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Elders and leaders of various member tribes of the First Nations pose for a group photo after Monday’s launching of the First Nations-owned nîkihk cleaning kits now for sale at Sobeys Preston Crossing. Photograph By Jon Perez It was officially a celebration of the ingenuity of Indigenous peoples in coming up with locally produced cleaning kits to help keep communities safe from the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was overshadowed, however, by developments within the movement to identify graves of children who died while in Canadian residential school. Following the ceremonies marking the offering for sale of nîkihk cleaning kits at Sobeys Preston Crossing in Saskatoon, Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs executive director Neil Sasakamoose told reporters the tribal council is in the process of examining two of five sites identified as possible gravesites an expected emotional and gruelling project they
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MCCSC adult ed grad designs skirt worn by Deb Haaland at ceremony
Connie Shakalis
Special to the H-T
Deb Haaland became the 54th secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior March 18, and she wore a ribbon skirt made by Agnes Woodward at her swearing in.
Woodward, a tribal member of the Plains Cree as well as a past Indiana resident, is a graduate of the Monroe County Community School Corp. s Adult Education program at the Broadview Learning Center.
Haaland is a citizen of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico. She is the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary. Vice President Kamala Harris officiated at the ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C.