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Artwork brings attention to missing Native Americans [Video]

SEVEN NEWS. AN ARTIST WANTS TO BRING AWARENESS TO MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN NEW MEXICO THROUGH HIS ART. ALYSSA MUNOZ WENT TO THE HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER, WHERE HIS ART IS ON DISPLAY. A LOSING BATTLE. THE ART PIECE, FILLED WITH DIFFERENT STORIES. THE ARTIST BEHIND THE SPRAY PAINT, ALONZO RODRIGUEZ, SAYS THIS STORY STARTS WITH PEOPLE RIDING ON A BUS ON CENTRAL. EACH FACE BLURRED TO RELATE WITH ANYONE. OLD LADY HERE, PROBABLY COMING FROM CHURCH, KIND OF SITTING THERE HOLDING HER PURSE AND KIND OF BEING OBLIVIOUS TO WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NEXT TO HER. YOU GOT THESE PEOPLE UNDERNEATH THE BLANKET, MOST LIKELY DOING DRUGS. YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHTER IT’S LIGHTING UP. AND ON THE VERY LEFT, A FATHER TRYING TO PROTECT HIS CHILD. AND THEN BEHIND HIM IS THE BATTLE THAT WE SEE EVERY DAY OF THE GOOD AND BAD. THE DRUGS, EVERYTHING WITH …

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