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Native American Heritage Day will be on

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November 24th this year day after

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Thanksgiving , I believe the

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significance of it is of just being

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aware of like Native American history .

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So like , you know , getting up there ,

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like maybe doing a Google search . It's

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a time of remembrance and a celebration

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that uh native Americans are a small

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number already . Um Just uh reminding

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the world that we're still around . I

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come from the Osage Nation which is

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about northwest of Tulsa , Oklahoma . I

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believe one of the big aspects of the

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Osage Nation right now is uh currently

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fighting for our head rights . We have

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a movie that is currently out called

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Killers of the Flower Moon . And that

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kind of sums up the general idea of

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what um a lot of osages are currently

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fighting for . Uh I'm from San Carlos

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Apache tribe . That's 100 miles roughly

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around 100 miles east of Phoenix ,

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Arizona . I actually come from a long

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line of uh military , military uh

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family members . Uh My grandfather was

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drafted in the army and was stationed

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at Pearl Harbor . Uh from there , my uh

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my dad along with my uncles , all

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enlisted into the army . Um , my dad

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was 82nd airborne . Uh , he did his

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time , uh , while he was in and then he

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transferred over to uh National Guard .

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Uh , my mom , she was also a National

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Guard as well . Uh , my brother is , uh ,

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prior Marine Corps and , uh , I have ,

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uh , several relatives , both army and

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navy . My aunt was a previous ,

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uh , air force and she got up to master

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sergeant before getting out . Um , we

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do have , uh , one of my uncles . He is

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a former marine . He served , uh ,

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during , I think , 2000 to

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2004 . So he was , uh an Iraqi Freedom .