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[APPLAUSE]

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Thank you, Tyler,
and thank you all

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for coming out on this cold
and chilly last few nights

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of January.

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Amerind is a non-profit
organization located

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one hour east of Tucson.

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I hope you'll come and visit us.

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It's in an amazing
geologic landscape

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in an area called Texas Canyon.

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We have 8000ft of galleries
featuring Indigenous art from

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people from throughout
the Americas.

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And we're also home to
a 3 square mile nature

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preserve with hiking
trails that are

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open to the public to let
you explore that landscape.

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Our mission is to
foster and promote

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an understanding of the
native peoples of the Americas

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through research, education,
conservation, and community

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engagement.

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And in pursuit of
that mission, Amerind

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is delighted to work with
partners in Southern Arizona,

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like the University of
Arizona Poetry Center,

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supporting opportunities for our
community to engage and learn

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from Indigenous
artists, leaders,

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teachers who share their visions
and insights with our community.

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So tonight, Amerind is honored
to be here at the Poetry Center,

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helping to underwrite Kimberly
Blaeser's presentation.

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And her powerful words will
touch all of us tonight.

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And we are delighted that
Amerind could partner with you

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to make this event possible
and we look forward

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to more events like
this in the future.

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Another Tucson
partnership, Amerind

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is thrilled to be one
of the underwriters

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for a special Tucson Symphony
Orchestra performance coming up

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in February with the Diné
composer Raven Chacon.

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He's a Pulitzer Prize winning
composer from the Navajo Nation,

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and he is going to debut a new
commissioned symphonic work

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on February 21 and February 23.

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Try not to miss it.

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And the first Wednesday
in April, we're

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going to be at the
Tucson Museum of Art,

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featuring an outstanding visual
artist, the Cherokee artist

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America Meredith, who is the
editor of first American Art

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Magazine.

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America Meredith has won
critical awards for her work

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and has exhibited on
multiple continents

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and we're currently
hosting an exhibit

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at our art gallery of her
mid-career retrospective,

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so I hope we'll get
a chance to see that.

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And we're delighted to
bring Ms. Meredith to town

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here, to Tucson, so that you
can get to know her better.

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That talk's going to be at 7:00
o'clock, at the Tucson Museum

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of Art on April 2.

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So if you'd like to learn
more about us and the Amerind,

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please do visit our
information table.

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It's right outside.

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We have some more information
and those of Amerind board

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members who are here tonight,
could you raise your hands?

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Thanks for being here, folks.

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If you have any questions, you
can ask myself or my colleague

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Kelly or any of our
board members here

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and we'd be delighted
to answer them for you.

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We do have guest passes
if you haven't visited us

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and would like to do so.

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So thank you once again for the
invitation to be here, Tyler.

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And thank you most especially
to Kim for bringing your talent

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and your vision to share
with us this night.

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We look forward to being
moved by your words.

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[APPLAUSE]

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