November 11, 2008

Purdue celebrates Native American culture

The four-hour celebration, from 1-5 p.m. will showcase Native American food, a powwow-style drum performance and the screening of the documentary “Long Journey Home.” Later, Annette and Dee Ketchum, the documentary’s subjects, and Rita Kohn, its co-producer, will share their views on contemporary Native American realities, history and culture.

The event will conclude with a ceremony honoring the Ketchums and Mike Floyd, chief of the Eel River tribe of Indiana, by presenting them with Pendleton blankets in the traditional American Indian way.

The event, which is co-sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board and the Native American Educational and Cultural Center, is free and open to the public.

Writer: Soumitro Sen, (765) 496-9711, ssen@purdue.edu

Sources:   Marjorie Tucker, (765) 494-8907, mctucker@purdue.edu

Ronak Chokshi, (765) 430-4497, psub-cultural@purdue.edu

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