Chicago is celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day. Over at the Field Museum, the day was brought to life through dance.
"I was surprised like seeing how people dance. I've never seen this happen before," said attendee Ziyad Husain."I think these are pretty unique. I really like the instruments they use," said Quetzally Charo, another attendee.It's more than a dance for Ana Patino.
"I feel connection. I feel love. I feel that I'm present," Patino said. "Our Natives people are still here. We're still on stolen land, and so, we need to acknowledge what happened for it to be fixed.""I mainly like wearing my necklaces and my earrings, because I feel protected," Patino said. "It's sort of like being a warrior."
It is Patino's first time dancing at the Field Museum. Monday's event is a celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day. Dancing, and everyone watching, is an experience that's surreal for Patino."It allows me as a Mexican American to also reconnect part of my history and culture," Barajas said."It's helpful to show my daughters, 'Oh those look like bachata moves.
"It makes me very hopeful for a future. I have two small children myself, and I'm excited in a lot of ways about the world that they're getting to grow up in," Barajas said.
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