTING TO EXCEPTIONAL 1867 01:15:44,937 --> 01:15:47,373 HEALTHCARE SERVICES FOR TRIBAL 1868 01:15:47,373 --> 01:15:49,875 COMMUNITIES. 1869 01:15:49,875 --> 01:15:51,610 ACCEPTING IS CURT NELSON. 1870 01:15:51,610 --> 01:15:56,849 [APPLAUSE] 1871 01:15:56,849 --> 01:15:58,150 STAYING IN CALIFORNIA, WE HAVE 1872 01:15:58,150 --> 01:16:02,621 THE CALIFORNIA AREA OEH RIVER 1873 01:16:02,621 --> 01:16:04,123 FLOODING EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM 1874 01:16:04,123 --> 01:16:05,858 FOR OUTSTANDING RESPONSE TO THE 1875 01:16:05,858 --> 01:16:11,130 HISTORIC FLOODING OF NORTH FORK 1876 01:16:11,130 --> 01:16:11,897 TULE RIVER. 1877 01:16:11,897 --> 01:16:22,074 [APPLAUSE] 1878 01:16:22,508 --> 01:16:24,777 NOW WE HAVE GREAT PLAINS AREA. 1879 01:16:24,777 --> 01:16:31,250 WE HAVE THE SH CHEYENNE RIVER 1880 01:16:31,250 --> 01:16:32,718 HEALTH CENTER OUTPATIENT NURSING 1881 01:16:32,718 --> 01:16:33,619 DEPARTMENT FOR DEMONSTRATING 1882 01:16:33,619 --> 01:16:34,720 DEDICATION TO THE PATIENT CARE 1883 01:16:34,720 --> 01:16:39,191 BY ACHIEVING 100% COMPLIANCE 1884 01:16:39,191 --> 01:16:41,894 WITH ATTENDANCE IN THE LIFE 1885 01:16:41,894 --> 01:16:42,962 SOURCE TRAINING. 1886 01:16:42,962 --> 01:16:45,064 ACCEPTING IS KIM HAWK EAGLE. 1887 01:16:45,064 --> 01:16:50,502 [APPLAUSE] 1888 01:16:50,502 --> 01:16:52,605 NEXT WE HAVE OUR HEADQUARTERS 1889 01:16:52,605 --> 01:16:52,905 TEAMS. 1890 01:16:52,905 --> 01:16:55,040 SO WE HAVE THE GIMC EMERGENCY 1891 01:16:55,040 --> 01:16:58,244 MEDICAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN 1892 01:16:58,244 --> 01:17:01,413 HYBRID SIMULATION PROGRAM, FOR 1893 01:17:01,413 --> 01:17:03,015 SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING 1894 01:17:03,015 --> 01:17:04,750 PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE BY 1895 01:17:04,750 --> 01:17:06,819 ENHANCING THEIR PEDIATRIC 1896 01:17:06,819 --> 01:17:08,120 READINESS FOR AMERICAN INDIANS 1897 01:17:08,120 --> 01:17:10,089 AND ALASKA NATIVE CHILDREN. 1898 01:17:10,089 --> 01:17:11,190 ACCEPTING IS CHERYL SMITH. 1899 01:17:11,190 --> 01:17:18,597 [APPLAUSE] 1900 01:17:18,597 --> 01:17:21,000 NEXT WE HAVE OUR I.H.S. 1901 01:17:21,000 --> 01:17:22,901 DIRECTOR'S AWARDS COMMITTEE. 1902 01:17:22,901 --> 01:17:24,670 FOR OUTSTANDING DEDICATION, TEAM 1903 01:17:24,670 --> 01:17:27,606 WORK AND METICULOUS ORGANIZATION 1904 01:17:27,606 --> 01:17:29,208 ENSURING EXCELLENCE IN MANAGING 1905 01:17:29,208 --> 01:17:31,610 THE I.H.S. DIRECTOR'S AWARDS 1906 01:17:31,610 --> 01:17:34,913 PROGRAM, AND ACCEPTING IS TRAVIS 1907 01:17:34,913 --> 01:17:35,247 PONTON. 1908 01:17:35,247 --> 01:17:42,288 [APPLAUSE] 1909 01:17:42,288 --> 01:17:43,856 NOW I DON'T FEEL BAD ASKING HIM 1910 01:17:43,856 --> 01:17:44,490 WHERE HIS TIE WAS. 1911 01:17:44,490 --> 01:17:49,094 I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS ACCEPTING. 1912 01:17:49,094 --> 01:17:50,696 NEXT IS THE I.H.S. FREEDOM OF 1913 01:17:50,696 --> 01:17:52,231 INFORMATION ACT TEAM, FOR 1914 01:17:52,231 --> 01:17:53,532 INCREDIBLE DEDICATION AND 1915 01:17:53,532 --> 01:17:55,367 DILIGENTLY CLOSING OUT OLD 1916 01:17:55,367 --> 01:17:57,503 BACKLOG CASES, LITIGATIONS AND 1917 01:17:57,503 --> 01:17:59,838 APPEALS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY 1918 01:17:59,838 --> 01:18:02,007 MANAGING CURRENT-YEAR CASES AND 1919 01:18:02,007 --> 01:18:05,444 ENHANCING THE FOIA E READING 1920 01:18:05,444 --> 01:18:07,880 ROOM WITH PROACTIVE DISCLOSURES. 1921 01:18:07,880 --> 01:18:10,015 ACCEPTING IS JIM SUTHER. 1922 01:18:10,015 --> 01:18:15,587 [APPLAUSE] 1923 01:18:15,587 --> 01:18:17,122 NEXT WE HAVE OUR OFFICE OF 1924 01:18:17,122 --> 01:18:19,291 FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING DIVISION 1925 01:18:19,291 --> 01:18:20,726 OF BUDGET EXECUTION ADVANCE 1926 01:18:20,726 --> 01:18:21,927 APPROPRIATIONS TEAM. 1927 01:18:21,927 --> 01:18:24,096 FOR SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTING 1928 01:18:24,096 --> 01:18:28,967 THE FIRST EVER I.H.S. ADVANCED 1929 01:18:28,967 --> 01:18:31,437 APPROPRIATION, ACCEPTING IS 1930 01:18:31,437 --> 01:18:32,871 MYRON MUSKET. 1931 01:18:32,871 --> 01:18:43,048 [APPLAUSE] 1932 01:18:47,252 --> 01:18:49,588 NEXT WE HAVE THE ROSE BUT I.H.S. 1933 01:18:49,588 --> 01:18:51,090 INDIAN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY 1934 01:18:51,090 --> 01:18:52,791 MEDICAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN 1935 01:18:52,791 --> 01:18:56,729 HYBRID SIMULATION PROGRAM. 1936 01:18:56,729 --> 01:18:58,564 FOR SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING 1937 01:18:58,564 --> 01:18:59,765 PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE BY 1938 01:18:59,765 --> 01:19:01,367 ENHANCING THEIR PEDIATRIC 1939 01:19:01,367 --> 01:19:02,735 READINESS FOR AMERICAN INDIAN 1940 01:19:02,735 --> 01:19:06,205 AND ALASKA NATIVE CHILDREN. 1941 01:19:06,205 --> 01:19:11,377 ACCEPTING IS CARMEL MONTALVO, 1942 01:19:11,377 --> 01:19:16,382 [APPLAUSE] 1943 01:19:16,382 --> 01:19:18,016 >> ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR 1944 01:19:18,016 --> 01:19:21,253 NASHVILLE AREA, THE I.H.S. 1945 01:19:21,253 --> 01:19:22,354 CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM, SHARED 1946 01:19:22,354 --> 01:19:24,089 SERVICE CENTER, FOR PROVIDING 1947 01:19:24,089 --> 01:19:25,524 EXCEPTIONAL SUPPORT TO THE 1948 01:19:25,524 --> 01:19:28,427 NASHVILLE AREA SINCE 1949 01:19:28,427 --> 01:19:30,629 OCTOBER 2023, CLASSIFYING 44 1950 01:19:30,629 --> 01:19:31,597 POSITIONS. 1951 01:19:31,597 --> 01:19:38,937 ACCEPTING IS DE IS DELPHINE BRI. 1952 01:19:38,937 --> 01:19:49,114 [APPLAUSE] 1953 01:19:54,052 --> 01:19:54,820 STAYING IN THE NASHVILLE AREA, 1954 01:19:54,820 --> 01:19:56,588 WE HAVE THE NASHVILLE AREA 1955 01:19:56,588 --> 01:19:58,557 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS, FOR 1956 01:19:58,557 --> 01:20:00,359 PROVIDING VITAL SUPPORT TO 1957 01:20:00,359 --> 01:20:02,227 CEOs OFFERING LEADERSHIP TO 1958 01:20:02,227 --> 01:20:03,529 SUPPORT ADDITIONAL 1959 01:20:03,529 --> 01:20:05,597 ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES AMID 1960 01:20:05,597 --> 01:20:07,199 INCREASED VACANCIES FROM 1961 01:20:07,199 --> 01:20:08,967 RETIREMENTS, TRANSITIONS AND NEW 1962 01:20:08,967 --> 01:20:12,037 PRIORITIES. 1963 01:20:12,037 --> 01:20:19,445 ACCEPTING IS REMEDIO HOLMES. 1964 01:20:19,445 --> 01:20:29,621 [APPLAUSE] 1965 01:20:31,123 --> 01:20:34,092 NEXT WE HAVE OUR NAVAJO AREA. 1966 01:20:34,092 --> 01:20:36,795 THE CHINLEY COMPREHENSIVE 1967 01:20:36,795 --> 01:20:37,563 HEALTHCARE FACILITY BRIDGE 1968 01:20:37,563 --> 01:20:38,130 CLINIC TEAM. 1969 01:20:38,130 --> 01:20:41,300 FOR PROVIDING CRUCIAL ACCESS TO 1970 01:20:41,300 --> 01:20:43,368 ADDICTION MEDICINE TREATMENT FOR 1971 01:20:43,368 --> 01:20:45,804 THE PATIENT POPULATION EMBODYING 1972 01:20:45,804 --> 01:20:48,774 THE SPIRIT OF COMPASSION, 1973 01:20:48,774 --> 01:20:49,808 INNOVATION, AND SERVICE 1974 01:20:49,808 --> 01:20:51,443 EXCELLENCE. 1975 01:20:51,443 --> 01:20:52,778 ACCEPTING IS DR. JONATHAN 1976 01:20:52,778 --> 01:20:53,045 POWELL. 1977 01:20:53,045 --> 01:21:00,452 [APPLAUSE] 1978 01:21:00,452 --> 01:21:04,490 NEXT WE HAVE OUR KRINLEY SERVICE 1979 01:21:04,490 --> 01:21:05,757 UNIT LABOR AND DELIVERY EPIDURAL 1980 01:21:05,757 --> 01:21:06,658 TEAM. 1981 01:21:06,658 --> 01:21:08,494 FOR THE CREATION AND EXCEPTIONAL 1982 01:21:08,494 --> 01:21:10,596 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OBSTETRIC 1983 01:21:10,596 --> 01:21:12,531 CARE UNIT'S LABOR AND DELIVERY 1984 01:21:12,531 --> 01:21:13,065 EPIDURAL PROGRAM. 1985 01:21:13,065 --> 01:21:16,468 ACCEPTING IS LIEUTENANT JUNIOR 1986 01:21:16,468 --> 01:21:20,506 GRADE UNEQUA ABRAMS. 1987 01:21:20,506 --> 01:21:25,210 [APPLAUSE] 1988 01:21:25,210 --> 01:21:27,880 NEXT WE HAVE OUR GALLOP INDIAN 1989 01:21:27,880 --> 01:21:28,747 MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY 1990 01:21:28,747 --> 01:21:29,248 DEPARTMENT. 1991 01:21:29,248 --> 01:21:32,484 FOR IMPROVING EMERGENCY CARE 1992 01:21:32,484 --> 01:21:33,619 DELIVERED TO NATIVE AMERICAN 1993 01:21:33,619 --> 01:21:34,953 PATIENTS BY DEVELOPING PROCESSES 1994 01:21:34,953 --> 01:21:38,390 AND PROCEDURES BASED ON THE BEST 1995 01:21:38,390 --> 01:21:40,559 PRACTICES IN CREATING PATHS FOR 1996 01:21:40,559 --> 01:21:42,661 MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM WORK THAT 1997 01:21:42,661 --> 01:21:45,297 ALLOWS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT 1998 01:21:45,297 --> 01:21:50,435 AND TRANSPARENCY IN CARE. 1999 01:21:50,435 --> 01:21:57,042 ACCEPTING, DR. SOPHIA RUBAI. 2000 01:21:57,042 --> 01:22:00,779 NEXT IS OUR GALLUP INDIAN 2001 01:22:00,779 --> 01:22:02,281 MEDICAL CENTER TRAUMA PROGRAM. 2002 01:22:02,281 --> 01:22:03,815 FOR CONTINUOUS DEDICATION TO 2003 01:22:03,815 --> 01:22:04,683 PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES 2004 01:22:04,683 --> 01:22:06,418 TO PATIENTS AND ENSURING HEALTH 2005 01:22:06,418 --> 01:22:08,120 RECORDS ARE SECURED, COMPLETE, 2006 01:22:08,120 --> 01:22:10,923 AND READILY AVAILABLE FOR 2007 01:22:10,923 --> 01:22:12,324 CONTINUITY OF CARE. 2008 01:22:12,324 --> 01:22:15,494 ACCEPTING IS TRACEY DENNETT. 2009 01:22:15,494 --> 01:22:25,671 [APPLAUSE] 2010 01:22:26,905 --> 01:22:28,407 ON TO OUR OKLAHOMA CITY AREA, WE 2011 01:22:28,407 --> 01:22:30,442 HAVE OUR CLINTON SERVICE UNIT 2012 01:22:30,442 --> 01:22:31,310 HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 2013 01:22:31,310 --> 01:22:31,944 DEPARTMENT. 2014 01:22:31,944 --> 01:22:36,648 FOR ELIMINATING AN ENORMOUS 2015 01:22:36,648 --> 01:22:38,517 CODING BACKLOG AND FACILITATING 2016 01:22:38,517 --> 01:22:39,918 CASE MANAGEMENT, LOOP CLOSURE 2017 01:22:39,918 --> 01:22:41,086 COMPLIANCE THROUGH MASSIVE 2018 01:22:41,086 --> 01:22:43,488 INCREASES IN DOCUMENT REQUESTS 2019 01:22:43,488 --> 01:22:46,258 AND UPLOADS. 2020 01:22:46,258 --> 01:22:47,459 ACCEPTING IS HALEY FLOYD. 2021 01:22:47,459 --> 01:22:54,733 [APPLAUSE] 2022 01:22:54,733 --> 01:22:57,135 ON TO OUR LAWTON INDIAN HOSPITAL 2023 01:22:57,135 --> 01:22:58,670 DENTAL CLINIC, FOR EXCEPTIONAL 2024 01:22:58,670 --> 01:23:01,273 EFFORTS TO SERVE THE LAWTON 2025 01:23:01,273 --> 01:23:02,474 COMMUNITY, CONSISTENTLY GOING 2026 01:23:02,474 --> 01:23:04,009 ABOVE AND BEYOND. 2027 01:23:04,009 --> 01:23:06,244 ACCEPTING IS CANDACE WILLIAMS. 2028 01:23:06,244 --> 01:23:15,721 [APPLAUSE] 2029 01:23:15,721 --> 01:23:19,057 NEXT IS OUR OKLAHOMA CITY AREA 2030 01:23:19,057 --> 01:23:20,025 INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD. 2031 01:23:20,025 --> 01:23:21,560 FOR REVIEWING AND PARTNERING 2032 01:23:21,560 --> 01:23:23,762 WITH TRIBES TO ENSURE ALL 2033 01:23:23,762 --> 01:23:24,830 RESEARCH WITHIN THEIR AUTHORITY 2034 01:23:24,830 --> 01:23:26,465 IS CONDUCTED ETHICALLY AND 2035 01:23:26,465 --> 01:23:28,767 APPROPRIATELY. 2036 01:23:28,767 --> 01:23:31,937 ACCEPTING IS LIEUTENANT 2037 01:23:31,937 --> 01:23:35,440 COMMANDER BRETT WHITEHEAD. 2038 01:23:35,440 --> 01:23:38,810 [APPLAUSE] 2039 01:23:38,810 --> 01:23:41,513 NEXT WE HAVE OUR OKLAHOMA CITY 2040 01:23:41,513 --> 01:23:43,048 INDIAN CLINIC COMMUNICATIONS 2041 01:23:43,048 --> 01:23:43,715 TEAM. 2042 01:23:43,715 --> 01:23:45,951 FOR MANAGING PRESS RELEASES, 2043 01:23:45,951 --> 01:23:47,586 PUBLICATIONS, MARKETING 2044 01:23:47,586 --> 01:23:49,788 MATERIALS, EVENTS, FUNDRAISING, 2045 01:23:49,788 --> 01:23:53,692 DIGITAL OUTREACH, AND COMMUNITY 2046 01:23:53,692 --> 01:23:54,793 ENGAGEMENT, PRIORITIZING PATIENT 2047 01:23:54,793 --> 01:23:56,228 AND PARTNER COMMUNICATIONS 2048 01:23:56,228 --> 01:24:00,232 THROUGH INNOVATIVE METHODS. 2049 01:24:00,232 --> 01:24:02,434 ACCEPTING WAS -- ANGELA REEVES. 2050 01:24:02,434 --> 01:24:09,307 [APPLAUSE] 2051 01:24:09,307 --> 01:24:10,409 NEXT IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA, 2052 01:24:10,409 --> 01:24:15,847 WE HAVE OUR PAWNEE INDIAN HEALTH 2053 01:24:15,847 --> 01:24:17,582 CENTER E3 INITIATIVE, FOR 2054 01:24:17,582 --> 01:24:18,784 INCORPORATING ANCILLARY 2055 01:24:18,784 --> 01:24:19,718 DEPARTMENTS, ENHANCING ACCESS TO 2056 01:24:19,718 --> 01:24:21,153 CARE AND INCREASING COMMUNITY 2057 01:24:21,153 --> 01:24:23,455 OUTREACH CLINICS FOR 2058 01:24:23,455 --> 01:24:24,456 VACCINATIONS. 2059 01:24:24,456 --> 01:24:26,091 ACCEPTING IS BECKY KNIGHT. 2060 01:24:26,091 --> 01:24:31,496 [APPLAUSE] 2061 01:24:31,496 --> 01:24:32,164 ALL RIGHT. 2062 01:24:32,164 --> 01:24:33,398 NOW ON TO OUR PHOENIX AREA. 2063 01:24:33,398 --> 01:24:35,367 WE HAVE THE PHOENIX INDIAN 2064 01:24:35,367 --> 01:24:37,736 MEDICAL CENTER PEDIATRIC 2065 01:24:37,736 --> 01:24:38,904 INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 2066 01:24:38,904 --> 01:24:39,471 PROGRAM. 2067 01:24:39,471 --> 01:24:42,040 FOR ENHANCING MENTAL HEALTHCARE 2068 01:24:42,040 --> 01:24:43,642 ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY 2069 01:24:43,642 --> 01:24:45,043 THROUGH EXEMPLARY 2070 01:24:45,043 --> 01:24:46,078 MULTIDISCIPLINARY INTERVENTIONS 2071 01:24:46,078 --> 01:24:51,483 AND TEAM WORK FOR AI/AN YOUTH. 2072 01:24:51,483 --> 01:24:56,855 ACCEPTING IS DR. SARAH SHADARAM. 2073 01:24:56,855 --> 01:24:57,155 THANK YOU. 2074 01:24:57,155 --> 01:25:01,727 [APPLAUSE] 2075 01:25:01,727 --> 01:25:02,060 ALL RIGHT. 2076 01:25:02,060 --> 01:25:03,361 IT LOOKS LIKE THIS NEXT ONE, WE 2077 01:25:03,361 --> 01:25:05,330 HAVE THE SAME PERSON ACCEPTING 2078 01:25:05,330 --> 01:25:07,966 FOR TWO OF THE TEAM AWARDS. 2079 01:25:07,966 --> 01:25:08,800 IF I GOT THAT RIGHT. 2080 01:25:08,800 --> 01:25:10,435 SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE PHOENIX 2081 01:25:10,435 --> 01:25:15,907 AREA MEDICAL CENTER, PGY2 HEALTH 2082 01:25:15,907 --> 01:25:17,109 SYSTEM PHARMACY AND 2083 01:25:17,109 --> 01:25:19,845 ADMINISTRATIVE RESIDENCY 2084 01:25:19,845 --> 01:25:20,345 PROGRAM. 2085 01:25:20,345 --> 01:25:21,446 FOR BEING THE FIRST 2086 01:25:21,446 --> 01:25:22,547 ADMINISTRATIVE PHARMACY 2087 01:25:22,547 --> 01:25:24,282 RESIDENCY PROGRAM IN THE INDIAN 2088 01:25:24,282 --> 01:25:27,819 HEALTH SERVICE TO EQUIP PHARMACY 2089 01:25:27,819 --> 01:25:29,621 LEADERS WITH SKILLS NEEDED TO 2090 01:25:29,621 --> 01:25:31,923 ADDRESS THE COMPLEX CHALLENGES 2091 01:25:31,923 --> 01:25:34,226 OF MODERN HEALTHCARE. 2092 01:25:34,226 --> 01:25:41,633 AND ACCEPTING IS LIEUTENANT 2093 01:25:41,633 --> 01:25:45,337 COMMANDER ARROL PERRY, AND THE 2094 01:25:45,337 --> 01:25:47,939 NEXT AWARD GOES TO THE PHOENIX 2095 01:25:47,939 --> 01:25:49,608 INDIAN MEDICAL CENTER PHARMACY 2096 01:25:49,608 --> 01:25:50,675 STUDENT PROGRAM, FOR BEING A 2097 01:25:50,675 --> 01:25:51,777 BEACON OF EXCELLENCE IN PHARMACY 2098 01:25:51,777 --> 01:25:53,378 EDUCATION AND TRAINING, MAKING 2099 01:25:53,378 --> 01:25:55,547 SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 2100 01:25:55,547 --> 01:25:57,182 DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE PHARMACY 2101 01:25:57,182 --> 01:25:58,617 LEADERS. 2102 01:25:58,617 --> 01:26:04,856 [APPLAUSE] 2103 01:26:04,856 --> 01:26:05,490 ALL RIGHT. 2104 01:26:05,490 --> 01:26:10,729 NEXT WE HAVE SUPAI HEALTH 2105 01:26:10,729 --> 01:26:11,396 STATION MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH 2106 01:26:11,396 --> 01:26:11,930 TEAM. 2107 01:26:11,930 --> 01:26:13,165 FOR DEMONSTRATING DEDICATION AND 2108 01:26:13,165 --> 01:26:14,332 EXCELLENCE IN ESTABLISHING A 2109 01:26:14,332 --> 01:26:16,701 MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH PROGRAM AT 2110 01:26:16,701 --> 01:26:19,137 THE SUPAI HEALTH STATION LOCATED 2111 01:26:19,137 --> 01:26:20,438 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAND 2112 01:26:20,438 --> 01:26:21,740 CANYON. 2113 01:26:21,740 --> 01:26:29,481 ACCEPTING THE AWARD IS COMMANDER 2114 01:26:29,481 --> 01:26:33,552 DAWN BENT. 2115 01:26:33,552 --> 01:26:33,819 [APPLAUSE] 2116 01:26:33,819 --> 01:26:35,954 NEXT IS OUR WHITE RIVER INDIAN 2117 01:26:35,954 --> 01:26:37,989 HOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL 2118 01:26:37,989 --> 01:26:39,424 SERVICES FOR CHILDREN HYBRID 2119 01:26:39,424 --> 01:26:40,826 SIMULATION PROGRAM. 2120 01:26:40,826 --> 01:26:43,795 FOR SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING 2121 01:26:43,795 --> 01:26:45,430 PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE BY 2122 01:26:45,430 --> 01:26:47,199 ENHANCING THEIR PEDIATRIC 2123 01:26:47,199 --> 01:26:48,500 READINESS FOR AMERICAN INDIAN 2124 01:26:48,500 --> 01:26:51,102 AND ALASKA NATIVE CHILDREN. 2125 01:26:51,102 --> 01:26:52,370 ACCEPTING IS KYLE LUCAS. 2126 01:26:52,370 --> 01:26:59,044 [APPLAUSE] 2127 01:26:59,044 --> 01:27:01,112 ALL RIGHT, ON TO OUR PORTLAND 2128 01:27:01,112 --> 01:27:03,114 AREA. 2129 01:27:03,114 --> 01:27:06,885 WE HAVE THE PIULA TRIBAL HEALTH 2130 01:27:06,885 --> 01:27:07,886 AUTHORITY, FOR EFFORTS TO 2131 01:27:07,886 --> 01:27:08,653 IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE AND 2132 01:27:08,653 --> 01:27:11,389 QUALITY OF CARE FOR THE PATIENTS 2133 01:27:11,389 --> 01:27:12,490 SERVICED. 2134 01:27:12,490 --> 01:27:13,491 ACCEPTING IS RYAN GILBERT. 2135 01:27:13,491 --> 01:27:23,068 [APPLAUSE] 2136 01:27:23,068 --> 01:27:29,608 I'LL AISLE JUST JUST SAY, FOR AU 2137 01:27:29,608 --> 01:27:30,475 WHO ARE GOING TO BE AROUND 2138 01:27:30,475 --> 01:27:31,509 I.H.S. FOR A WHILE IT'S KIND OF 2139 01:27:31,509 --> 01:27:32,711 NICE TO HAVE SERVED IN A LOT OF 2140 01:27:32,711 --> 01:27:34,279 THE AREAS BECAUSE BOY I WOULD 2141 01:27:34,279 --> 01:27:35,380 HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THAT NAME. 2142 01:27:35,380 --> 01:27:36,915 I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF 2143 01:27:36,915 --> 01:27:38,016 THE AWARDEES AGAIN. 2144 01:27:38,016 --> 01:27:39,184 THEY'VE BEEN SCROLLING THROUGH 2145 01:27:39,184 --> 01:27:40,619 ON THE SLIDES HERE, SO I'D LIKE 2146 01:27:40,619 --> 01:27:42,254 TO HAVE EVERYBODY GIVE EVERYBODY 2147 01:27:42,254 --> 01:27:43,221 ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR 2148 01:27:43,221 --> 01:27:43,755 TEAM AWARDS. 2149 01:27:43,755 --> 01:27:51,830 [APPLAUSE] 2150 01:27:51,830 --> 01:27:53,164 NOW WE'LL PRESENT THE I.H.S. 2151 01:27:53,164 --> 01:27:54,299 DIRECTORS AWARDS FOR CUSTOMER 2152 01:27:54,299 --> 01:27:54,566 SERVICE. 2153 01:27:54,566 --> 01:27:56,501 WE'LL START WITH THE INDIVIDUAL 2154 01:27:56,501 --> 01:27:58,136 AWARDS. 2155 01:27:58,136 --> 01:27:59,905 THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES SERVICE OF 2156 01:27:59,905 --> 01:28:02,073 INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE 2157 01:28:02,073 --> 01:28:03,308 SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED THE 2158 01:28:03,308 --> 01:28:04,576 I.H.S. MISSION, VISION AND 2159 01:28:04,576 --> 01:28:05,777 STRATEGIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 2160 01:28:05,777 --> 01:28:07,779 THROUGH CUSTOMER SERVICE. 2161 01:28:07,779 --> 01:28:09,881 THIS AWARD IS DESIGNED TO 2162 01:28:09,881 --> 01:28:12,417 RECOGNIZE INNOVATION AND 2163 01:28:12,417 --> 01:28:14,052 EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE AND/OR 2164 01:28:14,052 --> 01:28:16,488 EXEMPLARY ACTIONS RESULTING IN 2165 01:28:16,488 --> 01:28:19,257 QUALITY SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS, 2166 01:28:19,257 --> 01:28:22,460 STAKEHOLDERS, AND OUR PARTNERS 2167 01:28:22,460 --> 01:28:24,195 IN INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE. 2168 01:28:24,195 --> 01:28:26,131 SO WE'LL FIRST START OUT WITH 2169 01:28:26,131 --> 01:28:27,666 THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA. 2170 01:28:27,666 --> 01:28:33,471 WE HAVE BRANDON CORDRAY, FOR HIS 2171 01:28:33,471 --> 01:28:35,607 EXEMPLARY CAN-DO ATTITUDE AND 2172 01:28:35,607 --> 01:28:36,508 PROFESSIONAL DEDICATION IN 2173 01:28:36,508 --> 01:28:40,111 ASSISTING THE OEHNE CUSTOMERS 2174 01:28:40,111 --> 01:28:42,047 DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2023, 2175 01:28:42,047 --> 01:28:44,916 ENSURING THAT I.H.S. AND TRIBAL 2176 01:28:44,916 --> 01:28:46,518 PARTNERS RECEIVE COURTEOUS AND 2177 01:28:46,518 --> 01:28:47,319 RELIABLE SERVICES. 2178 01:28:47,319 --> 01:28:53,191 [APPLAUSE] 2179 01:28:53,191 --> 01:28:55,060 NEXT ON TO OUR HEADQUARTERS 2180 01:28:55,060 --> 01:28:58,363 PROGRAMS, WE HAVE DILLON DELL. 2181 01:28:58,363 --> 01:29:00,398 FOR ALWAYS BEING WILLING TO TAKE 2182 01:29:00,398 --> 01:29:02,133 AN ADDITIONAL -- TAKE ON 2183 01:29:02,133 --> 01:29:03,902 ADDITIONAL PROJECTS AND 2184 01:29:03,902 --> 01:29:05,437 CONSISTENTLY EXCEEDING THE 2185 01:29:05,437 --> 01:29:07,172 EXPECTATIONS OF HIS POSITION TO 2186 01:29:07,172 --> 01:29:08,740 ASSIST COMMISSION OFFICERS 2187 01:29:08,740 --> 01:29:10,175 ASSIGNED TO THE INDIAN HEALTH 2188 01:29:10,175 --> 01:29:10,408 SERVICE. 2189 01:29:10,408 --> 01:29:16,781 [APPLAUSE] 2190 01:29:16,781 --> 01:29:19,384 NEXT WE HAVE KATHRYN FLYNN, FOR 2191 01:29:19,384 --> 01:29:21,586 HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND 2192 01:29:21,586 --> 01:29:22,821 EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE ON THE 2193 01:29:22,821 --> 01:29:24,322 I.H.S. DIRECTOR'S AWARDS 2194 01:29:24,322 --> 01:29:24,956 COMMITTEE. 2195 01:29:24,956 --> 01:29:27,692 HER DEDICATION, EXPERTISE AND 2196 01:29:27,692 --> 01:29:30,095 OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS 2197 01:29:30,095 --> 01:29:33,231 SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE 2198 01:29:33,231 --> 01:29:34,332 COMMITTEE'S SUCCESS AND 2199 01:29:34,332 --> 01:29:36,735 POSITIVELY IMPACTED I.H.S. 2200 01:29:36,735 --> 01:29:40,238 EMPLOYEES AND TRIBAL PARTNERS. 2201 01:29:40,238 --> 01:29:43,842 [APPLAUSE] 2202 01:29:43,842 --> 01:29:45,910 AND SHE WAS THE ONE BUSY WORKING 2203 01:29:45,910 --> 01:29:47,779 ON THE BOOK BACK THERE, SO IT IS 2204 01:29:47,779 --> 01:29:50,482 KIND OF AMAZING WHEN YOU SEE IT 2205 01:29:50,482 --> 01:29:52,350 HAPPEN UP HERE, HOW MUCH WORK 2206 01:29:52,350 --> 01:29:53,852 GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES, SO 2207 01:29:53,852 --> 01:29:55,286 DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT. 2208 01:29:55,286 --> 01:29:58,089 NEXT WE HAVE JEFFREY JOHNSTON, 2209 01:29:58,089 --> 01:30:00,859 IN RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING 2210 01:30:00,859 --> 01:30:02,460 PERFORMANCE, DEDICATION, 2211 01:30:02,460 --> 01:30:04,295 LEADERSHIP, AND EXCEPTIONAL 2212 01:30:04,295 --> 01:30:05,430 ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE SUPPORT OF 2213 01:30:05,430 --> 01:30:07,599 THE AGENCY'S MISSION FOR 2214 01:30:07,599 --> 01:30:09,234 ACQUISITIONS AND ACQUISITION 2215 01:30:09,234 --> 01:30:11,403 CAREER MANAGER FUNCTIONS. 2216 01:30:11,403 --> 01:30:21,246 [APPLAUSE] 2217 01:30:21,246 --> 01:30:23,214 ALL RIGHT, NOW ON TO OUR NAVAJO 2218 01:30:23,214 --> 01:30:24,182 AREA. 2219 01:30:24,182 --> 01:30:27,352 WE HAVE VALERIE BARKER, FOR 2220 01:30:27,352 --> 01:30:28,787 DELIVERING OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER 2221 01:30:28,787 --> 01:30:30,855 SERVICE IN THE PATIENT CARE 2222 01:30:30,855 --> 01:30:31,790 SETTING, GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND 2223 01:30:31,790 --> 01:30:37,062 HER REALM OF DUTIES IN FISCAL 2224 01:30:37,062 --> 01:30:38,630 YEAR '23 TO STAFF AND PATIENTS. 2225 01:30:38,630 --> 01:30:46,471 [APPLAUSE] 2226 01:30:46,471 --> 01:30:48,973 NEXT WE HAVE LIEUTENANT 2227 01:30:48,973 --> 01:30:50,708 COMMANDER SHANNON LITTLE WULF, 2228 01:30:50,708 --> 01:30:53,111 FOR EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP IN 2229 01:30:53,111 --> 01:30:53,912 ENHANCING HEALTHCARE DELIVERY 2230 01:30:53,912 --> 01:30:55,613 THROUGH A UNIFIED APPROACH 2231 01:30:55,613 --> 01:30:57,816 DELIVERING PATIENT EDUCATION, 2232 01:30:57,816 --> 01:31:00,318 VACCINES, FOOD, AND SUPPLIES TO 2233 01:31:00,318 --> 01:31:02,287 REMOTE POPULATIONS ADVANCING THE 2234 01:31:02,287 --> 01:31:02,754 I.H.S. MISSION. 2235 01:31:02,754 --> 01:31:10,228 [APPLAUSE] 2236 01:31:10,228 --> 01:31:11,763 ON TO OKLAHOMA CITY AREA, WE 2237 01:31:11,763 --> 01:31:17,102 HAVE MARJORIE ROGERS, FOR HER 2238 01:31:17,102 --> 01:31:20,805 LEAD ROLE FOR THE CHICKASAW 2239 01:31:20,805 --> 01:31:22,340 NATION JOINT VENTURE PROJECT, 2240 01:31:22,340 --> 01:31:23,575 MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE 2241 01:31:23,575 --> 01:31:25,210 PATIENTS IN AND NEAR OKLAHOMA 2242 01:31:25,210 --> 01:31:26,077 CITY IN ADDITION TO HER 2243 01:31:26,077 --> 01:31:27,212 SUSTAINED EFFORTS AS A SENIOR 2244 01:31:27,212 --> 01:31:28,079 LEADER IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY 2245 01:31:28,079 --> 01:31:28,279 AREA. 2246 01:31:28,279 --> 01:31:33,751 [APPLAUSE] 2247 01:31:33,751 --> 01:31:36,554 OFF TO THE NORTHWEST, PORTLAND 2248 01:31:36,554 --> 01:31:39,090 AREA. 2249 01:31:39,090 --> 01:31:40,458 KAYLA ERICKSON, FOR OUTSTANDING 2250 01:31:40,458 --> 01:31:41,493 CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUALITY 2251 01:31:41,493 --> 01:31:43,094 IMPROVEMENT AND CUSTOMER SERVICE 2252 01:31:43,094 --> 01:31:46,397 FOR BOTH PATIENT AND COLLEAGUES, 2253 01:31:46,397 --> 01:31:47,265 SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING THE 2254 01:31:47,265 --> 01:31:49,534 QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE AT BOTH 2255 01:31:49,534 --> 01:31:51,102 THE LOCAL AND AREA LEVELS. 2256 01:31:51,102 --> 01:32:01,412 [APPLAUSE] 2257 01:32:01,412 --> 01:32:07,485 NEXT WE HAVE KATHY GOULD, 2258 01:32:07,485 --> 01:32:08,453 SERVING AS A BEACON OF 2259 01:32:08,453 --> 01:32:09,554 INSPIRATION AND WORTHY OF 2260 01:32:09,554 --> 01:32:09,854 RECOGNITION. 2261 01:32:09,854 --> 01:32:20,031 [APPLAUSE] 2262 01:32:20,765 --> 01:32:22,133 ALL RIGHT, AGAIN I'D LIKE TO 2263 01:32:22,133 --> 01:32:23,301 CALL EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO 2264 01:32:23,301 --> 01:32:24,602 THE SLIDES THAT HAVE BEEN SCROLL 2265 01:32:24,602 --> 01:32:27,272 HERE FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND 2266 01:32:27,272 --> 01:32:29,207 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS FOR THE PEOPLE 2267 01:32:29,207 --> 01:32:31,276 WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO BE WITH US 2268 01:32:31,276 --> 01:32:32,377 TODAY, SO LET'S GIVE THEM ALL 2269 01:32:32,377 --> 01:32:33,178 ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 2270 01:32:33,178 --> 01:32:39,317 [APPLAUSE] 2271 01:32:39,317 --> 01:32:40,752 NEXT WE'RE GOING TO STAY WITH 2272 01:32:40,752 --> 01:32:41,819 THE DIRECTOR'S AWARDS FOR 2273 01:32:41,819 --> 01:32:42,487 CUSTOMER SERVICE, BUT WE'RE 2274 01:32:42,487 --> 01:32:44,422 GOING TO THE TEAM AWARDS. 2275 01:32:44,422 --> 01:32:47,759 THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES SPECIAL 2276 01:32:47,759 --> 01:32:49,460 SERVICE OF GROUPS THAT HAVE 2277 01:32:49,460 --> 01:32:50,328 SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED THE 2278 01:32:50,328 --> 01:32:51,529 I.H.S. MISSION, VISION AND 2279 01:32:51,529 --> 01:32:52,931 STRATEGIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 2280 01:32:52,931 --> 01:32:54,232 THROUGH CUSTOMER SERVICE. 2281 01:32:54,232 --> 01:32:56,034 THIS AWARD IS DESIGNED TO 2282 01:32:56,034 --> 01:32:59,604 RECOGNIZE INNOVATION AND 2283 01:32:59,604 --> 01:33:00,805 EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE AND 2284 01:33:00,805 --> 01:33:02,040 EXEMPLARY ACTIONS RESULTING IN 2285 01:33:02,040 --> 01:33:04,709 QUALITY SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS, 2286 01:33:04,709 --> 01:33:06,144 STAKEHOLDERS, AND TRIBAL 2287 01:33:06,144 --> 01:33:06,978 PARTNERS. 2288 01:33:06,978 --> 01:33:09,214 WE'LL GO TO THE BILLINGS AREA. 2289 01:33:09,214 --> 01:33:10,748 BILLINGS AREA OFFICE, 2290 01:33:10,748 --> 01:33:12,584 CREDENTIALING TEAM. 2291 01:33:12,584 --> 01:33:15,019 AND WE HAVE -- THEY'RE BEING 2292 01:33:15,019 --> 01:33:16,955 RECOGNIZED FOR INVALUABLE 2293 01:33:16,955 --> 01:33:20,358 DILIGENCE IN PROVIDING TIMELY 2294 01:33:20,358 --> 01:33:21,459 AND THOROUGH CREDENTIALING FOR 2295 01:33:21,459 --> 01:33:23,161 CONTRACT AND NEW HIRE STAFF 2296 01:33:23,161 --> 01:33:25,196 DURING A STAFFING SHORTAGE. 2297 01:33:25,196 --> 01:33:29,701 ACCEPTING IS MICHELLE SHOT-GUNN. 2298 01:33:29,701 --> 01:33:34,038 [APPLAUSE] 2299 01:33:34,038 --> 01:33:38,109 MOVING ON TO OUR HEADQUARTERS 2300 01:33:38,109 --> 01:33:39,911 TEAMS, THE DIVISION OF PLANNING, 2301 01:33:39,911 --> 01:33:41,679 EVALUATION AND RESEARCH. 2302 01:33:41,679 --> 01:33:43,314 YVONNE DAVIS FOR CONSISTENTLY -- 2303 01:33:43,314 --> 01:33:45,950 OR I GUESS SHE'S GOING TO BE 2304 01:33:45,950 --> 01:33:47,685 ACCEPTING, SORRY, FOR 2305 01:33:47,685 --> 01:33:48,653 CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATING 2306 01:33:48,653 --> 01:33:49,754 OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE 2307 01:33:49,754 --> 01:33:50,888 REQUIRING AN IN DEPTH 2308 01:33:50,888 --> 01:33:52,457 UNDERSTANDING OF CUSTOMERS' 2309 01:33:52,457 --> 01:33:54,659 NEEDS FOR PLANNING, EVALUATION, 2310 01:33:54,659 --> 01:33:57,428 RESEARCH AND GIS. 2311 01:33:57,428 --> 01:34:01,199 [APPLAUSE] 2312 01:34:01,199 --> 01:34:03,301 AND SHE'S REALLY GOOD AT INDIAN 2313 01:34:03,301 --> 01:34:05,470 COUNTRY TRIVIA. 2314 01:34:05,470 --> 01:34:06,904 [LAUGHTER] 2315 01:34:06,904 --> 01:34:07,805 ALL RIGHT. 2316 01:34:07,805 --> 01:34:10,908 NEXT ON TO OUR INDIAN HEALTH 2317 01:34:10,908 --> 01:34:15,513 GERIATRIC SCHOLARS, FOR BEING 2318 01:34:15,513 --> 01:34:16,514 PRIMARY CARE CLINICIANS 2319 01:34:16,514 --> 01:34:18,549 DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE CARE 2320 01:34:18,549 --> 01:34:21,085 OF ELDERLY PATIENTS IN THEIR 2321 01:34:21,085 --> 01:34:23,488 FACILITIES IN LOCAL TRIBAL 2322 01:34:23,488 --> 01:34:24,022 COMMUNITIES. 2323 01:34:24,022 --> 01:34:26,024 ACCEPTING IS LIEUTENANT 2324 01:34:26,024 --> 01:34:26,791 COMMANDER GARRETT JONES. 2325 01:34:26,791 --> 01:34:33,631 [APPLAUSE] 2326 01:34:33,631 --> 01:34:35,733 NEXT WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE 2327 01:34:35,733 --> 01:34:40,104 NAVAJO AREA, THE KAYENTA HEALTH 2328 01:34:40,104 --> 01:34:41,939 CENTER OPTOMETRY DEPARTMENT, FOR 2329 01:34:41,939 --> 01:34:42,840 PROVIDING EXCELLENT CUSTOMER 2330 01:34:42,840 --> 01:34:45,009 SERVICE AND PATIENT CARE WORKING 2331 01:34:45,009 --> 01:34:46,644 DILIGENTLY TO MEET THE EYE CARE 2332 01:34:46,644 --> 01:34:48,746 NEEDS OF THE NATIVE PEOPLE IN 2333 01:34:48,746 --> 01:34:51,215 THE KAYENTA SERVICE UNITS. 2334 01:34:51,215 --> 01:34:55,553 ACCEPTING IS DR. JAMAL MASAIMEH. 2335 01:34:55,553 --> 01:35:00,858 [APPLAUSE] 2336 01:35:00,858 --> 01:35:01,759 ANOTHER ONE WE HAVE HERE, 2337 01:35:01,759 --> 01:35:02,927 THERE'S GOING TO BE A PERSON 2338 01:35:02,927 --> 01:35:04,329 ACCEPTING THESE NEXT TWO AWARDS 2339 01:35:04,329 --> 01:35:06,631 SO I'LL READ THROUGH BOTH OF THE 2340 01:35:06,631 --> 01:35:09,133 TEAM AWARDS HERE. 2341 01:35:09,133 --> 01:35:14,806 THE TOHATHCHI HEALTHCARE CENTER 2342 01:35:14,806 --> 01:35:15,473 DENTIST SUPPORT STAFF. 2343 01:35:15,473 --> 01:35:17,008 AND THE OTHER ONE IS FOR THE 2344 01:35:17,008 --> 01:35:19,377 PHARMACY SUPPORT STAFF, FOR 2345 01:35:19,377 --> 01:35:20,912 BEING PRIME EXAMPLES OF 2346 01:35:20,912 --> 01:35:22,447 PROVIDERS WHO DEMONSTRATE 2347 01:35:22,447 --> 01:35:24,649 GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT BY 2348 01:35:24,649 --> 01:35:26,250 PROVIDING EXTRAORDINARY CUSTOMER 2349 01:35:26,250 --> 01:35:28,019 SERVICE WITH A SMILE DURING 2350 01:35:28,019 --> 01:35:29,887 PATIENT CARE, AND FOR THE 2351 01:35:29,887 --> 01:35:31,756 PHARMACY STAFF, IT'S FOR 2352 01:35:31,756 --> 01:35:33,191 EXEMPLARY CUSTOMER SERVICE TO 2353 01:35:33,191 --> 01:35:37,295 THE TOHATCHI COMMUNITY DURING A 2354 01:35:37,295 --> 01:35:39,063 CRITICAL STAFFING PERIOD WITHIN 2355 01:35:39,063 --> 01:35:40,465 THE PHARMACY DEPARTMENT. 2356 01:35:40,465 --> 01:35:41,666 ACCEPTING IS JENNIFER ASHLEY. 2357 01:35:41,666 --> 01:35:49,207 [APPLAUSE] 2358 01:35:49,207 --> 01:35:50,641 OH, I JUST READ BOTH OF THEM. 2359 01:35:50,641 --> 01:36:00,752 SORRY. 2360 01:36:06,124 --> 01:36:14,999 [APPLAUSE] 2361 01:36:14,999 --> 01:36:16,200 FOR A MINUTE I THOUGHT WE WERE 2362 01:36:16,200 --> 01:36:17,969 GOING TO HAVE TO START CHISELING 2363 01:36:17,969 --> 01:36:19,570 OUT ANOTHER CRYSTAL BACK THERE 2364 01:36:19,570 --> 01:36:20,037 FOR THEM. 2365 01:36:20,037 --> 01:36:22,106 NOW ON TO OKLAHOMA CITY AREA. 2366 01:36:22,106 --> 01:36:24,509 OKLAHOMA CITY INDIAN CLINIC, 2367 01:36:24,509 --> 01:36:26,577 CLINICAL PHARMACY TEAM. 2368 01:36:26,577 --> 01:36:28,713 FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE 2369 01:36:28,713 --> 01:36:30,615 OKLAHOMA CITY CLINICAL PHARMACY 2370 01:36:30,615 --> 01:36:34,652 AND THE I.H.S., AND ACCEPTING IS 2371 01:36:34,652 --> 01:36:36,287 LIEUTENANT COMMANDER DANICA 2372 01:36:36,287 --> 01:36:36,487 BROWN. 2373 01:36:36,487 --> 01:36:42,894 [APPLAUSE] 2374 01:36:42,894 --> 01:36:47,165 NOW ON TO OUR PHOENIX AREA, THE 2375 01:36:47,165 --> 01:36:48,166 HAVASUPAI BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND 2376 01:36:48,166 --> 01:36:49,100 MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH TEAM. 2377 01:36:49,100 --> 01:36:51,636 IN RECOGNITION OF THE 2378 01:36:51,636 --> 01:36:55,139 COLLABORATION OF EFFORTS -- WAS 2379 01:36:55,139 --> 01:36:56,874 IT COLORADO RIVER SERVICE UNIT 2380 01:36:56,874 --> 01:36:59,377 AND THE PHOENIX AREA OFFICE 2381 01:36:59,377 --> 01:37:00,578 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND MATERNAL 2382 01:37:00,578 --> 01:37:04,749 CHILD HEALTH STAFF, THE TRIBAL 2383 01:37:04,749 --> 01:37:07,452 CHRs, SOCIAL SERVICES, FIRST 2384 01:37:07,452 --> 01:37:11,823 THINGS FIRST, IQA EARLY 2385 01:37:11,823 --> 01:37:13,357 CHILDHOOD AND NATIVE CONNECTION 2386 01:37:13,357 --> 01:37:15,960 STAFF OF THE HAVASUPAI TRIBE. 2387 01:37:15,960 --> 01:37:17,128 I CAN'T READ THESE FAST ENOUGH. 2388 01:37:17,128 --> 01:37:20,264 [APPLAUSE] 2389 01:37:20,264 --> 01:37:25,169 ACCEPTING WAS COMMANDER 2390 01:37:25,169 --> 01:37:26,671 MACARTHUR LUCIO. 2391 01:37:26,671 --> 01:37:31,709 NEXT WE HAVE OUR PIMC HICS SOBER 2392 01:37:31,709 --> 01:37:34,679 LIVING COMMUNITY INTAKE CENTER 2393 01:37:34,679 --> 01:37:36,948 TEAM, FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO 2394 01:37:36,948 --> 01:37:38,716 THE COMMUNITY DURING 2395 01:37:38,716 --> 01:37:40,985 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. 2396 01:37:40,985 --> 01:37:42,954 ACCEPTING IS MISS CANDACE LEE. 2397 01:37:42,954 --> 01:37:50,194 [APPLAUSE] 2398 01:37:50,194 --> 01:37:50,962 ALL RIGHT. 2399 01:37:50,962 --> 01:37:53,464 WE'LL GO ON TO THE PORTLAND 2400 01:37:53,464 --> 01:37:53,798 AREA. 2401 01:37:53,798 --> 01:37:56,567 WE HAVE THE WESTERN OREGON 2402 01:37:56,567 --> 01:37:58,069 SERVICE UNIT PHARMACY TEAM. 2403 01:37:58,069 --> 01:38:00,471 DESPITE A VACANCY RATE OF 40%, 2404 01:38:00,471 --> 01:38:02,540 THE WESTERN OREGON SERVICE UNIT 2405 01:38:02,540 --> 01:38:04,175 PHARMACY TEAM CONTINUED TO 2406 01:38:04,175 --> 01:38:07,445 PROVIDE PROCESSES AND PROVIDE 2407 01:38:07,445 --> 01:38:09,180 EXCEPTIONAL PATIENT CARE WITH 2408 01:38:09,180 --> 01:38:12,683 THE INCREASING WORKLOAD. 2409 01:38:12,683 --> 01:38:14,986 ACCEPTING IS -- OH, WE'VE GOT 2410 01:38:14,986 --> 01:38:18,489 HIM? 2411 01:38:18,489 --> 01:38:27,932 DEBRA -- IS IT BASSO? 2412 01:38:27,932 --> 01:38:38,109 [APPLAUSE] 2413 01:38:52,023 --> 01:38:53,291 NOW WHO DO WE HAVE? 2414 01:38:53,291 --> 01:38:54,692 I HAVE TO GET ON TRACK AGAIN. 2415 01:38:54,692 --> 01:39:00,765 I HAVE THIS -- YOU'RE DEBRA? 2416 01:39:00,765 --> 01:39:01,198 OKAY. 2417 01:39:01,198 --> 01:39:08,539 SO I READ YOURS. 2418 01:39:08,539 --> 01:39:11,275 SO DESPITE THE VACANCY RATE, THE 2419 01:39:11,275 --> 01:39:13,578 40%, THE PHARMACY TEAM CONTINUED 2420 01:39:13,578 --> 01:39:16,080 TO IMPROVE PROCESSES AND PROVIDE 2421 01:39:16,080 --> 01:39:17,515 EXCEPTIONAL PATIENT CARE WITH 2422 01:39:17,515 --> 01:39:18,983 THE INCREASING WORKLOAD. 2423 01:39:18,983 --> 01:39:29,160 [APPLAUSE] 2424 01:39:31,228 --> 01:39:32,797 NOW I ALMOST SEEM LIKE I SHOULD 2425 01:39:32,797 --> 01:39:34,999 SAY THIS AS QUESTIONS. 2426 01:39:34,999 --> 01:39:37,902 SO THIS IS THE FINAL CUSTOMER 2427 01:39:37,902 --> 01:39:39,470 SERVICE TEAM AWARDS. 2428 01:39:39,470 --> 01:39:40,037 OKAY, GOOD. 2429 01:39:40,037 --> 01:39:42,006 SO AGAIN, WE'LL CALL -- ONE 2430 01:39:42,006 --> 01:39:46,711 MORE? 2431 01:39:46,711 --> 01:39:47,044 OKAY. 2432 01:39:47,044 --> 01:39:48,813 THEY'RE CUTTING ME OFF. 2433 01:39:48,813 --> 01:39:49,747 WE'RE GOOD. 2434 01:39:49,747 --> 01:39:51,382 OKAY. 2435 01:39:51,382 --> 01:39:54,051 SO AGAIN, CALL OUR ATTENTION TO 2436 01:39:54,051 --> 01:39:55,653 THE SLIDES FOR THE OTHERS WHO 2437 01:39:55,653 --> 01:39:56,954 RECEIVED THE CUSTOMER SERVICE 2438 01:39:56,954 --> 01:39:59,357 TEAM AWARDS, AND GIVE THEM ALL 2439 01:39:59,357 --> 01:40:00,458 ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 2440 01:40:00,458 --> 01:40:06,464 [APPLAUSE] 2441 01:40:06,464 --> 01:40:07,331 SEE, I TOLD YOU THERE WAS A 2442 01:40:07,331 --> 01:40:11,836 LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR TO THIS. 2443 01:40:11,836 --> 01:40:13,804 NOW WE'LL PRESENT THE I.H.S. 2444 01:40:13,804 --> 01:40:15,139 DIRECTOR'S AWARDS FOR PATIENT 2445 01:40:15,139 --> 01:40:15,973 SAFETY AND WE'LL START OFF WITH 2446 01:40:15,973 --> 01:40:16,941 THE INDIVIDUAL AWARDS. 2447 01:40:16,941 --> 01:40:18,142 THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES SERVICE 2448 01:40:18,142 --> 01:40:20,778 THAT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED 2449 01:40:20,778 --> 01:40:23,147 PATIENT SAFETY THROUGH RISK 2450 01:40:23,147 --> 01:40:24,815 RECOGNITION, REPORTING, AND 2451 01:40:24,815 --> 01:40:27,218 MITIGATION CONTRIBUTING TO THE 2452 01:40:27,218 --> 01:40:29,086 ACHIEVEMENT AND SUSTAINMENT OF 2453 01:40:29,086 --> 01:40:31,489 HIGH RELIABILITY PRINCIPLES AND 2454 01:40:31,489 --> 01:40:32,790 LEADERSHIP IN CARRYING OUT 2455 01:40:32,790 --> 01:40:34,992 PROJECTS TO IMPLEMENT AND 2456 01:40:34,992 --> 01:40:37,361 SUSTAIN TOTAL SYSTEM SAFETY. 2457 01:40:37,361 --> 01:40:39,363 FIRST WE'LL START OUT WITH THE 2458 01:40:39,363 --> 01:40:45,603 ALBUQUERQUE AREA, AND DR 2459 01:40:45,603 --> 01:40:47,438 DR. LINDSEY MCCOY FOR 2460 01:40:47,438 --> 01:40:48,105 IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE 2461 01:40:48,105 --> 01:40:52,043 DEFICIENCIES AND PROCESS ERRORS 2462 01:40:52,043 --> 01:40:52,910 INSTITUTING A QUALITY 2463 01:40:52,910 --> 01:40:55,212 IMPROVEMENT STUDY TO REGULARLY 2464 01:40:55,212 --> 01:40:56,514 MONITOR PATIENTS WITH IMPAIRED 2465 01:40:56,514 --> 01:40:58,716 RENAL FUNCTIONS AND HIGH RISK 2466 01:40:58,716 --> 01:40:59,717 PATIENTS. 2467 01:40:59,717 --> 01:41:08,492 [APPLAUSE] 2468 01:41:08,492 --> 01:41:11,195 WE HAVE ELIZABETH JENSEN FOR 2469 01:41:11,195 --> 01:41:12,530 STEADFAST LEADERSHIP IN THE NEW 2470 01:41:12,530 --> 01:41:14,598 CENTRAL STERILE PROCESSING 2471 01:41:14,598 --> 01:41:18,869 PROJECT, LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT 2472 01:41:18,869 --> 01:41:21,505 PATIENT SAFETY AND PROCESS 2473 01:41:21,505 --> 01:41:23,240 IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE RED 2474 01:41:23,240 --> 01:41:29,814 LAKE SERVICE UNIT AND DEDIC DEAD 2475 01:41:29,814 --> 01:41:31,015 DEDICATION TO INFECTION 2476 01:41:31,015 --> 01:41:32,650 PREVENTION AND CONTROL. 2477 01:41:32,650 --> 01:41:36,821 NEXT WE HAVE ANTHONY LINDOM, IN 2478 01:41:36,821 --> 01:41:38,556 WRECK NATION OF EXCEPTIONAL 2479 01:41:38,556 --> 01:41:39,790 DEDICATION AND UNWAVERING 2480 01:41:39,790 --> 01:41:42,193 COMMITMENT TO PATIENT SAFETY BY 2481 01:41:42,193 --> 01:41:44,161 SURPASSING EXPECTATIONS IN HIS 2482 01:41:44,161 --> 01:41:46,063 ROLE AT I.H.S., IMPROVING 2483 01:41:46,063 --> 01:41:47,865 PATIENT SAFETY THROUGH THE BEST 2484 01:41:47,865 --> 01:41:50,067 PRACTICES IN THE STERILIZATION 2485 01:41:50,067 --> 01:41:51,302 OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS. 2486 01:41:51,302 --> 01:41:56,974 [APPLAUSE] 2487 01:41:56,974 --> 01:42:00,444 ON TO OUR HEADQUARTERS PROGRAMS. 2488 01:42:00,444 --> 01:42:03,647 CARMEN PERCIV. 2489 01:42:03,647 --> 01:42:05,483 LA., FOR ACHIEVING BRONZE LEVEL 2490 01:42:05,483 --> 01:42:07,118 ACCREDITATION FOR PAIN AND 2491 01:42:07,118 --> 01:42:08,886 ADDICTION CARE IN EMERGENCY 2492 01:42:08,886 --> 01:42:11,288 DEPARTMENTS AT LAWTON INDIAN 2493 01:42:11,288 --> 01:42:12,923 HOSPITAL DEMONSTRATING 2494 01:42:12,923 --> 01:42:14,225 OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN 2495 01:42:14,225 --> 01:42:21,799 DEDICATION TO PATIENT SAFETY. 2496 01:42:21,799 --> 01:42:24,401 >> NOW TO NASHVILLE AREA. 2497 01:42:24,401 --> 01:42:26,570 WE HAVE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER 2498 01:42:26,570 --> 01:42:28,239 GARRETT JONES, AS SAFETY 2499 01:42:28,239 --> 01:42:29,974 OFFICER, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER 2500 01:42:29,974 --> 01:42:31,509 JONES CREATED A SAFER 2501 01:42:31,509 --> 01:42:33,144 ENVIRONMENT FOR EMPLOYEES AND 2502 01:42:33,144 --> 01:42:36,647 PATIENTS LEADING TO A 27% 2503 01:42:36,647 --> 01:42:38,282 DECREASE IN REPORTED MEDICAL 2504 01:42:38,282 --> 01:42:39,116 ERRORS. 2505 01:42:39,116 --> 01:42:49,293 [APPLAUSE] 2506 01:42:49,660 --> 01:42:52,630 GOING TO THE NAVAJO AREA, WE 2507 01:42:52,630 --> 01:42:59,003 HTOENHANCE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT 2508 01:42:59,003 --> 01:43:02,439 SERVICES TO PATIENTS AND 2509 01:43:02,439 --> 01:43:03,808 INSTITUTING STAFF WELLNESS AND 2510 01:43:03,808 --> 01:43:04,375 SAFETY INITIATIVES. 2511 01:43:04,375 --> 01:43:10,514 [APPLAUSE] 2512 01:43:10,514 --> 01:43:13,450 SO AGAIN THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR 2513 01:43:13,450 --> 01:43:15,820 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS FOR PATIENT 2514 01:43:15,820 --> 01:43:17,154 SAFETY, SO AGAIN ALL OF THE 2515 01:43:17,154 --> 01:43:20,457 RECIPIENTS ARE LISTED ON THE 2516 01:43:20,457 --> 01:43:22,326 SLIDE SO LET'S GIVE EVERYBODY A 2517 01:43:22,326 --> 01:43:30,167 ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 2518 01:43:30,167 --> 01:43:31,936 IF ANYBODY SEES THIS PATTERN 2519 01:43:31,936 --> 01:43:32,903 HERE, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE 2520 01:43:32,903 --> 01:43:33,904 NEXT AWARDS? 2521 01:43:33,904 --> 01:43:35,005 TEAMS, GOOD JOB. 2522 01:43:35,005 --> 01:43:35,539 ALL RIGHT. 2523 01:43:35,539 --> 01:43:37,741 WE HAVE THE IHS DIRECTOR'S 2524 01:43:37,741 --> 01:43:39,810 AWARDS FOR PATIENT SAFETY TEAM 2525 01:43:39,810 --> 01:43:40,711 AWARDS. 2526 01:43:40,711 --> 01:43:42,346 THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES SERVICE 2527 01:43:42,346 --> 01:43:44,982 THAT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED 2528 01:43:44,982 --> 01:43:46,951 PATIENT SAFETY THROUGH RISK 2529 01:43:46,951 --> 01:43:48,786 RECOGNITION, REPORTING AND 2530 01:43:48,786 --> 01:43:50,354 MITIGATION CONTRIBUTING TO THE 2531 01:43:50,354 --> 01:43:52,089 ACHIEVEMENT AND SUSTAINMENT OF 2532 01:43:52,089 --> 01:43:54,158 HIGH RELIABILITY PRINCIPLES AND 2533 01:43:54,158 --> 01:43:56,160 LEADERSHIP IN CARRYING OUT 2534 01:43:56,160 --> 01:43:58,229 PROJECTS TO IMPLEMENT AND 2535 01:43:58,229 --> 01:44:01,165 SUSTAIN WHAT? 2536 01:44:01,165 --> 01:44:03,234 TOTAL SYSTEM SAFETY. 2537 01:44:03,234 --> 01:44:04,335 JUST CHECKING IF EVERYBODY IS 2538 01:44:04,335 --> 01:44:06,103 STILL AWAKE THERE. 2539 01:44:06,103 --> 01:44:12,109 SO WE HAVE THE BEMIDJI AREA, 2540 01:44:12,109 --> 01:44:13,043 WHITE EARTH RESERVATION 2541 01:44:13,043 --> 01:44:14,578 AMBULANCE AND WHITE EARTH HARM 2542 01:44:14,578 --> 01:44:17,248 REDUCTION TEAM, FOR LEADING THE 2543 01:44:17,248 --> 01:44:18,382 WAY IN HARM REDUCTION SERVICES 2544 01:44:18,382 --> 01:44:20,985 ALONG WITH THE EMS SUPPORT AND 2545 01:44:20,985 --> 01:44:22,920 CULTURAL RESPECT UNDER THE 2546 01:44:22,920 --> 01:44:26,557 GUIDANCE OF FRAN CARLSSON. 2547 01:44:26,557 --> 01:44:37,067 ACCEPTING IS RACHEL LAFRINIER. 2548 01:44:39,670 --> 01:44:42,539 >> ON TO THE NAVAJO AREA, FOR 2549 01:44:42,539 --> 01:44:45,709 RAPID IMPLEMENTATION IN 2550 01:44:45,709 --> 01:44:49,546 SUSTENANCE OF MULTIPLE QUALITY 2551 01:44:49,546 --> 01:44:52,516 SAFETY AND REPORTING ROLES AND 2552 01:44:52,516 --> 01:44:54,919 ENHANCEMENTS, IMPROVING PATIENT 2553 01:44:54,919 --> 01:44:58,822 SAFETY BEYOND THE PHARMACY 2554 01:44:58,822 --> 01:44:59,156 DEPARTMENTS. 2555 01:44:59,156 --> 01:45:01,125 YOU'VE GOT TO STAY HERE SO I CAN 2556 01:45:01,125 --> 01:45:03,560 PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME. 2557 01:45:03,560 --> 01:45:08,666 SO ACCEPTING IS LIEUTENANT 2558 01:45:08,666 --> 01:45:17,374 SHOGHI SGBORTOKO. 2559 01:45:17,374 --> 01:45:17,641 AGBORTOKO. 2560 01:45:17,641 --> 01:45:19,310 I HAD TO TO DO THAT ONE. 2561 01:45:19,310 --> 01:45:29,553 AND THANK YOU. 2562 01:45:32,589 --> 01:45:33,958 THAT CONCLUDES OUR TEAM AWARDS 2563 01:45:33,958 --> 01:45:35,192 SO WE'RE AGAIN GOING TO TAKE A 2564 01:45:35,192 --> 01:45:36,694 LOOK AT THE SLIDES THERE AND 2565 01:45:36,694 --> 01:45:37,661 RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY, GIVE 2566 01:45:37,661 --> 01:45:38,562 EVERYBODY ANOTHER ROUND OF 2567 01:45:38,562 --> 01:45:44,568 APPLAUSE. 2568 01:45:44,568 --> 01:45:45,669 ALL RIGHT. 2569 01:45:45,669 --> 01:45:47,171 NEXT WE'LL PRESENT THE I.H.S. 2570 01:45:47,171 --> 01:45:49,807 DIRECTOR'S AWARDS FOR DEIA 2571 01:45:49,807 --> 01:45:50,474 EXCELLENCE. 2572 01:45:50,474 --> 01:45:53,110 THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES EXEMPLARY 2573 01:45:53,110 --> 01:45:54,378 CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE INDIAN 2574 01:45:54,378 --> 01:45:56,714 HEALTH SERVICE MANAGERS, 2575 01:45:56,714 --> 01:45:58,582 SUPERVISORS, NON-SUPERVISORY 2576 01:45:58,582 --> 01:46:00,317 EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS AND 2577 01:46:00,317 --> 01:46:03,487 TEAMS, WHO WORK TO CULTIVATE AN 2578 01:46:03,487 --> 01:46:05,122 INCLUSIVE DIVERSE, FAIR, 2579 01:46:05,122 --> 01:46:06,223 EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE 2580 01:46:06,223 --> 01:46:08,125 WORKPLACE. 2581 01:46:08,125 --> 01:46:10,828 WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL AWARD IN 2582 01:46:10,828 --> 01:46:11,929 ATTENDANCE TODAY AND THEY'RE 2583 01:46:11,929 --> 01:46:13,564 FROM THE BILLINGS AREA. 2584 01:46:13,564 --> 01:46:22,106 AND WE HAVE DR. EDINA 2585 01:46:22,106 --> 01:46:23,407 CARLILE-MORGAN, BEING RECOGNIZED 2586 01:46:23,407 --> 01:46:25,943 FOR HER EXCELLENCE IN PROMOTING 2587 01:46:25,943 --> 01:46:27,678 EXECUTIVE ORDER 13583 WITH A 2588 01:46:27,678 --> 01:46:29,446 STRONG DEVOTION TO EQUAL 2589 01:46:29,446 --> 01:46:30,080 OPPORTUNITY, DIVERSITY AND 2590 01:46:30,080 --> 01:46:31,281 INCLUSION AT THE LITTLE SHELL 2591 01:46:31,281 --> 01:46:31,648 SERVICE UNIT. 2592 01:46:31,648 --> 01:46:40,457 [APPLAUSE] 2593 01:46:40,457 --> 01:46:42,860 WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR 2594 01:46:42,860 --> 01:46:44,862 COMMISSION CORPS AWARDS. 2595 01:46:44,862 --> 01:46:47,464 SO THIS IS WHEN I USED TO BE A 2596 01:46:47,464 --> 01:46:48,665 COMMISSION OFFICER RETIRED ABOUT 2597 01:46:48,665 --> 01:46:51,201 10 YEARS AGO, I WAS TRYING TO 2598 01:46:51,201 --> 01:46:54,271 NEGOTIATE A CHANGE OF CLOTHES, 2599 01:46:54,271 --> 01:46:55,806 BUT WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THE 2600 01:46:55,806 --> 01:46:57,341 PROGRAM ROLLING SO I WASN'T ABLE 2601 01:46:57,341 --> 01:46:59,610 TO BRING OUT MY OLD UNIFORM, BUT 2602 01:46:59,610 --> 01:47:02,246 WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR 2603 01:47:02,246 --> 01:47:03,247 COMMISSION CORPS AWARDS HERE. 2604 01:47:03,247 --> 01:47:05,983 SO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS 2605 01:47:05,983 --> 01:47:09,753 HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE USPHS 2606 01:47:09,753 --> 01:47:10,454 COMMISSION CORPS DISTINGUISHED 2607 01:47:10,454 --> 01:47:11,021 SERVICE MEDAL. 2608 01:47:11,021 --> 01:47:12,222 WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH 2609 01:47:12,222 --> 01:47:13,457 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDALS, 2610 01:47:13,457 --> 01:47:16,060 THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, 2611 01:47:16,060 --> 01:47:18,362 AND THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE 2612 01:47:18,362 --> 01:47:20,764 MEDALS DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2613 01:47:20,764 --> 01:47:23,967 OF 2023. 2614 01:47:23,967 --> 01:47:25,169 THE DIRECTOR WOULD LIKE TO 2615 01:47:25,169 --> 01:47:26,270 ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR EFFORTS AND 2616 01:47:26,270 --> 01:47:27,004 DEDICATION. 2617 01:47:27,004 --> 01:47:28,005 SO FIRST WE HAVE FOR THE 2618 01:47:28,005 --> 01:47:29,973 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, 2619 01:47:29,973 --> 01:47:31,875 CAPTAIN CAROL LINCOLN, FOR HER 2620 01:47:31,875 --> 01:47:34,178 30 YEARS DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN 2621 01:47:34,178 --> 01:47:34,978 THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH 2622 01:47:34,978 --> 01:47:35,212 SERVICE. 2623 01:47:35,212 --> 01:47:45,389 [APPLAUSE] 2624 01:47:53,130 --> 01:47:58,202 [APPLAUSE] 2625 01:47:58,202 --> 01:47:59,937 NEXT WE HAVE CAPTAIN JEFFREY 2626 01:47:59,937 --> 01:48:02,473 LAWRENCE FROM NAVAJO. 2627 01:48:02,473 --> 01:48:04,441 FOR EXEMPLARY CAREER 2628 01:48:04,441 --> 01:48:08,812 ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH THE USPHS 2629 01:48:08,812 --> 01:48:10,147 DISTINGUISHING HIMSELF IN 2630 01:48:10,147 --> 01:48:11,448 ADVANCING THE MISSION OF THE 2631 01:48:11,448 --> 01:48:14,852 USPHS FROM LOCAL TO NATIONAL 2632 01:48:14,852 --> 01:48:15,185 LEVELS. 2633 01:48:15,185 --> 01:48:25,362 [APPLAUSE] 2634 01:48:28,265 --> 01:48:29,166 ALL RIGHT. 2635 01:48:29,166 --> 01:48:31,702 THIS NEXT ONE IS A SPECIAL ONE. 2636 01:48:31,702 --> 01:48:33,470 MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, 2637 01:48:33,470 --> 01:48:34,972 ACCEPTING ON BEHALF OF CAPTAIN 2638 01:48:34,972 --> 01:48:37,374 DAVID JOHNSON IS HIS WIFE, 2639 01:48:37,374 --> 01:48:40,611 MS. KELLY JOHNSON, FOR HIS 2640 01:48:40,611 --> 01:48:43,280 MERITORIOUS SERVICE POSTHUMOUSLY 2641 01:48:43,280 --> 01:48:45,582 AWARDED TO CAPTAIN JOHNSON, 2642 01:48:45,582 --> 01:48:47,317 DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF THROUGH 2643 01:48:47,317 --> 01:48:49,887 THE 24-YEAR CAREER AND IN THE 2644 01:48:49,887 --> 01:48:51,488 DIVISION OF SANITATION 2645 01:48:51,488 --> 01:48:52,656 FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION. 2646 01:48:52,656 --> 01:49:02,833 [APPLAUSE] 2647 01:49:04,902 --> 01:49:10,741 ARE NEXT WE HAVE OUR OUTSTANDING 2648 01:49:10,741 --> 01:49:12,042 SERVICE MEDALS. 2649 01:49:12,042 --> 01:49:14,545 WE HAVE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER 2650 01:49:14,545 --> 01:49:16,513 MICHAEL BAKKER. 2651 01:49:16,513 --> 01:49:18,715 FOR CONTINUOUS EXCEPTIONAL 2652 01:49:18,715 --> 01:49:20,484 SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS THE 2653 01:49:20,484 --> 01:49:22,786 SENIOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT AT 2654 01:49:22,786 --> 01:49:25,189 THE ANMC PRIMARY CARE CENTER. 2655 01:49:25,189 --> 01:49:35,365 [APPLAUSE] 2656 01:49:44,274 --> 01:49:46,743 COMMANDER WILLIAM FRASIER FOR 2657 01:49:46,743 --> 01:49:47,511 CONTINUOUS OUTSTANDING SERVICE 2658 01:49:47,511 --> 01:49:57,888 WITH THE ALASKA AREA. 2659 01:50:05,429 --> 01:50:08,765 NEXT WE HAVE LIEUTENANT 2660 01:50:08,765 --> 01:50:15,405 COMMANDER YEKA TERINA MAN YOKY. 2661 01:50:15,405 --> 01:50:17,040 FOR CONTINUOUS EXCEPTIONAL 2662 01:50:17,040 --> 01:50:18,542 SERVICES AS PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 2663 01:50:18,542 --> 01:50:20,344 AT THE SOUTH CENTRAL FOUNDATION, 2664 01:50:20,344 --> 01:50:20,744 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. 2665 01:50:20,744 --> 01:50:29,920 [APPLAUSE] 2666 01:50:29,920 --> 01:50:33,523 NEXT WE HAVE LIEUTENANT ADRIEL 2667 01:50:33,523 --> 01:50:36,159 PERRY, FOR SIX YEARS OF SERVICE 2668 01:50:36,159 --> 01:50:39,429 IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLE AT THE 2669 01:50:39,429 --> 01:50:40,864 CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL LOCATED 2670 01:50:40,864 --> 01:50:43,800 30 MILES ABOVE THE ARCTIC CIRCLE 2671 01:50:43,800 --> 01:50:45,335 IN AN EXTREMELY ISOLATED 2672 01:50:45,335 --> 01:50:45,802 HARDSHIP AREA. 2673 01:50:45,802 --> 01:50:55,979 [APPLAUSE] 2674 01:50:58,649 --> 01:51:01,318 NEXT WE HAVE HOPEFULLY -- 2675 01:51:01,318 --> 01:51:02,953 HOPEFULLY I'M IN THE RIGHT ORDER 2676 01:51:02,953 --> 01:51:08,325 HERE, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER UBONG 2677 01:51:08,325 --> 01:51:09,559 AKPAN, FOR CONTINUOUS 2678 01:51:09,559 --> 01:51:10,527 OUTSTANDING SERVICE AS A 2679 01:51:10,527 --> 01:51:12,629 CLINICAL PHARMACIST IN ACTING 2680 01:51:12,629 --> 01:51:13,630 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND 2681 01:51:13,630 --> 01:51:14,464 COMPLIANCE OFFICER IN SUPPORTING 2682 01:51:14,464 --> 01:51:18,068 THE MISSION OF THE I.H.S. IN THE 2683 01:51:18,068 --> 01:51:19,002 USPHS. 2684 01:51:19,002 --> 01:51:25,976 [APPLAUSE] 2685 01:51:25,976 --> 01:51:26,443 ALL RIGHT. 2686 01:51:26,443 --> 01:51:30,447 NEXT WE HAVE -- LOOKS LIKE 2687 01:51:30,447 --> 01:51:30,847 COMMANDER, RIGHT? 2688 01:51:30,847 --> 01:51:32,549 DID YOU GET PROMOTED, JASON 2689 01:51:32,549 --> 01:51:33,317 HARRIS? 2690 01:51:33,317 --> 01:51:35,952 ALL RIGHT, GOT IT, FOR HIS 2691 01:51:35,952 --> 01:51:37,688 LEADERSHIP AND ACHIEVEMENTS AS 2692 01:51:37,688 --> 01:51:40,123 PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER AND 2693 01:51:40,123 --> 01:51:41,425 PERFORMING A HEROIC ACT 2694 01:51:41,425 --> 01:51:42,859 RESULTING IN THE PRESERVATION OF 2695 01:51:42,859 --> 01:51:44,061 LIFE OR HEALTH. 2696 01:51:44,061 --> 01:51:52,703 [APPLAUSE] 2697 01:51:52,703 --> 01:51:53,470 ALL RIGHT. 2698 01:51:53,470 --> 01:51:55,439 NEXT WE HAVE COMMANDER JEFFREY 2699 01:51:55,439 --> 01:51:56,740 ALLEN, WITH OUR HEADQUARTERS 2700 01:51:56,740 --> 01:51:58,508 PROGRAM, FOR OUTSTANDING 2701 01:51:58,508 --> 01:52:00,177 LEADERSHIP AND INITIATIVE IN 2702 01:52:00,177 --> 01:52:02,245 IMPROVING ACCESS TO SAFE WATER 2703 01:52:02,245 --> 01:52:03,780 AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES ON THE 2704 01:52:03,780 --> 01:52:04,214 NAVAJO NATION. 2705 01:52:04,214 --> 01:52:14,391 [APPLAUSE] 2706 01:52:16,993 --> 01:52:24,601 NEXT WE HAVE CAPTAIN STEPHEN 2707 01:52:24,601 --> 01:52:26,236 PIONTOWSKI, FOR OUTSTANDING 2708 01:52:26,236 --> 01:52:27,204 SERVICE, LEADERSHIP IN HIGH 2709 01:52:27,204 --> 01:52:28,105 IMPACT CONTRIBUTIONS WHILE 2710 01:52:28,105 --> 01:52:30,374 ASSIGNED TO THE HEADQUARTERS, 2711 01:52:30,374 --> 01:52:31,942 INDIAN HELL'S SERVICE, DIVISION 2712 01:52:31,942 --> 01:52:32,609 OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 2713 01:52:32,609 --> 01:52:32,876 SERVICES. 2714 01:52:32,876 --> 01:52:35,679 [APPLAUSE] 2715 01:52:37,914 --> 01:52:41,918 NEXT WE HAVE COMMANDER ESTER 2716 01:52:41,918 --> 01:52:44,187 ARVISO, FOR DEDICATED AND 2717 01:52:44,187 --> 01:52:45,088 EXEMPLARY WORK COVERING TWO 2718 01:52:45,088 --> 01:52:46,723 OFFICES THAT CONTRIBUTED 2719 01:52:46,723 --> 01:52:47,491 SIGNIFICANTLY TOWARDS ADVANCING 2720 01:52:47,491 --> 01:52:49,793 THE OBJECTIVES AND MISSIONS OF 2721 01:52:49,793 --> 01:52:51,328 THE ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS 2722 01:52:51,328 --> 01:52:53,196 SUSTAIN SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE AND 2723 01:52:53,196 --> 01:52:55,198 COMMITMENT TO THE DIVISION OF 2724 01:52:55,198 --> 01:52:56,600 SANITATION FACILITIES 2725 01:52:56,600 --> 01:52:58,235 CONSTRUCTION DURING THE COVID-19 2726 01:52:58,235 --> 01:52:58,969 PANDEMIC. 2727 01:52:58,969 --> 01:53:09,279 [APPLAUSE] 2728 01:53:09,279 --> 01:53:11,314 ALSO FROM THE NAVAJO AREA, 2729 01:53:11,314 --> 01:53:15,986 LIEUTENANT COMMANDER CHELSEA MCF 2730 01:53:15,986 --> 01:53:17,788 ADDEN, FOR EXEMPLARY ACHIEVEMENT 2731 01:53:17,788 --> 01:53:19,089 AS PHARMACY LEAD IN THE 2732 01:53:19,089 --> 01:53:21,658 ESTABLISHMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF 2733 01:53:21,658 --> 01:53:26,763 THE CHINLEY I.H.S. SERVICE UNIT 2734 01:53:26,763 --> 01:53:30,066 COVID-19 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 2735 01:53:30,066 --> 01:53:30,534 INFUSION CLINIC. 2736 01:53:30,534 --> 01:53:40,710 [APPLAUSE] 2737 01:53:44,781 --> 01:53:47,684 GOT AHEAD OF ME HERE. 2738 01:53:47,684 --> 01:53:50,187 COMMANDER MARTIN TAXERA, FOR 2739 01:53:50,187 --> 01:53:50,954 CONTINUOUS OUTSTANDING SERVICE 2740 01:53:50,954 --> 01:53:53,290 AND LEADERSHIP AS TRIBAL 2741 01:53:53,290 --> 01:53:54,791 HEALTHCARE FACILITY NURSING 2742 01:53:54,791 --> 01:53:56,226 LEADER AND INFECTION 2743 01:53:56,226 --> 01:53:57,527 PREVENTIONIST DURING THE 2744 01:53:57,527 --> 01:54:04,234 COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 2745 01:54:04,234 --> 01:54:05,135 [APPLAUSE] 2746 01:54:05,135 --> 01:54:09,606 >> NEXT IS COMMANDER KAREN 2747 01:54:09,606 --> 01:54:11,575 BEUVAIS, FOR OVERSEEING AND 2748 01:54:11,575 --> 01:54:13,677 CODEVELOPING THE HEP C AND PREP 2749 01:54:13,677 --> 01:54:16,413 PROGRAMS AT THE PHOENIX INDIAN 2750 01:54:16,413 --> 01:54:18,048 MEDICAL CENTER, ALSO SERVING 2751 01:54:18,048 --> 01:54:19,149 AS -- I THINK IT'S HEMATOLOGY 2752 01:54:19,149 --> 01:54:21,451 AND ONCOLOGY AND HIV CLINICS. 2753 01:54:21,451 --> 01:54:31,628 [APPLAUSE] 2754 01:54:47,878 --> 01:54:49,179 MUST HAVE ANOTHER PROMOTION 2755 01:54:49,179 --> 01:54:49,613 HERE. 2756 01:54:49,613 --> 01:54:56,453 LOU AT THE PRLIEUTENANT COMMANDK 2757 01:54:56,453 --> 01:54:59,389 JAEGER, FOR ESTABLISHING THE 2758 01:54:59,389 --> 01:55:00,957 FIRST MULTIDISCIPLINARY 2759 01:55:00,957 --> 01:55:03,360 PENICILLIN ALLERGY SKIN TESTING 2760 01:55:03,360 --> 01:55:05,262 INITIATIVE AND SHARING EXPERTISE 2761 01:55:05,262 --> 01:55:06,263 ON THE SUBJECT NATIONALLY 2762 01:55:06,263 --> 01:55:06,663 THROUGHOUT I.H.S. 2763 01:55:06,663 --> 01:55:09,733 [APPLAUSE] 2764 01:55:09,733 --> 01:55:11,701 SO AGAIN WE'D LIKE TO 2765 01:55:11,701 --> 01:55:13,470 ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF OUR 2766 01:55:13,470 --> 01:55:14,804 COMMISSION CORPS HONOR AWARDS 2767 01:55:14,804 --> 01:55:16,973 AND GIVE EVERYBODY ANOTHER ROUND 2768 01:55:16,973 --> 01:55:17,307 OF ABLAWS. 2769 01:55:17,307 --> 01:55:27,484 [APPLAUSE] 2770 01:55:28,118 --> 01:55:31,187 THE FINAL CATEGORY IS I.H.S. 2771 01:55:31,187 --> 01:55:32,188 DIRECTOR'S SPECIAL RECOGNITION 2772 01:55:32,188 --> 01:55:32,556 AWARDS. 2773 01:55:32,556 --> 01:55:34,491 THE AWARDEES THIS YEAR WERE 2774 01:55:34,491 --> 01:55:36,326 SELECTED BY DIRECTOR TSO TO BE 2775 01:55:36,326 --> 01:55:37,427 RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR DEDICATION 2776 01:55:37,427 --> 01:55:38,094 AND SERVICE. 2777 01:55:38,094 --> 01:55:48,204 SO FIRST WE HAVE JOE AMIOTT, 2778 01:55:48,204 --> 01:55:58,682 GREAT PLAINS AREA, DIRECTOR. 2779 01:56:06,856 --> 01:56:11,094 [APPLAUSE] 2780 01:56:11,094 --> 01:56:12,963 DO WE HAVE -- SORRY, THERE WAS 2781 01:56:12,963 --> 01:56:14,664 ONE PERSON THAT I HEARD HAD SOME 2782 01:56:14,664 --> 01:56:16,099 TRAVEL DELAYS, SO WE WANTED TO 2783 01:56:16,099 --> 01:56:17,801 MAKE SURE THAT SHE MADE IT AND 2784 01:56:17,801 --> 01:56:19,603 WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE 2785 01:56:19,603 --> 01:56:21,271 MARJORIE SPOTTED BIRD FOR 2786 01:56:21,271 --> 01:56:23,907 LEADING A PROJECT TO INCREASE 2787 01:56:23,907 --> 01:56:25,008 LOCAL PATIENT TRANSPORTATION, 2788 01:56:25,008 --> 01:56:26,643 THEREBY DECREASING HEALTHCARE 2789 01:56:26,643 --> 01:56:29,379 DISPARITIES FOR THE UNDERSERVED 2790 01:56:29,379 --> 01:56:32,549 POPULATION IN FORT PECK 2791 01:56:32,549 --> 01:56:32,816 COMMUNITY. 2792 01:56:32,816 --> 01:56:42,993 [APPLAUSE] 2793 01:56:50,767 --> 01:56:51,267 ALL RIGHT. 2794 01:56:51,267 --> 01:56:53,003 NEXT WE HAVE CAPTAIN -- GOING 2795 01:56:53,003 --> 01:56:54,537 BACK TO THE SPECIAL RECOGNITION 2796 01:56:54,537 --> 01:56:57,173 AWARDS, WE HAVE CAPTAIN JOE 2797 01:56:57,173 --> 01:56:57,807 BRYANT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 2798 01:56:57,807 --> 01:57:00,677 AT THE CLINTON INDIAN HEALTH 2799 01:57:00,677 --> 01:57:01,678 CENTER, FOR OUTSTANDING 2800 01:57:01,678 --> 01:57:03,647 COMMITMENT AND SERVICE IN 2801 01:57:03,647 --> 01:57:04,748 RE-ENGINEERING HOW I.H.S. TRACKS 2802 01:57:04,748 --> 01:57:06,383 AND IDENTIFIES PURCHASE AND 2803 01:57:06,383 --> 01:57:08,351 REFERRED CARE PROGRAM THAT WILL 2804 01:57:08,351 --> 01:57:09,986 HAVE IMPACTS ON OUR PATIENTS 2805 01:57:09,986 --> 01:57:11,921 USING THE PROGRAM NOW AND INTO 2806 01:57:11,921 --> 01:57:12,422 THE FUTURE. 2807 01:57:12,422 --> 01:57:19,029 [APPLAUSE] 2808 01:57:19,029 --> 01:57:21,097 NEXT WE HAVE OUR CHIEF OF STAFF 2809 01:57:21,097 --> 01:57:30,974 CAPTAIN CARMEN CLELLAND. 2810 01:57:30,974 --> 01:57:41,151 [APPLAUSE] 2811 01:57:42,152 --> 01:57:43,720 NEXT WE HAVE 2812 01:57:43,720 --> 01:57:46,089 JIM DRIVING HAWK 2813 01:57:46,089 --> 01:57:46,990 , DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR FIELD 2814 01:57:46,990 --> 01:57:47,290 OPERATIONS. 2815 01:57:47,290 --> 01:57:57,467 [APPLAUSE] 2816 01:58:10,280 --> 01:58:12,482 NEXT WE HAVE 2817 01:58:12,482 --> 01:58:15,318 DANIEL FRYE 2818 01:58:15,318 --> 01:58:16,453 DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF HUMAN 2819 01:58:16,453 --> 01:58:17,454 RESOURCES FOR OUTSTANDING 2820 01:58:17,454 --> 01:58:18,655 COMMITMENT TO THE REORGANIZATION 2821 01:58:18,655 --> 01:58:20,523 OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE 2822 01:58:20,523 --> 01:58:22,392 AND HAS RE-ENGINEERED THE 2823 01:58:22,392 --> 01:58:24,427 OPERATIONS TO SUPPORT IMPROVED 2824 01:58:24,427 --> 01:58:26,596 RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND 2825 01:58:26,596 --> 01:58:27,864 SATISFACTION OF EMPLOYEES OF THE 2826 01:58:27,864 --> 01:58:28,231 AGENCY. 2827 01:58:28,231 --> 01:58:34,537 [APPLAUSE] 2828 01:58:34,537 --> 01:58:36,272 NEXT IS CAPTAIN 2829 01:58:36,272 --> 01:58:37,741 LAURA HERBISON 2830 01:58:37,741 --> 01:58:41,344 , CEO AT THE CHEMAWA INDIAN 2831 01:58:41,344 --> 01:58:43,046 HEALTH CENTER, FOR OUTSTANDING 2832 01:58:43,046 --> 01:58:45,081 COMMITMENT TO THE AGENCY WITH 2833 01:58:45,081 --> 01:58:45,548 QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND 2834 01:58:45,548 --> 01:58:46,850 ORGANIZATION WHICH IS KEY TO THE 2835 01:58:46,850 --> 01:58:48,785 OVERALL CARE AND WELL-BEING OF 2836 01:58:48,785 --> 01:58:49,452 PATIENTS SERVED. 2837 01:58:49,452 --> 01:58:54,624 [APPLAUSE] 2838 01:58:54,624 --> 01:58:58,361 NEXT IS DANIEL HIBBERT, 2839 01:58:58,361 --> 01:58:59,662 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AT 2840 01:58:59,662 --> 01:59:01,197 CLINTON SERVICE UNIT FOR 2841 01:59:01,197 --> 01:59:02,499 OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO THE 2842 01:59:02,499 --> 01:59:04,534 AGENCY AND PROVIDING EXPERTISE 2843 01:59:04,534 --> 01:59:07,570 AND RESOURCE AND SUPPORT OF 2844 01:59:07,570 --> 01:59:08,538 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 2845 01:59:08,538 --> 01:59:09,639 SUPPORTING BOTH THE PURCHASE AND 2846 01:59:09,639 --> 01:59:11,141 REFERRED CARE PROGRAM AND THE 2847 01:59:11,141 --> 01:59:12,942 THIRD PARTY REVENUE GENERATION. 2848 01:59:12,942 --> 01:59:19,816 [APPLAUSE] 2849 01:59:19,816 --> 01:59:27,257 NEXT WE HAVE COMMANDER DEONDA 2850 01:59:27,257 --> 01:59:28,458 ROBERSON, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 2851 01:59:28,458 --> 01:59:29,993 OFFICER AT THE CLINTON SERVICE 2852 01:59:29,993 --> 01:59:30,960 UNIT FOR OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT 2853 01:59:30,960 --> 01:59:32,562 AND SERVICE IN RE-ENGINEERING 2854 01:59:32,562 --> 01:59:34,597 HOW I.H.S. TRACKS, MONITORS AND 2855 01:59:34,597 --> 01:59:36,099 IMPROVES THE OVERALL AGENCY 2856 01:59:36,099 --> 01:59:37,400 REVENUE ENHANCEMENT, ALLOWING 2857 01:59:37,400 --> 01:59:38,902 SERVICE UNITS THE INFORMATION TO 2858 01:59:38,902 --> 01:59:40,804 INCREASE REVENUE GENERATION AT 2859 01:59:40,804 --> 01:59:41,504 THE LOCAL SITES. 2860 01:59:41,504 --> 01:59:49,245 [APPLAUSE] 2861 01:59:49,245 --> 01:59:52,582 AND NEXT WE HAVE CAPTAIN JANA 2862 01:59:52,582 --> 01:59:54,818 TOWNE, NURSE CONSULTANT, 2863 01:59:54,818 --> 01:59:55,685 DIVISION OF DIABETES TREATMENT 2864 01:59:55,685 --> 01:59:56,986 AND PREVENTION, FOR OUTSTANDING 2865 01:59:56,986 --> 01:59:58,288 COMMITMENT TO THE AGENCY AND 2866 01:59:58,288 --> 02:00:00,023 QUALITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN 2867 02:00:00,023 --> 02:00:01,858 OVERSEEING THE REORGANIZATION OF 2868 02:00:01,858 --> 02:00:03,827 KEY DIVISIONS WITHIN THE AGENCY, 2869 02:00:03,827 --> 02:00:06,930 WHICH IS KEY TO THE OVERALL CARE 2870 02:00:06,930 --> 02:00:08,565 AND WELL-BEING OF ALL PATIENTS 2871 02:00:08,565 --> 02:00:08,798 SERVED. 2872 02:00:08,798 --> 02:00:14,904 [APPLAUSE] 2873 02:00:14,904 --> 02:00:15,538 ALL RIGHT. 2874 02:00:15,538 --> 02:00:17,307 NEXT WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL 2875 02:00:17,307 --> 02:00:18,641 RECOGNITIONS FOR OUR TRIBAL 2876 02:00:18,641 --> 02:00:20,043 LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP 2877 02:00:20,043 --> 02:00:20,844 AWARDS. 2878 02:00:20,844 --> 02:00:23,713 SO FIRST WE HAVE ANDY JOSEPH, 2879 02:00:23,713 --> 02:00:25,548 JR., CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF 2880 02:00:25,548 --> 02:00:26,549 COLVILLE RESERVATION FOR HIS 2881 02:00:26,549 --> 02:00:28,284 MANY YEARS OF SERVICE ON VARIOUS 2882 02:00:28,284 --> 02:00:29,419 I.H.S. TRIBAL ADVISORY 2883 02:00:29,419 --> 02:00:29,886 COMMITTEES. 2884 02:00:29,886 --> 02:00:39,696 [APPLAUSE] 2885 02:00:39,696 --> 02:00:44,067 NEXT WE HAVE NICK LEWIS, FOR HIS 2886 02:00:44,067 --> 02:00:45,835 DEDICATION AND ADVOCACY FOR THE 2887 02:00:45,835 --> 02:00:47,403 NATIONAL TRIBAL OPIOID SUMMIT 2888 02:00:47,403 --> 02:00:49,239 LAST YEAR AND HIS LEADERSHIP ON 2889 02:00:49,239 --> 02:00:51,641 THE I.H.S. DIRECTOR'S ADVISORY 2890 02:00:51,641 --> 02:00:53,643 WORK GROUP ON TRIBAL 2891 02:00:53,643 --> 02:00:55,278 CONSULTATION SERVING AS THE 2892 02:00:55,278 --> 02:00:55,945 TRIBAL CO-CHAIR. 2893 02:00:55,945 --> 02:01:06,122 [APPLAUSE] 2894 02:01:06,122 --> 02:01:09,192 NEXT WE HAVE CHAIRMAN TERRY 2895 02:01:09,192 --> 02:01:10,860 RAMBLER FROM THE SAN CARLOS 2896 02:01:10,860 --> 02:01:12,061 APACHE TRIBE, FOR OUTSTANDING 2897 02:01:12,061 --> 02:01:14,797 COMMITMENT TO THE ONGOING SELF 2898 02:01:14,797 --> 02:01:16,466 GOVERNANCE OF TRIBAL ISSUES THAT 2899 02:01:16,466 --> 02:01:18,534 IMPACT INDIAN COUNTRY IN HEALTH 2900 02:01:18,534 --> 02:01:19,502 AND WELFARE OF FUTURE 2901 02:01:19,502 --> 02:01:19,802 GENERATIONS. 2902 02:01:19,802 --> 02:01:29,979 [APPLAUSE] 2903 02:01:34,350 --> 02:01:38,354 NEXT WE HAVE CLAIRN JOHN 2904 02:01:38,354 --> 02:01:40,356 ST. CLAIRE, EASTERN SHOSHONE 2905 02:01:40,356 --> 02:01:42,425 TRIBE, FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL 2906 02:01:42,425 --> 02:01:43,526 LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION 2907 02:01:43,526 --> 02:01:45,094 PARTICULARLY IN OVERSEEING THE 2908 02:01:45,094 --> 02:01:46,195 SUCCESSFUL ASSUMPTION OF THE FOR 2909 02:01:46,195 --> 02:01:50,266 THE WASHIKI SERVICE UNIT BY THE 2910 02:01:50,266 --> 02:01:51,467 EASTERN SHOSHONE TRIBE AND 2911 02:01:51,467 --> 02:01:53,469 ENDEAVOR INITIATED IN 2019 AND 2912 02:01:53,469 --> 02:01:56,739 ACCOMPLISHED IN JULY 1 OF 2024. 2913 02:01:56,739 --> 02:01:58,174 CHAIRMAN JOHN ST. CLAIRE OF THE 2914 02:01:58,174 --> 02:01:59,509 EASTERN SHOSHONE BUSINESS 2915 02:01:59,509 --> 02:02:01,210 COUNCIL IS HEREBY RECOGNIZED. 2916 02:02:01,210 --> 02:02:03,546 HIS RELENTLESS EFFORTS AND 2917 02:02:03,546 --> 02:02:07,050 ENGAGEMENT IN KEY MEETINGS AND 2918 02:02:07,050 --> 02:02:07,817 NEGOTIATIONS HIGHLIGHT HIS 2919 02:02:07,817 --> 02:02:09,218 COMMITMENT TO SERVING HIS 2920 02:02:09,218 --> 02:02:10,687 COMMUNITY, OVERCOMING CHALLENGES 2921 02:02:10,687 --> 02:02:13,089 WITH GRACE AND PATIENCE. 2922 02:02:13,089 --> 02:02:14,624 UNDER HIS GUIDANCE, THE 2923 02:02:14,624 --> 02:02:17,026 ESTABLISHMENT OF WARM VALLEY 2924 02:02:17,026 --> 02:02:19,362 HEALTHCARE EXEMPLIFIES HIS 2925 02:02:19,362 --> 02:02:20,229 UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO 2926 02:02:20,229 --> 02:02:22,432 ENHANCING THE WELL-BEING OF HIS 2927 02:02:22,432 --> 02:02:23,099 COMMUNITY. 2928 02:02:23,099 --> 02:02:25,735 THIS AWARD HONORS CHAIRMAN 2929 02:02:25,735 --> 02:02:26,803 ST. CLAIRE'S OUTSTANDING 2930 02:02:26,803 --> 02:02:27,937 LEADERSHIP AND STEADFAST 2931 02:02:27,937 --> 02:02:29,706 COMMITMENT TO THE EASTERN 2932 02:02:29,706 --> 02:02:30,373 SHOSHONE TRIBE. 2933 02:02:30,373 --> 02:02:39,582 [APPLAUSE] 2934 02:02:39,582 --> 02:02:40,783 NEXT WE HAVE A SPECIAL 2935 02:02:40,783 --> 02:02:41,851 RECOGNITION FOR URBAN 2936 02:02:41,851 --> 02:02:43,286 LEADERSHIP. 2937 02:02:43,286 --> 02:02:48,257 WE HAVE MIS-C ARMELITA SKEETER, 2938 02:02:48,257 --> 02:02:49,993 CEO OF THE INDIAN HEALTHCARE 2939 02:02:49,993 --> 02:02:51,561 RESOURCE CENTER OF TULSA, FOR 2940 02:02:51,561 --> 02:02:53,629 OUTSTANDING CAREER AND 2941 02:02:53,629 --> 02:02:55,832 COMMITMENT TO THE INDIAN COUNTRY 2942 02:02:55,832 --> 02:02:57,467 THROUGH THE SERVICE TO PATIENTS 2943 02:02:57,467 --> 02:02:59,135 IMPACTING MANY LIVES AND 2944 02:02:59,135 --> 02:03:00,169 EXPANDING HEALTH RESOURCES IN 2945 02:03:00,169 --> 02:03:01,004 THE OKLAHOMA AREA. 2946 02:03:01,004 --> 02:03:11,180 [APPLAUSE] 2947 02:03:12,782 --> 02:03:13,249 ALL RIGHT. 2948 02:03:13,249 --> 02:03:15,318 NEXT WE HAVE A SPECIAL 2949 02:03:15,318 --> 02:03:18,087 RECOGNITION FOR OUR NATIONAL 2950 02:03:18,087 --> 02:03:18,755 COUNCIL LEADERSHIP. 2951 02:03:18,755 --> 02:03:22,658 FIRST WE HAVE ARLINDA LEE, CHAIR 2952 02:03:22,658 --> 02:03:24,127 OF THE I.H.S. NATIONAL 2953 02:03:24,127 --> 02:03:25,661 LABORATORY PROFESSIONAL 2954 02:03:25,661 --> 02:03:27,196 COMMITTEE, FOR EXTRAORDINARY 2955 02:03:27,196 --> 02:03:29,165 ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF OUR 2956 02:03:29,165 --> 02:03:30,333 LABORATORY PROFESSIONALS. 2957 02:03:30,333 --> 02:03:39,709 [APPLAUSE] 2958 02:03:39,709 --> 02:03:46,616 NEXT WE HAVE DR. TIMOTHY LOZOON, 2959 02:03:46,616 --> 02:03:47,850 CHAIR OF THE NATIONAL ORAL 2960 02:03:47,850 --> 02:03:51,354 HEALTH COUNCIL, FOR EXEMPLARY 2961 02:03:51,354 --> 02:03:52,455 AND INNOVATIVE WORK IN THE 2962 02:03:52,455 --> 02:03:53,322 DELIVERY OF ORAL HEALTHCARE. 2963 02:03:53,322 --> 02:04:00,396 [APPLAUSE] 2964 02:04:00,396 --> 02:04:01,764 AND AGAIN, THAT CONCLUDES OUR 2965 02:04:01,764 --> 02:04:04,400 SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS, SO 2966 02:04:04,400 --> 02:04:05,902 WE HAVE THE SLIDE AGAIN FOR SOME 2967 02:04:05,902 --> 02:04:07,170 OF THE PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T ABLE 2968 02:04:07,170 --> 02:04:09,272 TO BE HERE, SO LET'S GIVE 2969 02:04:09,272 --> 02:04:10,273 EVERYBODY A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 2970 02:04:10,273 --> 02:04:19,649 [APPLAUSE] 2971 02:04:19,649 --> 02:04:23,086 SO THE NEXT ONE, IN IS THIS ISR 2972 02:04:23,086 --> 02:04:24,153 FINAL AWARD AND I'M GOING TO BE 2973 02:04:24,153 --> 02:04:25,354 READING THE INTRODUCTION HERE 2974 02:04:25,354 --> 02:04:32,295 AND THEN I'LL ASK MS. ECO FY TO 2975 02:04:32,295 --> 02:04:32,728 JOIN ME. 2976 02:04:32,728 --> 02:04:36,232 THE FINAL AWARD IS THE 2977 02:04:36,232 --> 02:04:40,636 PRESTIGIOUS LUWANA REYES 2978 02:04:40,636 --> 02:04:41,270 LEADERSHIP AWARD. 2979 02:04:41,270 --> 02:04:42,839 EACH YEAR THE INDIAN HEALTH 2980 02:04:42,839 --> 02:04:44,073 SERVICE INDIVIDUAL WHO EMBODIES 2981 02:04:44,073 --> 02:04:45,575 THE EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP 2982 02:04:45,575 --> 02:04:48,010 QUALITIES DEMONSTRATED BY 2983 02:04:48,010 --> 02:04:49,779 MS. REYES THROUGHOUT HER 2984 02:04:49,779 --> 02:04:51,147 DISTINGUISHED CAREER. 2985 02:04:51,147 --> 02:04:53,483 SHE WAS NOT ONLY THE EXECUTIVE 2986 02:04:53,483 --> 02:04:55,084 DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE INDIAN 2987 02:04:55,084 --> 02:04:55,852 HEALTH BOARD BUT ALSO THE 2988 02:04:55,852 --> 02:04:57,687 FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN 2989 02:04:57,687 --> 02:05:00,089 HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION AND 2990 02:05:00,089 --> 02:05:02,091 NATIONAL COALITION OF URBAN 2991 02:05:02,091 --> 02:05:04,594 INDIAN HEALTH CENTERS. 2992 02:05:04,594 --> 02:05:07,430 IN 1982, SHE PLAYED A PIVOTAL 2993 02:05:07,430 --> 02:05:09,332 ROLE AS DIRECTOR OF I.H.S. 2994 02:05:09,332 --> 02:05:10,666 HEADQUARTERS OPERATIONS AND AS 2995 02:05:10,666 --> 02:05:12,835 THE I.H.S. CHIEF FINANCIAL 2996 02:05:12,835 --> 02:05:14,804 OFFICER, HER EFFORTS WERE 2997 02:05:14,804 --> 02:05:17,607 INSTRUMENTAL IN ENSURING THE 2998 02:05:17,607 --> 02:05:19,242 GOVERNMENT FULFILLED ITS TREATY 2999 02:05:19,242 --> 02:05:20,443 OBLIGATIONS TO PROVIDE 3000 02:05:20,443 --> 02:05:21,844 HEALTHCARE TO AMERICAN INDIANS 3001 02:05:21,844 --> 02:05:27,617 AND ALASKA NATIVES. 3002 02:05:27,617 --> 02:05:29,018 IN 2001, THE YEAR SHE PASSED 3003 02:05:29,018 --> 02:05:32,188 AWAY, SHE WAS AWARDED THE 3004 02:05:32,188 --> 02:05:33,422 PRESIDENTIAL RANK MERITORIOUS 3005 02:05:33,422 --> 02:05:36,492 SERVICE AWARD, AN HONOR GIVEN 3006 02:05:36,492 --> 02:05:38,294 ANNUALLY TO TOP FEDERAL MANAGERS 3007 02:05:38,294 --> 02:05:39,962 FOR EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE. 3008 02:05:39,962 --> 02:05:43,766 MENT LUANA REYES AWARD IS GIVEN 3009 02:05:43,766 --> 02:05:48,104 TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S A 3010 02:05:48,104 --> 02:05:49,305 PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY 3011 02:05:49,305 --> 02:05:51,140 INVOLVEMENT EXEMPLIFIES THE 3012 02:05:51,140 --> 02:05:53,309 LEADERSHIP THAT MIDST LUANA 3013 02:05:53,309 --> 02:05:54,043 REYES SHOWED. 3014 02:05:54,043 --> 02:05:55,978 SO SOME OF THE PAST AWARDEES -- 3015 02:05:55,978 --> 02:05:57,413 I'M GETTING THERE -- SOME OF THE 3016 02:05:57,413 --> 02:05:59,549 PAST AWARDEES OF THIS 3017 02:05:59,549 --> 02:06:00,850 PRESTIGIOUS AWARD RECOGNITION 3018 02:06:00,850 --> 02:06:03,486 INCLUDE NOTABLE FIGURES SUCH AS 3019 02:06:03,486 --> 02:06:06,255 CAPTAIN JOE BRYANT, TRAVIS 3020 02:06:06,255 --> 02:06:09,425 SCOTT, HOLLY VAN LEU, CALEY 3021 02:06:09,425 --> 02:06:10,860 FRETLAND, STEPHANIE PORTER, 3022 02:06:10,860 --> 02:06:16,232 LAURA HERBISON, ANGEL DOTAMANE, 3023 02:06:16,232 --> 02:06:18,367 ROBYN SUNDAY ALLEN, ASHLEY 3024 02:06:18,367 --> 02:06:21,537 METCALF, REAR ADMIRAL CHRIS 3025 02:06:21,537 --> 02:06:27,009 BUCHANAN, CLIFTON C NON-, 3026 02:06:27,009 --> 02:06:28,911 JUNIOR, AND THEY'VE ALL MADE 3027 02:06:28,911 --> 02:06:29,812 SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS IN THEIR 3028 02:06:29,812 --> 02:06:31,113 FIELDS. 3029 02:06:31,113 --> 02:06:34,183 SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING 3030 02:06:34,183 --> 02:06:35,084 OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR 3031 02:06:35,084 --> 02:06:35,985 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AS SHE 3032 02:06:35,985 --> 02:06:41,991 MAKES THE PRESENTATION. 3033 02:06:41,991 --> 02:06:45,928 [APPLAUSE] 3034 02:06:45,928 --> 02:06:47,763 >> THANK YOU, DARRELL. 3035 02:06:47,763 --> 02:06:49,465 SO IT'S A GREAT HONOR TODAY TO 3036 02:06:49,465 --> 02:06:54,837 BE ABLE TO AWARD THIS YEAR'S 3037 02:06:54,837 --> 02:06:59,909 LUANA REYES LEADERSHIP AWARD TO 3038 02:06:59,909 --> 02:07:05,248 MS. RANMACY, WORKED FOR THE 3039 02:07:05,248 --> 02:07:06,215 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE FOR THE 3040 02:07:06,215 --> 02:07:06,616 LAST 24 YEARS. 3041 02:07:06,616 --> 02:07:08,918 SHE HAS DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE 3042 02:07:08,918 --> 02:07:10,019 LEADERSHIP, INSIGHT WITHIN THE 3043 02:07:10,019 --> 02:07:12,021 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE AND HAS 3044 02:07:12,021 --> 02:07:12,788 AMAZING EXPERIENCE. 3045 02:07:12,788 --> 02:07:15,858 THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, SHE'S 3046 02:07:15,858 --> 02:07:17,760 PLAYED KEY ROLES IN NEGOTIATING 3047 02:07:17,760 --> 02:07:20,696 CRITICAL CONTRACTS AND COMPACTS 3048 02:07:20,696 --> 02:07:22,131 WITH 43 TRIBES IN THE COUNTRY. 3049 02:07:22,131 --> 02:07:23,633 SHE HAS ALSO BEEN INSTRUMENTAL 3050 02:07:23,633 --> 02:07:28,537 IN OUR RECENT RESPONSE TO THE 3051 02:07:28,537 --> 02:07:30,339 SUPREME COURT CASE FOR CONTRACT 3052 02:07:30,339 --> 02:07:33,743 CARE -- FOR CONTRACT SUPPORT 3053 02:07:33,743 --> 02:07:35,411 SERVICES, AND SHE HOLDS A 3054 02:07:35,411 --> 02:07:37,980 BACHELOR'S IN MANAGEMENT AND 3055 02:07:37,980 --> 02:07:38,948 COMMUNICATION AND ACCOUNTING AND 3056 02:07:38,948 --> 02:07:44,387 ETHICS AS HER CONCENTRATION, 3057 02:07:44,387 --> 02:07:46,289 SHE'S FROM PORTLAND AND 3058 02:07:46,289 --> 02:07:47,957 CURRENTLY SERVING AS ACTING 3059 02:07:47,957 --> 02:07:49,392 DIRECTOR OF SELF GOVERNANCE. 3060 02:07:49,392 --> 02:07:50,826 LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF 3061 02:07:50,826 --> 02:07:51,093 APPLAUSE. 3062 02:07:51,093 --> 02:08:01,270 [APPLAUSE] 3063 02:08:13,282 --> 02:08:14,750 >> YOU KNOW, I'M USUALLY REALLY 3064 02:08:14,750 --> 02:08:17,053 GOOD ON THE FLY, I DON'T HAVE MY 3065 02:08:17,053 --> 02:08:17,720 GLASSES ON. 3066 02:08:17,720 --> 02:08:19,722 BOY, I'M HAVING A HECK OF A DAY. 3067 02:08:19,722 --> 02:08:21,824 BUT WE ARE AT OUR CLOSING, AND 3068 02:08:21,824 --> 02:08:23,492 LET'S GIVE EVERYBODY A ROUND OF 3069 02:08:23,492 --> 02:08:23,859 APPLAUSE AGAIN. 3070 02:08:23,859 --> 02:08:31,567 [APPLAUSE] 3071 02:08:31,567 --> 02:08:34,203 AS WE OPENED WITH A TRADITIONAL 3072 02:08:34,203 --> 02:08:35,871 BLESSING, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE 3073 02:08:35,871 --> 02:08:38,941 WITH ONE, AND IT'S AN A MORE NO 3074 02:08:38,941 --> 02:08:41,577 WELCOME COUNCILMAN NICK LEWIS TO 3075 02:08:41,577 --> 02:08:43,179 COME UP AND CLOSE US OUT FOR OUR 3076 02:08:43,179 --> 02:08:45,147 DAY AND FOR THIS YEAR'S AWARD 3077 02:08:45,147 --> 02:08:45,981 CEREMONY. 3078 02:08:45,981 --> 02:08:55,658 COUNCILMAN? 3079 02:08:55,658 --> 02:08:59,228 >> THANK YOU, STACY, FOR PUTTING 3080 02:08:59,228 --> 02:09:00,329 ME ON THE SPOT AND ASKING ME TO 3081 02:09:00,329 --> 02:09:02,365 DO A PRAYER. 3082 02:09:02,365 --> 02:09:03,566 I THINK MANY THAT WORK WITH 3083 02:09:03,566 --> 02:09:04,934 TRIBAL LEADERS KNOW, DON'T GIVE 3084 02:09:04,934 --> 02:09:08,537 A TRIBAL LEADER A MIC BECAUSE MY 3085 02:09:08,537 --> 02:09:09,872 STAFF HAD SENT ME WITH A WHOLE 3086 02:09:09,872 --> 02:09:11,340 BUNCH OF BULLET POINTS SO I'M 3087 02:09:11,340 --> 02:09:12,842 GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DO 3088 02:09:12,842 --> 02:09:14,276 SOME ADVOCACY WHILE I'M UP HERE 3089 02:09:14,276 --> 02:09:15,878 AND I'VE GOT SOME KEY PEOPLE I 3090 02:09:15,878 --> 02:09:21,550 WANT TO TALK TO. 3091 02:09:21,550 --> 02:09:24,920 BUT BEFORE I DO, SHARE A CLOSING 3092 02:09:24,920 --> 02:09:25,388 PRAYER. 3093 02:09:25,388 --> 02:09:26,856 I ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE 3094 02:09:26,856 --> 02:09:27,523 OF THE OPPORTUNITY WITH 3095 02:09:27,523 --> 02:09:29,458 SOMETHING THAT MY GRANDMOTHER 3096 02:09:29,458 --> 02:09:32,962 WHO PASSED AWAY ALWAYS SAID TO 3097 02:09:32,962 --> 02:09:33,829 TALK ABOUT IF YOU HAVE AN 3098 02:09:33,829 --> 02:09:38,267 OPPORTUNITY. 3099 02:09:38,267 --> 02:09:39,268 AND AS NATIVE PEOPLE, WE KNOW 3100 02:09:39,268 --> 02:09:42,405 THE REALITY OF INEQUITY ALL TOO 3101 02:09:42,405 --> 02:09:42,972 WELL. 3102 02:09:42,972 --> 02:09:45,207 OUR HEALTH SYSTEMS ARE OFTEN 3103 02:09:45,207 --> 02:09:48,944 UNDERFUNDED AND OUR COMMUNITIES 3104 02:09:48,944 --> 02:09:50,246 FACE DISPROPORTIONATE HEALTH 3105 02:09:50,246 --> 02:09:51,547 CHALLENGES ALL TOO OFTEN, BUT 3106 02:09:51,547 --> 02:09:53,549 THOSE CHALLENGES DO NOT DEFINE 3107 02:09:53,549 --> 02:09:54,150 US. 3108 02:09:54,150 --> 02:09:56,852 THEY REMIND US OF OUR STRENGTH, 3109 02:09:56,852 --> 02:10:00,222 OF OUR RESILIENCY, AND THE 3110 02:10:00,222 --> 02:10:01,724 URGENCY AND OUR CALL TO SERVICE 3111 02:10:01,724 --> 02:10:03,259 TO OUR PEOPLE. 3112 02:10:03,259 --> 02:10:05,995 WE REMIND US THAT WE MUST BE 3113 02:10:05,995 --> 02:10:07,963 UNWAVERING AND UNAPOLOGETIC IN 3114 02:10:07,963 --> 02:10:11,600 OUR ADVOCACY. 3115 02:10:11,600 --> 02:10:13,235 WE ARE NOT JUST FIGHTING FOR 3116 02:10:13,235 --> 02:10:14,103 BETTER HEALTHCARE FOR OUR 3117 02:10:14,103 --> 02:10:15,571 PEOPLE, WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR 3118 02:10:15,571 --> 02:10:17,139 FUTURE, FOR OUR CHILDREN, AND 3119 02:10:17,139 --> 02:10:21,477 FOR OUR ELDERS, BECAUSE OUR 3120 02:10:21,477 --> 02:10:22,545 ANCESTORS DIDN'T SACRIFICE ALL 3121 02:10:22,545 --> 02:10:25,448 THEY DID FOR US TO JUST SIT IDLE 3122 02:10:25,448 --> 02:10:26,248 TODAY. 3123 02:10:26,248 --> 02:10:27,283 ADVOCACY IS NOT JUST ABOUT 3124 02:10:27,283 --> 02:10:28,818 RAISING OUR VOICES IN THE TIMES 3125 02:10:28,818 --> 02:10:32,421 OF CRISIS, IT IS, I FEEL, MORE 3126 02:10:32,421 --> 02:10:33,956 IMPORTANTLY ABOUT LIFTING UP 3127 02:10:33,956 --> 02:10:37,059 EACH AND EVERY VOICE IN OUR 3128 02:10:37,059 --> 02:10:38,494 COMMUNITY AND ACKNOWLEDGING 3129 02:10:38,494 --> 02:10:40,463 THEIR TRUTH EACH AND EVERY DAY. 3130 02:10:40,463 --> 02:10:43,065 IT IS ABOUT LISTENING TO THEIR 3131 02:10:43,065 --> 02:10:44,567 CONCERNS AND UNDERSTANDING THE 3132 02:10:44,567 --> 02:10:47,069 STRUGGLES THAT THEY SHARE, AND 3133 02:10:47,069 --> 02:10:49,371 TAKING ALL OF THAT IN AND USING 3134 02:10:49,371 --> 02:10:51,307 OUR COLLECTIVE STRENGTH AS 3135 02:10:51,307 --> 02:10:54,577 TRIBAL LEADERS OR WHATEVER HAT 3136 02:10:54,577 --> 02:10:57,079 THAT WE WEAR TO DEMAND THE 3137 02:10:57,079 --> 02:10:58,380 DIGNITY AND THE CARE THAT OUR 3138 02:10:58,380 --> 02:11:00,950 PEOPLE DESERVE. 3139 02:11:00,950 --> 02:11:02,852 TRUE LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT 3140 02:11:02,852 --> 02:11:03,085 SERVICE. 3141 02:11:03,085 --> 02:11:06,889 IT IS ABOUT STANDING BESIDE OUR 3142 02:11:06,889 --> 02:11:09,158 PEOPLE AND NEVER ABOVE THEM. 3143 02:11:09,158 --> 02:11:13,562 IT IS USI ABOUT USING EVERY TE 3144 02:11:13,562 --> 02:11:14,363 HAVE, EVERY CONVERSATION WE 3145 02:11:14,363 --> 02:11:15,798 ENGAGE IN, EVERY OPPORTUNITY 3146 02:11:15,798 --> 02:11:18,367 THAT COMES OUR WAY TO CREATE THE 3147 02:11:18,367 --> 02:11:19,335 POSITIVE CHANGES THAT OUR PEOPLE 3148 02:11:19,335 --> 02:11:22,271 ARE ASKING FOR. 3149 02:11:22,271 --> 02:11:23,506 WE'RE EACH CALLED TO BE LEADERS 3150 02:11:23,506 --> 02:11:25,608 IN OUR OWN WAY, WHETHER THAT IS 3151 02:11:25,608 --> 02:11:28,210 THROUGH SPEAKING OUT, LENDING A 3152 02:11:28,210 --> 02:11:30,179 HAND, OR JUST LISTENING WITH AN 3153 02:11:30,179 --> 02:11:31,680 OPEN HEART. 3154 02:11:31,680 --> 02:11:33,315 EVERY ACTION THAT WE TAKE IS A 3155 02:11:33,315 --> 02:11:35,951 STEP TOWARDS WRITING THE WRONGS 3156 02:11:35,951 --> 02:11:38,721 OF THE PAST, AND LET US NEVER 3157 02:11:38,721 --> 02:11:39,822 FORGET THAT OUR STRENGTH LIES 3158 02:11:39,822 --> 02:11:41,924 ALSO IN OUR UNITY, IN OUR SHARED 3159 02:11:41,924 --> 02:11:44,460 COMMITMENT TO OUR PEOPLE. 3160 02:11:44,460 --> 02:11:45,961 TODAY LET'S REDEDICATE OURSELVES 3161 02:11:45,961 --> 02:11:50,666 TO THIS MISSION. 3162 02:11:50,666 --> 02:11:52,635 LET US BE THE LEADERS WHO SERVE 3163 02:11:52,635 --> 02:11:53,469 WITH HUMILITY AND DETERMINE 3164 02:11:53,469 --> 02:11:54,670 NAIG, WHO SEE BEYOND THE 3165 02:11:54,670 --> 02:11:56,272 LIMITATIONS PLACED UPON US. 3166 02:11:56,272 --> 02:11:57,940 AND WHO UNDERSTAND THE REAL 3167 02:11:57,940 --> 02:11:59,975 CHANGE COMES FROM WITHIN OUR 3168 02:11:59,975 --> 02:12:00,309 COMMUNITIES. 3169 02:12:00,309 --> 02:12:02,478 AND WHEN WE LEAD WITH A 3170 02:12:02,478 --> 02:12:03,846 SERVANT'S HEART, WE EMPOWER 3171 02:12:03,846 --> 02:12:07,583 OTHERS TO FIND THEIR VOICE AND 3172 02:12:07,583 --> 02:12:09,218 CLAIM THEIR PLACE IN UPLIFTING 3173 02:12:09,218 --> 02:12:11,554 AND INSPIRING OUR PEOPLE AND THE 3174 02:12:11,554 --> 02:12:12,555 GENERATIONS THAT WE WILL NEVER 3175 02:12:12,555 --> 02:12:13,822 SEE. 3176 02:12:13,822 --> 02:12:16,825 THESE AWARDS THAT WERE GIVEN OUT 3177 02:12:16,825 --> 02:12:18,694 TODAY IS NOT JUST ABOUT A 3178 02:12:18,694 --> 02:12:21,263 RECOGNITION OF A SINGLE PERSON, 3179 02:12:21,263 --> 02:12:23,299 BUT ALSO IS A REMINDER TO EACH 3180 02:12:23,299 --> 02:12:26,268 AND EVERY ONE OF US TO ALWAYS 3181 02:12:26,268 --> 02:12:29,071 ANSWER THAT CALL TO SERVICE, TO 3182 02:12:29,071 --> 02:12:30,906 KEEP ADVOCATING, TO KEEP 3183 02:12:30,906 --> 02:12:33,008 BELIEVING, TO KEEP INSPIRING, 3184 02:12:33,008 --> 02:12:34,743 AND TO KEEP GIVING HOPE TO ALL 3185 02:12:34,743 --> 02:12:37,780 OF OUR PEOPLE NO MATTER WHERE 3186 02:12:37,780 --> 02:12:38,213 THEY ARE. 3187 02:12:38,213 --> 02:12:39,448 BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE 3188 02:12:39,448 --> 02:12:43,185 STAND TOGETHER, WHEN WE SERVE 3189 02:12:43,185 --> 02:12:46,155 TOGETHER, WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE. 3190 02:12:46,155 --> 02:12:48,257 SO ONCE AGAIN, I THANK EVERYONE 3191 02:12:48,257 --> 02:12:51,327 FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU'VE 3192 02:12:51,327 --> 02:12:52,661 DONE, AND I HONOR EACH AND EVERY 3193 02:12:52,661 --> 02:12:54,663 ONE OF YOU THAT WERE HONORED 3194 02:12:54,663 --> 02:12:55,397 HERE TODAY. 3195 02:12:55,397 --> 02:12:58,867 THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR FUTURE 3196 02:12:58,867 --> 02:13:00,102 BETTER FOR THOSE THAT WE WILL 3197 02:13:00,102 --> 02:13:02,905 NEVER SEE. 3198 02:13:02,905 --> 02:13:05,074 AND IN GETTING TO THE SHORT 3199 02:13:05,074 --> 02:13:06,809 LITTLE PRAYER, I KNOW THAT WE 3200 02:13:06,809 --> 02:13:10,746 ALL HAVE DIFFERENT FAITHS, WE 3201 02:13:10,746 --> 02:13:12,348 ALL HAVE DIFFERENT BELIEFS, BUT 3202 02:13:12,348 --> 02:13:16,585 I'D WATCH THE KREE A -- I'D ASK 3203 02:13:16,585 --> 02:13:17,853 THE CREATOR TO WATCH OVER EVERY 3204 02:13:17,853 --> 02:13:19,188 ONE OF US THAT ARE HERE TODAY, 3205 02:13:19,188 --> 02:13:21,457 WATCH OVER OUR LOVED ONES, WATCH 3206 02:13:21,457 --> 02:13:22,591 OVER THOSE STRUGGLING WITH THE 3207 02:13:22,591 --> 02:13:23,859 MENTAL HEALTH, STRUGGLING WITH 3208 02:13:23,859 --> 02:13:24,727 THE ADDICTION, BECAUSE THE ROOT 3209 02:13:24,727 --> 02:13:28,731 OF IT IS TRAUMA THAT THEY NEVER 3210 02:13:28,731 --> 02:13:30,199 DESERVED, AND WE ASK THE CREATOR 3211 02:13:30,199 --> 02:13:31,634 TO WATCH OVER THOSE THAT ARE 3212 02:13:31,634 --> 02:13:33,502 STRUGGLING IN THE DARKNESS, AND 3213 02:13:33,502 --> 02:13:36,105 LET THE LIGHT THAT THOSE 3214 02:13:36,105 --> 02:13:38,307 SERVANTS THAT ARE HERE, LET THE 3215 02:13:38,307 --> 02:13:39,675 LIGHT OF THOSE SERVANTS THAT ARE 3216 02:13:39,675 --> 02:13:41,644 IN THEIR COMMUNITIES HELP GUIDE 3217 02:13:41,644 --> 02:13:43,078 OUR LOVED ONES BACK HOME TO 3218 02:13:43,078 --> 02:13:44,713 WHERE THEY BELONG. 3219 02:13:44,713 --> 02:13:46,849 WE ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER OUR 3220 02:13:46,849 --> 02:13:51,987 ELDERS FOR THEY'RE SACRED, WE 3221 02:13:51,987 --> 02:13:54,823 ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER OUR 3222 02:13:54,823 --> 02:13:56,558 WOMEN AS THEY ARE THE GIVERS OF 3223 02:13:56,558 --> 02:13:58,594 LIFE AND WE ASK THAT YOU ALWAYS 3224 02:13:58,594 --> 02:13:59,828 WATCH OVER OUR YOUTH BECAUSE 3225 02:13:59,828 --> 02:14:01,363 THEY WILL SOON TAKE OUR PLACE. 3226 02:14:01,363 --> 02:14:03,399 WE SAY THIS IN YOUR NAME. 3227 02:14:03,399 --> 02:14:03,599 AMEN. 3228 02:14:03,599 --> 02:14:11,540 [APPLAUSE] 3229 02:14:11,540 --> 02:14:13,108 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 3230 02:14:13,108 --> 02:14:13,475 COUNCILMAN. 3231 02:14:13,475 --> 02:14:15,911 SO THIS CONCLUDES OUR AWARD 3232 02:14:15,911 --> 02:14:18,847 CEREMONY FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2023. 3233 02:14:18,847 --> 02:14:20,416 ON BEHALF OF DIRECTOR TSO AND 3234 02:14:20,416 --> 02:14:21,884 THE I.H.S., I'D LIKE TO THANK 3235 02:14:21,884 --> 02:14:23,719 ALL OF YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S 3236 02:14:23,719 --> 02:14:25,487 AWARD CEREMONY AND FOR HELPING 3237 02:14:25,487 --> 02:14:29,391 US RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS 3238 02:14:29,391 --> 02:14:31,126 OF 2023 AWARDS RECIPIENTS. 3239 02:14:31,126 --> 02:14:32,561 CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL THE 3240 02:14:32,561 --> 02:14:33,595 AWARDEES AND ESPECIALLY ALL OF 3241 02:14:33,595 --> 02:14:35,130 YOU THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO SEE 3242 02:14:35,130 --> 02:14:37,733 OUT THERE VIRTUALLY, AND I'D 3243 02:14:37,733 --> 02:14:39,401 LIKE TO HAVE EVERYBODY PLEASE 3244 02:14:39,401 --> 02:14:43,505 JOIN US FOR SOME LIGHT 3245 02:14:43,505 --> 02:14:45,808 REFRESHMENTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER 3246 02:14:45,808 --> 02:14:48,977 HERE BACK OUT THERE. 3247 02:14:48,977 --> 02:14:50,946 IN THE BLUE CURTAINED AREA. 3248 02:14:50,946 --> 02:14:53,415 SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 3249 02:14:53,415 --> 02:14:55,784 HAVE SAFE TRAVELS, AND 3250 02:14:55,784 --> 02:14:56,151 APPRECIATE IT. 3251 02:14:56,151 --> 02:15:06,328 [APPLAUSE]