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starting with the with the Oklahoma 

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National Guard and I am choctaw , we 

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wear the thunderbird and that is just 

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another symbol of native american 

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history with in Oklahoma . So I feel 

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like I owe it to the tribe to be the 

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best representative I can , I 

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definitely think it's wonderful 

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especially for what the tribes have 

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done for the military , um , the code 

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talkers specifically . Um and 

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definitely I think we bring an added 

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level of warrior spirit to the military 

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because of our own heritage in that way . 

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And so it's nice to see it reflected 

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upon and appreciated , especially being 

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a veteran female native american . 

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There are very few of us and so I 

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definitely want to set the best example 

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for people outside of this profession 

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as possible . And so it definitely is 

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nice to know that the tribe is behind 

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me always and forever .