The American Ballet Theatre's first African-American principal dancer says she was often discouraged from following her dream.
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Agnes Pilgrim, Council of 13 Grandmas.
Agnes Baker Pilgrim talks of her early life and family, of her Takelma heritage, of the Sacred Salmon Ceremony, of going to Southern Oregon University and graduating at age 61, about the Circle of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers and about water, life and the earth.
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