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Turn clockwise to the right, to the trio of pillars that includes more red colors. If you visit in the afternoon, you’ll see that the red pillars catch the sunlight more than any others. That’s purposeful: this group represents midday. It also corresponds to the second life stage (youth), south, and summer. Everything is in bloom. There’s an eagle now in its adult stage next to the Ojibwe floral illustrations that incorporate plant medicines in all four groups of pillars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Near the water next to the birch tree, there’s now a dancer wearing a traditional fancy shawl and lifting her arms, illustrating this energetic life stage. “We come into the youth, which is the fancy dance,” Beaulieu says. “It’s a fast dance that represents the butterfly and how they move as they bounce around and pollinate. My grandmother taught me to fancy dance, and you’ve got to be young because it’s such a fast dance\u2014it’s really hard.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\tAdult eagle <\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tDakota textile patterns<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tDancer wearing a traditional fancy shawl <\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tMidday scene and birch tree <\/span>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\tOjibwe floral patterns<\/span>\n\t\t\t
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Dive Deeper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n