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all right my name is Christian Hopkins
I'm not against it from Oshawa Rhode

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Island

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an exhibit that I find very interesting
at the tomah clock museum is The Pursuit

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of Happyness exhibit the reason why I
think it's a great exhibit is because it

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doesn't keep us in the past I think too
many museums subconsciously enforce

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stereotypes of who we are
the reason being is because they keep us

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in that pre-colonial timeframe and don't
emphasize who we are currently and who

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we look around how we view ourselves and
what we see when we look to the future

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and I think that Tom McLaury does a very
good job of doing that and I think

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that's a powerful exhibit

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so I was blessed to have the opportunity
to dance for chief strong horse at an

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honoring ceremony held by Tomic log that
they do every year to honor people of of

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stature that have done things for the
community and so I was blessed to have

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the opportunity to to dance
the old man's dance which is a dance to

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show the lifecycle of a warrior and for
me to be able to to respect somebody who

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had really played a big part in our
community was a big honor for me

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the metal is a huge honor also I think
it couldn't have gone to a more

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deserving Museum
the reason being is because of the the

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identity that it gives to the younger
generation and I think that tomahawk

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really made that a pinnacle for their
community and allowed me to have a firm

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base and to and to be Who I am today and
so that is why I feel like Tom o'clock

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is a very worthy recipient of the order

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you