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By Molly K. Young, AIJI
Tabor, S.D.- For more than 60 years, a tiny South Dakota town has hosted a big summer celebration. The two-day event celebrates the community’s common bond: its ancestry.
“This is a Czech community,” Judy Lundy, from Tabor, said. “Czech Days, to a lot of them, represents home.”
Lundy said she and [...]

Charliss (Charly) Edsitty, Navajo, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

Has been news editor at the Baylor Lariat and is a senior at Baylor University, majoring in journalism, with a minor in film and digital media. She plans to graduate in December 2009. She attended UNITY ‘08 in Chicago.
Melanie Gilkerson, Blackfeet heritage, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Md. [...]