WHITE MESA, Utah — Aldean Ketchum has played his people’s traditional flute across the Southwest.
“These are our homelands where my people lived and survived here for thousands of years,” he said.
Ketchum’s biggest gig was at opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics, where athletes from around the world came to Utah. He is less pleased about something else coming to Utah.
“That’s one thing I can’t understand — how the government allows other countries to come in and utilize, make money off it and then leave the mess behind for us to clean,” Ketchum said...