Calgary high school unveils Indigenous art ahead of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Rick Wolcott, the Indigenous artist who made the totem art piece, had three sons go to the northwest Calgary school."We feel sort of a kinship with the school," Wolcott said."I have been looking at it on the flat, mostly.

I was really impressed when I saw it actually hanging up," he said."At the top of the totem, the three bears, that's inclusion. They're a team. They are working together," he said.It was attended by approximately 175 students.

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