Milwaukee Public Museum hosts Indigenous Peoples Day [Video]

ELECTION. TODAY IS COLUMBUS DAY, MARKING THE ANNIVERSARY OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ARRIVAL TO AMERICA. IT IS ALSO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, CELEBRATING AMERICA’S FIRST INHABITANTS. BOTH ARE CELEBRATED ON THE SECOND MONDAY IN OCTOBER. 12 NEWS DUKE CARTER TAKES US TO THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM’S CELEBRATION OF TRIBAL NATIONS. TO THE BEAT OF THE DRUM. NATIVE AMERICANS HIGHLIGHTED THEIR CULTURE AT THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM MONDAY. IT’S PART OF A POWWOW, A GATHERING TO CELEBRATE DANCING, FOOD AND CULTURE. WHAT WE’RE WEARING IS REGALIA. JAMES FLORES IS THE TRIBAL RELATIONS MANAGER AT THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM. FLORES SAYS THE GOAL IS TO EDUCATE MORE PEOPLE ABOUT THE INDIGENOUS CULTURE. MY HOPE IS THAT VISITORS WILL TAKE AWAY FROM SEEING OUR DEMONSTRATION AND IS AGAIN IS TO LEARN MORE. TAKE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON THE HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. THE CULTURE, THE BEAUTIFUL SONGS AND DANCE THAT WE HAVE. …