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Audrie Garcia
18, Cherokee
My art is about how we are nothing without the past. I would not be here are apart of the tribe without my ancestors. So my piece shows inspiring figures in history who helped our people. I hope to be someone as great as them. My piece also has the words coming together because we must come together as a tribe to help each other. We cannot move forward if we are torn apart.
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