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U.I. Dialogue Intake Session |
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The following transcript is from the 4/14/00 Chief Illiniwek dialogue "intake session". It is an unedited excerpt from the original U.I. document.
MS. ROXIE GRIGNON: Thank you, Indian brother. My name is Roxie Grignon, I am a Menominee from Menominee Nation, Wisconsin, and I work in Chicago. I am the executive director for the Native American Foster Parents Association and the Indian Child Welfare Agency. I am the mother of four, grandmother to 12 and the foster mother to over 30 Native American children. And I am here on behalf of my children.I pray every day and I teach my children to pray, and I have asked them to pray for the decision that you know as Board of Trustees you need to make on this issue here of the mascot.
My children as my brother Joe had said, are the future, are the ones that will be sitting at this table or attending this school. And they won't have to look at no Chief Illiniwek. I know that the decision that you will be making and I have prayed about this, is going to be positive towards our people, the Native people in this country. It's going to be a right decision. I know you will be losing some money. But you should be feeling good in your hearts, because you know that that's the right thing to do. I pray every day and I will continue to pray every day and I ask all of my brothers and sisters, Native and non-Native, to pray and help you with the strength to make this decision that you need to make today, or in the future. Thank you.
See the U.I. Dialogue on Chief Illiniwek page for more transcripts and information.