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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Oct. 13 is both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day, and to celebrate the latter, the Milwaukee Public Museum recognized the holiday with a celebration Monday afternoon.

It featured music performed by Little Priest, a Ho-Chunk drum group, and dancers showing off different styles seen at pow wows.

There was also a showcase of traditional Mexican drumming and dancing native to the Aztecs.

We spoke to a member of the Oneida Nation who works at the museum. He tells us why it's so important to highlight native culture on a day like today.

"I think when it comes to the indigenous presence in this country, the United States is in a perpetual state of amnesia, and we have to continuously remind society that we've been here, we have treaties signed with the U.

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