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SYRACUSE - Two members of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma will be at the Seawater Area Conservancy Foundation Ruddell Pavilion Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon to share information on the people whose history has shaped many lives in Indiana.
The program is free to attend.
Diane Hunter will talk about the history of Miami people, telling the stories of their emergence as a unique and different people, their first encounters with Europeans and later with Americans, land loss and forced removals, and about the revitalization of the Miami Tribe today.
The second presenter, Dani Tippmann, will discuss the use of plants as food, medicine, technology and cultural historical conduits, and share how plants teach us, feed us, heal us and bring us a better understanding of Myaamia culture. Tippmann will have plants to touch, smell and maybe taste for attendees to sample.
The program, sponsored by Chautauqua-Wawasee, will be performed at the Ruddell Pavilion on the campus of WACF, just south of Syracuse at 11586 Ind. 13. Families are welcome to attend this free program.
Partial program funding has been provided a Heritage Support Grant from the Indiana Historical Society made possible by Lilly Endowment Inc.
