“ᏓᎳᏚ ᏳᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᏥᎨᏒ ᎤᎴᏅᎮ ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ (ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ) summer youth (ᏗᎨᏥᎾᏢᏗ ᎤᏙᏢᏒ) ᎠᎴ ᏁᎳᏚ ᏳᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᏥᎨᏒ ᎦᏓᎫᎦ ᏧᏃᏢᏗ ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎸᎢ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
“The Heritage Center has always held a big place in my heart. It’s where I worked at 16 on (Cherokee Nation) Summer Youth (Employment Program) and at 18 for the pottery division back when that was going on,” she said.