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Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Old Horn-Purdy, from the Crow tribe, was the head woman dancer at the recent Native American Veterans Association's annual Veterans Appreciation and Heritage Day Pow Wow in South Gate, Calif., Nov. 8, 2014.

Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Old Horn-Purdy, from the Crow tribe, was the head woman dancer at the recent Native American Veterans Association's annual Veterans Appreciation and Heritage Day Pow Wow in South Gate, Calif., Nov. 8, 2014.

Retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Old Horn-Purdy, from the Crow tribe, was the head woman dancer at the recent Native American Veterans Association's annual Veterans Appreciation and Heritage Day Pow Wow in South Gate, Calif., Nov. 8, 2014.

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