A group of Native Americans at the intertribal Healing Horse Spirit PowWow stands at the entrance of the sacred PowWow circle, waiting for the call for the “Grand Entrance.” This group includes several U.S. and Vietnam War veterans who bear the American flag and POW-MIA (prisoners of war-missing in action) flag. One man, dressed in black, sports a series of U.S. military badges sewn in a vertical strip down his back.

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Location: Mt. Airy, Maryland

Photographer: Irene Abdou