Honoring Native Veterans 2024: Wreath-Laying Ceremony

The National Capital Region Native American Color Guard, a group of Washington, DC-based Indigenous veterans from communities across the United States, will bring in the colors. Cultural specialist Dennis Zotigh (Kiowa/Isanti Dakota/Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo) will perform an Honor Song and Drum. US Marine Corps veteran Gregorio E. Kishketon (Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma) joins museum Director Dr. Cynthia Chavez Lamar (San Felipe Pueblo/Hopi/Tewa/Navajo) for a wreath-laying ceremony at the National Native American Veterans Memorial.