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We at Wright Patterson Air Force Base ,

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acknowledge our significant connection

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to those first peoples of the Ohio

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Valley and honor our continued

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affiliation with the tribal nations of

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today through our community service ,

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continue education and collaboration

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between our partnerships with the

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tribes . Wright Patterson Air Force

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Base celebrates and affirms our

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commitment to the time honored

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tradition of Native American heritage .

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I will learn with you today as we go

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through this event and I look forward

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to everything that we we will have from

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all the activities and the food . I'm

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gonna start off the ceremony with the

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burning of sage . So what this

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symbolizes is is cleaning of the energy ,

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negative energy so that the people in

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the audience can be receptive to what

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we're saying with an open mind and open

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heart . I am from the gun tribe band of

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Pottawatomie and I am also in Nish Ae .

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I'm going to be doing hoop dance for

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you today .

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If you're a leader , just realize that

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you probably don't know enough to

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actually speak for native nations . I

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know I don't so learn as much as you

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can because as a leader , you need to

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know everything about your people ,

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regardless of who they may be or where

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they may have come from . And this is

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an opportunity today to share in that

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and to learn .