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How to retain the
traditions of my people and still be a good
member of the Church. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]. My name is Patrick [INAUDIBLE]. And I'm a full-blooded Navajo. I would say this is a
topic that, certainly, I deal with every day. And I feel like I don't have
a concrete answer on it. I am also a Native
American dancer. And so that also allows
me to share my culture and share a story with people. A lot of times, I get
to do a presentation and dance for people
who may have never met a Native American. And in that moment, I'm
representing my culture. And so a lot of times,
I feel like, myself, I'm always thinking
about my culture. But then I'm also thinking
about the gospel within my life. And I know many other
people out there deal with trying to find a
balance between those two. But how I see it is,
there's a classic story they talk about for all
Native Americans, how we live in two worlds,
the Native American world and the non-Native
American world. And that's how I see our
Native American traditions and my faith in the Church. I feel like most people see them
as being two separate entities, two separate worlds. But I feel like they can cross. There are some areas where
there are similarities. And I feel like finding those
similarities and being able to see a path which leads to my
firm belief that I am a child of God, it allows me to--I
feel like it makes me even more proud to be Native American. It makes me more proud of
my culture and my heritage. And I would say
that just finding the similarities, that's
certainly helped so much. [MUSIC PLAYING]