By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter CHARLIE LAKE, B.C. — With onlookers surrounding the amphitheatre at Tse’k’wa Heritage site, a repatriation ceremony was held on July 31st. Cultural objects, stemming from historical excavations begun in the 1970s, were returned to Tse’k’wa, a non-profit organized by Doig River First Nation (DRFN), Prophet River First Nation (PRFN), and West Moberly First Nations (WMFN) back in 2012. Elders, Council members from each First Nation, and Indigenous education students were on hand to participate in the ceremony, which began with a performance by DRFN drummers. For the heritage society’s president, Garry Oker, a member of DRFN, the repatriation is part of telling the story of Dane-Zaa descendants who inhabited the lands generations ago. “I feel very honored to do this as a work…
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