Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools’ annual powwow is back
due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools held their annual Indigenous ceremony on Friday.announced $100,000 for the new St. Frances Cree Bilingual School announced back in 2020 by the Government of Saskatchewan.“It makes a young First Nations child who is new to the city, not see themselves as marginalized but see them part of the mainstream, they belong here and when they belong here they belong anywhere,” said Keith Martell, First Nations Bank of Canada CEO.
With construction set to begin in 2022, the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Board Chair is excited.“It’ll be part of the cultural component of the school, so there will be an elders’ lodge that this is going to be focused on, where children can come and feel at peace. The staff can be part of that as well and the elders will give them the honour of being part of their lives,” said Diane Boyko, Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools Board of Education chair.
“Because of COVID I haven’t really been able to go to any powwows and so this is my first powwow of powwow season really,” said dancer Tianna Mccabe.“This institution has done a wonderful job in getting kids engaged and keeping them in school and we really wanna support that,” said Martell. With funds covering the construction of the school, the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Board is still looking for more donors.
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