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Cheyenne-Arapaho kids take to the slopes
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JANUARY 23, 2001 About 70 teens from the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe of Oklahoma and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado took to the slopes in Durango this weekend and received skiing lessons from Ross Anderson, the 16th fastest skier in the world. Anderson is Cheyenne-Arapaho and Mescalero Apache. Adopted by a non-Indian family, he learned to ski at age 3. Anderson says his experiences growing up outside his culture and being uncomfortable around other Indians as a teen have lead him to become a role model for Indian youth. Get the Story:
Indians finding pride on the slopes (The Denver Post 1/23)
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