CHICAGO (WLS) — Monday is Indigenous Peoples Day, and across the Chicago area there were vibrant celebrations giving native communities the opportunity to connect with each other and their friends and neighbors.
Anna Johnson, a Potawatomi Nation tribal member, said she wants her two boys to grow up with the culture she didn’t get a chance to experience herself as a child.
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“I’m able to gift them something that I didn’t have, and then they can decide what they choose to do with it,” she said. “It’s more than just my culture, because across the United States, there’s over 500 recognized tribes.”
Exploring the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, she said she has been reconnecting with her own tribe over the past couple years, including making and selling regalia.
“Just being immersed in that scenario is very humbling and wonderful,” she said.
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