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Capitol Lens | Folk it up

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By Tom Williams

Posted July 2, 2024 at 2:36pm

Army veteran Lori Archiquette and members of Native American Women Warriors, a nonprofit group that helps active and retired Native American servicewomen, participate in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival at the National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington on Monday. This year’s festival theme was Indigenous Voices of the Americas.

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