Visiting family thankful for local community’s help in locating stolen regalia

By K. Darbyson  Local Journalism Initiative A family from Whitefish Bay First Nation received a helping hand from some locals after their pow wow regalia was stolen as they were passing through Sault Ste. Marie. Although some of the stolen items remain unaccounted for, Rhonda White is tremendously thankful for all the people who stepped up to help her family recover most of what was taken. “I’m grateful for what we were able to recover,” Rhonda said on Thursday, having just returned home after spending several days searching for these items in the Sault. “There are no words.” Rhonda stopped at the Sault’s Quality Inn on Monday alongside her sister Mandy and mother Caroline, with the trio returning home from a pow wow that had just taken place in Wikwemikong…

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