First Nations education centre celebrates growth on 25th anniversary

By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter  Another First Nation has joined the ranks of Manitoba’s Indigenous-run school board as the education hub in charge of it marks 25 years of operations. The Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre celebrated its anniversary and ongoing efforts to revitalize Indigenous languages and cultures at a conference in Winnipeg last week. Members of Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation — the 12th First Nation to enter into a partnership with the centre to deliver education — were among the hundreds in attendance. Principal Adeline Travers said the change has resulted in more funding per student, a fully-stocked computer lab, and new desks and maintenance equipment. “We’re a small school so every penny counts,” said the leader of a kindergarten-to-Grade 10 school located on the west shore…

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