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Comfort Ceremony and Memorial Service
"Planned for Bridge Collapse Victims"

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma, News
Cherokee News Path ~ Thursday, June 25, 2002

WEBBERS FALLS, OK - On June 28, the Cherokee Nation will host a Cherokee Comfort Ceremony and Memorial Service in honor of the 14 people who perished on the I-40 bridge over the Arkansas River on May 26. The service will begin at noon and feature the Cherokee National Children's Choir singing "Orphan Child", a song of mourning and loss that has endured since the Trail of Tears and which the Choir has performed at Ground Zero in New York City. Community members are invited to attend this solemn occasion.
The service will begin at noon on June 28 at the Battle of Webbers Falls Park in Webbers Falls. For more information on the service, please call 918-456-0671 (ext. 2210).

Related path(s) and contact information:
Mike Miller, Cherokee Nation
Director of Communications
Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2210)
Fax: 918-458-5580
E-mail: Communications@cherokee.org
Larry Daugherty, Advertising Manager
Cherokee Nation - Public Affairs
Phone 918-456-0671 (Ex.2324)
E-mail: ldaugherty@cherokee.org
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma
Attn: (Department Name)
P.O. Box 948, Tahlequah, OK 74465
Telephone: 918-456-0671
(Toll Free OK) 1-800-256-0671