Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, Welcome, welcome, welcome. It
Speaker 1: is a time now for our community connection right here
Speaker 1: on K one, the one you trust, and it's being
Speaker 1: brought to you by our good friends at Wesley and
Speaker 1: Kitty College, also Tall Grass Motors and Arnold Moore and
Speaker 1: Knee Camp Funeral Home. Well, we have two beautiful ladies
Speaker 1: here to celebrate Friday here with us, and I'm all
Speaker 1: for that. It's the ADUI, a Cherokee cultural community, and
Speaker 1: that we have Dora Patskowski and also Misty wishall here
Speaker 1: with us. Good morning, ladies.
Speaker 2: How are we well? Good morning?
Speaker 1: Well, trying to beat the heat today?
Speaker 2: Huh, Yes, it's already started.
Speaker 1: It's already started. So first of all, tell us a
Speaker 1: little bit about the Cherokee Cultural Community. What's it all
Speaker 1: about and how did he get started and everything out.
Speaker 3: Well, Dora was key obviously to get that started. By
Speaker 3: she's just going as she is. That we started in
Speaker 3: twenty twenty two and we got a location just right
Speaker 3: east on Durham Road, and it was an older church,
Speaker 3: but it's been renovated and it's beautiful.
Speaker 1: I've been there.
Speaker 3: Yes, we hold monthly meetings and we do cultural community
Speaker 3: events and education and just to kind of preserve our
Speaker 3: Cherokee culture.
Speaker 2: That's the main reason behind it.
Speaker 1: And you do a lot of different things in order
Speaker 1: to do that and bring things kind of you know,
Speaker 1: front and centered too, folks, but in a very kind
Speaker 1: of fun way.
Speaker 2: That's what we try.
Speaker 1: First of all. Adam Bearpah Abraham Barepau, I'm seeing the statement,
Speaker 1: but I'm not familiar. Can you tell us a little
Speaker 1: bit about.
Speaker 4: Abrien Abraham had started a program probably about two years
Speaker 4: ago called Walking in Balance. Oh yeah, and he has
Speaker 4: a couple of books out. That program is basically a
Speaker 4: weaving of Cherokee cultural and traditions and weaving those into
Speaker 4: our modern day lives, just our simple everyday life. There's
Speaker 4: so many small ways that a person can person can
Speaker 4: just take a second and think about something, you know
Speaker 4: a little more traditionally and what the culture of that
Speaker 4: is was, you know, for our ancestors. And he's just
Speaker 4: really good at collaborating with the public on teaching them
Speaker 4: this history and culture.
Speaker 1: Well, it's got to be great. Gets one focus, gets
Speaker 1: one centered, gets one.
Speaker 2: Pieceful, very calming.
Speaker 1: Yes, we could use a little bit more of that
Speaker 1: around here. Yeah, My goodness sake sounds like a wonderful
Speaker 1: opportunity for folks to take a part in. Now you
Speaker 1: need to be Cherokee to do this.
Speaker 2: No, you open to the public.
Speaker 4: Open to the public people.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, This really sounds like do we need to sign
Speaker 1: up or just show up?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 3: No, It's going to be on July second, correct at
Speaker 3: six pm at the at the Cultural Community there.
Speaker 2: He's wonderful.
Speaker 3: I got the to see him speak at the the
Speaker 3: event last week or two weeks ago, I guess at
Speaker 3: the hard Rock and he is wonderful.
Speaker 2: Because it's a simplistic approach.
Speaker 3: But I think we're just so used to just running
Speaker 3: and gunning that we overthink so many things.
Speaker 2: But he is just so good to listen to.
Speaker 3: It just reels you back in and it's I think
Speaker 3: we could all benefit from this, for sure.
Speaker 1: I think we all have a tendency to overthink, and
Speaker 1: it's usually not towards the positive.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Yes, and he just wanting an obsense about that and
Speaker 1: we forget to take in the goodness.
Speaker 2: Absolutely.
Speaker 1: Wow, this ought to be one wonderful speaker, and this
Speaker 1: ought to be a great lesson for everyone.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it'll be monthly for the next we have the
Speaker 3: first till November. N what we're slaughtered for it so
Speaker 3: the first Wednesday of each month at six pm.
Speaker 1: Okay, and that and death right there at the building
Speaker 1: on Durham in doing yes and tell you what. On
Speaker 1: the outside, it looks like it's good size, but once
Speaker 1: you get inside it's like, how do you make it bigger?
Speaker 1: But it looks bigger than what it is.
Speaker 2: It great fit and there's so many updates. We've got
Speaker 2: a pavilion in the back.
Speaker 3: Really yes, we'll be able to host rentals and things.
Speaker 3: We host rentals now so if there's birthday parties, graduations,
Speaker 3: it is very nice and.
Speaker 2: Very price considerate.
Speaker 3: Yes, because I know a lot of people are always
Speaker 3: looking for birthday parties or family reunions, and so we
Speaker 3: host that. But the pavilion will be also have a
Speaker 3: playground and barbecue. It's just it'll be really nice and
Speaker 3: family friendly for the whole community.
Speaker 1: That sounds great. Sounds great now when it comes to
Speaker 1: a cultural education overall, this is something that I think
Speaker 1: a lot of people have been kind of hungering for,
Speaker 1: especially in Cherokee Nation. It's like, I know several people
Speaker 1: who are members of Cherokee nation, and they have this
Speaker 1: desire to learn more, get a little bit more in
Speaker 1: touch with where they came from. You can get so
Speaker 1: much from a history book, but with talking with other
Speaker 1: people or being around other people who have similar desires
Speaker 1: and other folks who have a little bit more knowledge,
Speaker 1: really turns out to be quite nice.
Speaker 4: Yes, it does, because a lot of the elders they
Speaker 4: have stories, you know, from their childhood of course.
Speaker 2: And they can share those.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 2: That to me is just you know, precious.
Speaker 3: Oh yes, and it's only getting further away as the
Speaker 3: elders you know, are getting older. So it's just they
Speaker 3: work so hard to root our traditions and culture, and
Speaker 3: we just want to keep that alive. Now.
Speaker 1: I know that the Chief, Chuck Hoskin Junior, has been
Speaker 1: working really hard with immersion as far as the language
Speaker 1: is concerned. Yes, and that itself is an undertaking, Yes,
Speaker 1: he'll be the first to tell you it's not. But
Speaker 1: there are other cultural things that go along with everyday living. Now,
Speaker 1: my wife is Native and she's with the Menominee tribe.
Speaker 1: Now her big deal is now that our youngest is eighteen,
Speaker 1: she will get the secret recipe to the bribe brand ooh,
Speaker 1: and I said there's a secret recipe, yes, okay, And
Speaker 1: there'll be some other things that get kind of handed
Speaker 1: down to now that she's eighteen. But I know that
Speaker 1: each tribe has their own cultural things and the way
Speaker 1: they pass things down the one thing that universal. It's
Speaker 1: like you said, the storytelling. I mean, it's as old
Speaker 1: as time and some of these some of these kids,
Speaker 1: you know, they benefit from this. I don't think the
Speaker 1: history books quite cover.
Speaker 5: Well.
Speaker 1: The big smile or I'm not going to say anything,
Speaker 1: but I got a big smile. So once again, these
Speaker 1: are monthly meetings and it's the first Wednesday of each month, correct,
Speaker 1: And they're at six o'clock.
Speaker 2: Correct, that's the Abraham Bear Hawk.
Speaker 4: And there is dinner provided, so bring the family. You
Speaker 4: won't have to cook that night, and just you know,
Speaker 4: relax for a little bit and enjoy and and learn
Speaker 4: some things.
Speaker 1: So this is going to be great. This is really
Speaker 1: going to be great. And as far as the rental
Speaker 1: is concerned for the hall and also maybe the outdoor thing,
Speaker 1: just give you guys a call there up there.
Speaker 3: We also we have a Facebook page and we love
Speaker 3: for you guys to follow that. Yes, Dewey eat a
Speaker 3: Cherokee cultural community, I believe is what the name of
Speaker 3: that is.
Speaker 5: And we also have monthly potlucks and it's the third
Speaker 5: Thursday of every month at six pm and so we
Speaker 5: have so again until November.
Speaker 2: Two nights of the month. You won't have to cook.
Speaker 2: So come on down. Hey, that's a lot of people.
Speaker 1: You know, there's nothing more fun than a potluck. You
Speaker 1: get to talk to people, maybe you haven't seen it
Speaker 1: in a while, or maybe you've never even met, and
Speaker 1: you're doing it in communion with with with food, friendship
Speaker 1: and family. That's always a good thing. Yeah.
Speaker 3: We always try to bring in a speaker and or
Speaker 3: do you know there's pottery that was brought in.
Speaker 2: We just try to again, just try to do cultural enrichment.
Speaker 1: You were telling me about making stickball sticks.
Speaker 4: That is going to be the project for July second class. Yes,
Speaker 4: so please come and learn how to make a stickball stick,
Speaker 4: make your own and take it home.
Speaker 1: And there's a little story that goes to that too,
Speaker 1: and you'll learn about that when you make it, like
Speaker 1: how you play the game. And anyway, this is this
Speaker 1: is all great. And I remember when you and the
Speaker 1: chief and the assistant chief came in.
Speaker 6: I'm interrupting because we're going to.
Speaker 4: Be at the Barns. Relays Connection is going to be
Speaker 4: at the Cultural.
Speaker 2: Center Wonderful fashion shows.
Speaker 6: We buy all ladies to the Cultural the Cultural Community
Speaker 6: Center for our fashion show for Bars Relays Connection, and
Speaker 6: you all can have some beautiful wonderful that's.
Speaker 3: Wonderful taking advantage of that's great.
Speaker 2: And like you said, it's open to everyone the great facility. Yes,
Speaker 2: we've had a wedding reception there, like I said.
Speaker 3: Family reunions, showers, graduation parties.
Speaker 2: It literally is just a turnkey space.
Speaker 4: So we have a full kitchen, there's an ice maker.
Speaker 4: It's you know, it's ready.
Speaker 1: I saw the kitchen and it was in action. You
Speaker 1: guys first turned all the lights there, like I said,
Speaker 1: to it when everybody was there. You had made a
Speaker 1: speech as well, and there was elbow to elbow, and
Speaker 1: I'm telling you we could have still fit more in there.
Speaker 1: It was that big, but it was it was.
Speaker 2: It was comfortable and cozy. It's a great, great space.
Speaker 3: Cherokee Nation is really invested in it to make it
Speaker 3: nice for our community.
Speaker 1: And I also understand that folks if they have questions
Speaker 1: pertaining to Cherokee government or some services can actually.
Speaker 4: Maybe get Oh yes, we have career services open there
Speaker 4: Monday through Friday from eight to five, and then human
Speaker 4: services is open there Monday, Wednesday and Friday also from
Speaker 4: eight to five.
Speaker 1: Made you got it all right there in one past. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it really is well you ladies. I don't know how
Speaker 1: you sew that up and make it so tidy, but
Speaker 1: you do. Thank you very much for coming in today, Yes,
Speaker 1: and en sharing with us. We're going to have a
Speaker 1: little story on this on the website and we'll let
Speaker 1: everybody know about the speaker, Abraham Baron Pop and of
Speaker 1: course about the other monthly meetings and what they can
Speaker 1: expect from this beautiful, beautiful building and the wonderful people
Speaker 1: inside it up they're on Durham in doing thank you
Speaker 1: for