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Urban community comes together for Indigenous Peoples Day
‘I believe that all Native people are still fighting’
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
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LINCOLN, Nebraska – As the sun slowly burned away the night sky Monday morning, a group of Native people and others burned sage, sang songs and shared their stories outside an indigenous culture center here.
The sunrise ceremony featured songs by Salvador Hernandez, a Mexica singer and dancer, songs from a Native singer and drummer and speeches by the more than dozen people who took part in the event, which was held on Nebraska’s first statewide Indigenous People’s Day.
Hernandez described the ritual he was about to perform, saying he would play his drum while facing each of the four directions and blowing a conch in between directional turns.
“When I use the shell, I’m calling the ancestors to be with us … so it can be a good day,” he said.






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