Air Canada flight attendant shares Mohawk culture with pop star Rihanna

By Morgan Lowrie An Air Canada flight attendant got a thrill last week when she gifted pop superstar Rihanna a beaded lanyard from her Mohawk community south of Montreal. Lily Kahnerahtiio Dailleboust says the encounter happened during a June 1 Air Canada Express flight from Toronto to Montreal when she approached Rihanna’s bodyguard and asked if she could give the singer a present. “I wanted to give her something because it represents me and it represents my culture, and her bodyguard was like, ‘Sure, you can give it to her,'” she said in an interview. An Air Canada Express flight attendant says she felt an ‘instant connection’ with Rihanna as she shared her Mohawk culture with the pop star on a recent flight. (June 9, 2026) The flight attendant says…

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