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Above, left: Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s Land Acknowledgement Statement and commitments were
first read aloud by representatives of Midwest SOARRING Foundation in Great Bear Wilderness.
Above, right: The sharing of traditional Aztec dance and ceremony by Huehuecoyotl, which means
Ancient Coyote in Nahuatl, an indigenous language spoken in Mexico.

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