Native American Teacher Connects a New Generation With Cherokee Culture (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Native American Teacher Connects a New Generation With Cherokee Culture

By ICTMN Staff August 9, 2011
USA

The Cherokee Nation’s Teacher Enrichment Institute has inspired
retired schoolteacher Susie Thompson to pass on her knowledge.

Thompson, a Cherokee Nation citizen, spoke the native language until
the age of 8, and now when she speaks it she says it “takes her back
in time, creating a connection to her mother and grandmother,” states
a Cherokee Nation press release.

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