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My name is Aerius Benton-Banai.

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And I come to you
from the Lac Courte

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Oreilles Ojibwe tribe.

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When I started dancing jingle,

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I was going through

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a tough time in my life and

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I didn't know it
at the time, but

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these dresses healed me.

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And they mean everything to me.

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I respect this dress

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so much,
and it is so powerful to be

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a jingle dress designer,
but also a jingle dress dancer.