Selena Jourdain started jingle dress dancing when she was 3 years old. The jingle dress is a century-old Ojibwe cultural tradition with beginnings in Minnesota. On Thursday, Jourdain will share that tradition with an audience of millions.

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade draws a crowd of well over 3 million spectators to the streets of New York City, with more than ten times that number watching the broadcast.

For Jourdain, this is the second time she's shared her culture at the parade. She was in the parade in 2013, when she was 12 years old.

This year, she's bringing attention to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women with her regalia.

“I decided to wear red to honor MMIW,” Jourdain said.

According to Minnesota's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office, Indigenous women an

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