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Delvin Kanewiyakiho, the decolonization/land-based consultant for the First Nations, Metis and Inuit education unit of Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools, leads a tobacco ceremony at Monday’s sod-turning for the new St. Frances Cree Bilingual School.The bilingual school was established nearly two decades ago, in 2007. Thanks to huge increases in enrolment, programming has needed to be offered at two locations until the new school is complete.
“Truth and Reconciliation is the turning point when it comes to improving the lives of First Nations people,” Saskatoon Tribal Council Chief Mark Arcand said, adding that with the creation of the new school, “we are