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| Elder Noel Starblanket speaks to the student body at Peacock Collegiate on March 21, 2014 about treaties, residential schools and worldview. Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy |
Elder Noel Starblanket has many stories from his past.
After “many, many decades” of working for treaty advocacy, teaching students about it is a “crowning achievement for me,” he said. On Friday morning, he spoke to the student body of Peacock Collegiate.
“I often say to our young leaders and young Aboriginal children, First Nations children, that we have had to pay a price for this education, for this moment to happen and it was painful, but it’s very rewarding to see it bearing fruit that the awareness is now coming,” said Starblanket following his presentation.
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