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Native America Calling: Honoring Native veterans
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Honoring Native veterans
This Veterans Day, officials are formally dedicating the National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.
It’s been years in the making and the design is like no other veterans monument, welcoming members of the public since 2020.
Guests on Native America Calling
Harvey Pratt (Cheyenne and Arapaho), artist and veteran, designer of National Native American Veterans Memorial
Alexandra Harris, senior editor at the National Museum of the American Indian and co-author of “Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces”
Candy Grimes, Adjudication Services Section Chief for the Bureau of Land Management.
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