Honoring America's Native Veterans

The community and veterans gather for the 9th Annual American Indian Veteran Advisory Council's Veteran's Memoerial & Honoring Ceremony, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center.

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Sat., Sept. 8, 2018

Drummers pound out the beat as the Grand Entry of Tribal Nations begins the 9th Annual American Indian Veteran Advisory Council’s Veteran’s Memorial & Honoring Ceremony, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, in Spokane, Wash.

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Pat Moses, of the Spokane Tribe, carries an eagle-feathered staff to the 9th Annual American Indian Veteran Advisory Council’s Veteran’s Memorial & Honoring Ceremony, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, in Spokane, Wash.

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Roger Vielle, of the Blackfeet Nation, enjoys his fellow participants at the 9th Annual American Indian Veteran Advisory Council’s Veteran’s Memorial & Honoring Ceremony, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, in Spokane, Wash. Vielle served in the U.S. Army 1974-77.

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Harvey Moses, of the Colville Tribe, left, and Roger Vielle, of the Blackfeet Tribe, right, lead the Grand Entry of Tribal Nations to open the 9th Annual American Indian Veteran Advisory Council’s Veteran’s Memorial & Honoring Ceremony, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, in Spokane, Wash. Both Moses and Vielle served in the U.S. Army.

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