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EDMONTON The regional chief for the Assembly of First Nations in Alberta and the chief of the Enoch Cree First Nation agree that renaming Edmonton s CFL team is a step in the right direction towards reconciliation. “It s a small gesture, but within the bigger picture reconciliation is a never-ending road. It might be cliche, but you take it one day at a time,” says Enoch Cree Chief Billy Morin. On June 1, the team unveiled its new Edmonton Elks branding, 10 months after the team agreed to change its name from the Eskimos - a racial slur against Inuit peoples. “It should have happened a long time ago, but hindsight s always easy,” says Morin, who gave credit to the franchise for making the right call after a decade of debate.