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Jackie Yellowhorn, the Indigenous family outreach coach for the Pincher Creek Family Centre, organized Indigenous Week 2021 across four days, June 21-24, to share Indigenous culture.
“Indigenous Day was (June) 21st. So we thought we’d do a whole week of events for it, and I think it’s really important to share our culture.”
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The week started with her grandma, Elder Veronica Smith, who gave an in-person blessing at the Pincher Creek Family Centre before Yellowhorn read Blackfoot numbers, flashcards aimed to teach young ones to count to 10 in the Blackfoot language.