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Choctaw warriors perform the Eagle Dance, an annual celebration to the War Eagle, whose feathers were used to honor the tribe’s “brave.” Warrior pride was a factor in the Choctaw’s Southern kinship. (Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection)
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection