Delaware traditions rekindled: Preservation program seeks to save tribal heritage (fwd link)

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Delaware traditions rekindled: Preservation program seeks to save tribal
heritage

By Emily Droege E-E Feature Writer

For more than two decades, Annette Ketchum witnessed her culture slowly dwindle
away. However, rather than standing by and watching the heritage of the
Delaware Indians continue to become a distant memory, she felt compelled to
save her tribe’s traditions before it became forever lost in history.

Ketchum consequently came up with a local preservation program which caters to
saving the language and cultural practices of her tribe. Officially established
this past June, the Delaware Tribe Cultural Preservation Program holds weekly
classes at the Delaware Community Center.

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