Sunrise ceremony marks Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Minnesota

Описание: (9 Oct 2023)
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Minneapolis – 9 October 2023
1. Silhouettes of people wading into cold Minneapolis lake before sunrise
2. Various preparation of sage for Native American ceremony
3. Sunrise over Bde Maka Ska, a lake in Minneapolis
4. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz receives a piece of tobacco before a Native American ceremony and prayer
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Carrie Day Aspinwall, Native American community leader:
“Ceremony, that’s the call of our people. When we come together in ceremony the spirits, the moneydews we call them, are with us. They hear our prayers. We hold our tobacco and offer our prayers to the sunshine, to the sun, grandfather sun on this day. To recognize all of the Indigenous people, all of our ancestors before us.”
6. Various woman passing out tobacco before a Native American ceremony and prayer
7. Various people standing on prayer circle at Bde Maka Ska park in Minneapolis
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Thorne LaPointe, Indigenous organizer:
“We always remember the stories of our people across Turtle Island, the four directions across the world, and the distinctive communities and peoples that make up Indigenous peoples. In 90 different countries, 5,000 languages are Indigenous out of 7,000. So we recognize things like this that manage to survive throughout history on Indigenous Peoples Day. Thanks to our ancestors’ resilience. The strength, the healing.”
9. Various people standing on prayer circle at Bde Maka Ska park in Minneapolis
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Niizhoogabaw Wahpepah, Ojibwe language teacher:
“That’s why we come out and celebrate today, because we want to celebrate out identity. We’re regaining that, we’re regaining our language, we’re regaining our culture, our spirituality. And so we just want to celebrate that.”
11. Minnesota governor Tim Walz shaking hands with attendees
12. Detail flowers
13. Tight shot downtown Minneapolis over Bde Maka Ska
14. Wide people on the shore of Bde Maka Ska
STORYLINE:
Native people celebrated their history on Monday with events across the U.S. marking Indigenous Peoples Day, including a sunrise gathering in Minneapolis.

The ceremonies, dances and speeches came two years after President Joe Biden officially commemorated Indigenous Peoples Day. At the time, he said the day is meant to “honor America’s first inhabitants and the Tribal Nations that continue to thrive today.”

In Minnesota, about 150 people, including the governor and lieutenant governor, attended a sunrise prayer and ceremony at Bde Maka Ska, a lake surrounded by parkland on the south side of Minneapolis.

“We always remember the stories of our people across Turtle Island, the four directions across the world, and the distinctive communities and peoples that make up Indigenous peoples. In 90 different countries, 5,000 languages are Indigenous out of 7,000,” said Thorne LaPointe, an indigenous organizer and Native American. “So we recognize things like this that manage to survive throughout history on Indigenous Peoples Day. Thanks to our ancestors’ resilience. The strength, the healing.”

According to the Pew Research Center, 17 states and Washington, D.C., have holidays honoring Native Americans. Many of them celebrate it on the second Monday of October, pivoting from a day long rooted in the celebration of explorer Christopher Columbus to one focused on the people whose lives and culture were forever changed by colonialism. Dozens of cities and school systems also observe Indigenous Peoples Day.


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