The Boy with the Box Full of Eagle Feathers Comes Home

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native roots & rhythms

Eleven years ago, when it first took place, the yearly music and dance concert that coincides with Santa Fe's Indian Market festivities -- today called the Native Roots and Rhythms Festival -- was known as the Red Nation Celebration. Since its inception, Native Roots and Rhythms has sought to present a cross-section of Native American performing arts. Traditional instrumentalists and folk- rockers, sacred chanters and popular-song singers, dancing and drumming ensembles, comedians, politicians, and activists all have been showcased.

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The Boy with the Box Full of Eagle Feathers Comes Home

This year's show, which takes place Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater, carries on the tradition. Onawa Lacy, a Navajo who is the first Native American to be crowned Miss New Mexico USA, hosts the evening. The New Mexico-based...

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