Project reconnects Native youth with land

Published August 16, 2012 10:11am ET



PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — American Indian children are learning more about their cultural heritage through a project at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

More than two dozen American Indian youth recently worked with the staff at the recreation area on the Arizona-Utah border to remove invasive plants, collect native seeds and monitor wildlife. The two-week project that ended Aug. 5 also had the youth participating in traditional ceremonies and preparing traditional American Indian food.

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