A Blessing Ceremony was held to honour and celebrate the carving of a House Post for the Aboriginal Head Start Program at Parkside Elementary, the 91原创 School District shared online.

In a video posted to the district鈥檚 social media page Kwantlen First Nation artist Brandon Gabriel explained its significance.

鈥淎cknowledging that this pole is going to adorn a space where children attend daily and are looked after by caregivers, and the second piece was acknowledging our recent past,鈥� he said.

鈥淎cknowledging that we have elders and ancestors who attended Canadian residential schools and we are acknowledge that restitution has yet to be done.鈥�

A Blessing Ceremony was held to honour and celebrate the carving of a House Post for the Aboriginal Head Start Program at Parkside Elementary. Kwantlen First Nation Artist Brandon Gabriel has been commissioned by our community partner . Learn more:

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Also in attendance were members of the Lower Fraser Valley Aboriginal Society, including CEO Katie Pearson who further elaborated on the meaning of the House Post.

鈥淟ifting up Indigenous students and helping with integration within the community, making sure that our young Indigenous people and their families have a safe place to go.鈥�

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