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December 2, 2006 Staff Photo by Chris Seward [/assets/story/image_buynow.comp]
Josh Richardson of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe performs a traditional grass dance during the Native American Performing Arts Festival.

The Native American festival, sponsored by the Alpha Pi Omega sorority and held at Stewart Theatre on the campus of N.C. State University, featured dances, music and storytelling. Richardson, 20, has been dancing since he was a toddler. "I dance to pray; I dance for the elders; I dance for those that can't dance," he said. "I know that I can pass on Native American culture this way." The grass dance has its origins in the Omaha Nation of the northern Great Plains.
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