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Native Americans march through downtown Seattle to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day

Oct. 14, 2019 at 2:37 pm Updated Oct. 14, 2019 at 9:13 pm

Jennifer Fuentes, one of the organizers of the event, joins the Indigenous Sisters Resistance group as they perform at a rally in Westlake Park in Seattle in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday. After the rally, the group marched through downtown Seattle from Westlake Park to Seattle City Hall along 5th Avenue. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Native Americans march through downtown Seattle from Westlake Park to Seattle City Hall along 5th Avenue on Monday to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. The event includes an opening blessing, a proclamation, speeches, a light lunch and Native cultural dance and song performances. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Native Americans and others watch as a huge group of Native Americans march along 5th Avenue through downtown Seattle from Westlake Park to Seattle City Hall on Monday to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Native Americans pause in an intersection along 5th Avenue to sing and play drums during their march through downtown Seattle on Monday to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. The event includes an opening blessing, a proclamation, speeches, a light lunch and Native cultural dance and song performances. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Native Americans pray at the beginning of a rally in Westlake Park in Seattle in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday. After the rally, the group marched through downtown Seattle from Westlake Park to Seattle City Hall along 5th Avenue. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

A woman carries a smudge pot containing burning cedar and sage to share with other Native Americans as they march through downtown Seattle from Westlake Park to Seattle City Hall along 5th Avenue on Monday to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

People at Seattle City Hall look down from the second floor at a rally held by Native Americans at city hall in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day in Seattle on Monday. The group marched through downtown Seattle from Westlake Park to Seattle City Hall along 5th Avenue. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Native Americans sing and dance at the beginning of a rally held at Seattle City Hall in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day in Seattle on Monday. The group marched through downtown Seattle. The event will include an opening blessing, a proclamation, speeches, a light lunch and Native cultural dance and song performances. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Michael Abbott from Shoreline listens while Native Americans play drums and sing at a rally in Westlake Park in Seattle in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday. After the rally, the group marched through downtown Seattle from Westlake Park to Seattle City Hall along 5th Avenue. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

One-and-a-half year old Kennison Santo-Domingo from Kent is the tiniest drummer as he joins in while Native Americans play drums and sing at a rally in Westlake Park in Seattle in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday. After the rally, the group marched through downtown Seattle from Westlake Park to Seattle City Hall along 5th Avenue. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Native Americans pause in an intersection along 5th Avenue and watch women sing and play drums during their march through downtown Seattle from Westlake Park to Seattle City Hall to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Photographers take photos while Native Americans play drums and sing at a rally in Westlake Park in Seattle in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday. After the rally, the group marched through downtown Seattle from Westlake Park to Seattle City Hall along 5th Avenue. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Native Americans are reflected in the F5 Tower building as they march through downtown Seattle from Westlake Park to Seattle City Hall along 5th Avenue to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Native Americans pause in an intersection along 5th Avenue and watch men sing and dance during their march through downtown Seattle from Westlake Park to Seattle City Hall to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Drummers join in with other Native Americans singing at a rally in Westlake Park in Seattle in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday. After the rally, the group marched through downtown Seattle from Westlake Park to Seattle City Hall along 5th Avenue. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Ellen Banner

The Seattle Times

Native Americans marched through downtown Seattle from Westlake Park to Seattle City Hall along Fifth Avenue on Monday to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. The event included an opening blessing, a proclamation, speeches, a light lunch and Native cultural dance and song performances.

Ellen Banner

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