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Day of blessing, celebration

October 12, 2016 at 5:00PM
With the school mascot in the background, Styler Kuczaboksi,17, and WakinyanDeCory, 9, are ambassadors who marched with the other children to Mounds Park. Their tribal affiliations are Leech Lake and Red Lake respectively.
With the school mascot in the background, Styler Kuczaboksi,17, and WakinyanDeCory, 9, are ambassadors who marched with the other children to Mounds Park. Their tribal affiliations are Leech Lake and Red Lake respectively. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The American Indian Magnet School in St. Paul hosted its second annual Indigenous Peoples' Day celebration Monday. Among the participants (above) were Skyler Kuczaboksi, 17, in blue, and Wakinyan DeCory, 9, who marched with the school mascot and other children to Mounds Park. Below, members of the Elders Lodge performed a water song to celebrate and bless the day. The theme of the day was "water is life."

Members of the Elders Lodge performed a water song and ceremony to celebrate and bless the day at the American Indian Magnet School.
Members of the Elders Lodge performed a water song and ceremony to celebrate and bless the day at the American Indian Magnet School. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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