'A big voice': Friends, family mourn death of Elder Ted Fontaine
Ted Fontaine, a pillar of Manitoba's First Nations community and an author who detailed abuses he suffered at a government-run residential school, has died at 79.
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Posted: May 12, 2021 1:53 PM CT | Last Updated: May 12
Ted Fontaine will be remembered as a humble person who never held a grudge and worked to make life better for others, say friends and family.(Brett Purdy/CBC)
Ted Fontaine, a pillar of Manitoba's First Nations community and an author who detailed abuses he suffered at a government-run residential school, has died at 79.