Cherokee Preservation Foundation

Cherokee Preservation Foundation Will Host
Community Celebration on May 12

Grantees Will Describe their Projects at Cherokee Youth Center Event

CHEROKEE, May 2, 2006—The Cherokee Preservation Foundation (CPFdn) announced today that it will host its annual Community Celebration event on May 12 for grantees, partners and anyone else who is interested in the work CPFdn and its grantees are doing. The event will take place at the Cherokee Youth Center located at 1570 Acquoni Road in Cherokee, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The event will feature short presentations from four grantees about their programs:

Renissa Walker, about the Cherokee Language Immersion program for young children.
Merritt Youngdeer, about the Cherokee Youth in Radio program.
Theresa Waldroup, about the Spikebuck Mound preservation project.
James Bradley, about the new version of the Unto These Hills outdoor drama that will be presented to audiences this summer.

Other grantees will be available to discuss the work they are doing, and traditional

Cherokee dishes prepared by the North American Indian Women’s Association (NAIWA) will be served at the event.

About the Cherokee Preservation Foundation

The Cherokee Preservation Foundation was established on November 14, 2000, as part of the Second Amendment to the Tribal-State Compact between the EBCI and the State of North Carolina. It is an independent non-profit foundation funded by the EBCI from gaming revenues generated by the tribe. The Cherokee Preservation Foundation is not part of or associated with any for-profit gaming entity. Since CPFdn’s inception, it has made 265 grants totaling more than $17.8 million.