By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — A northeast First Nations woman is encouraging her community to celebrate Indigenous heritage with a winter photoshoot. Leanna Cardinal, a the 28-year-old a member of Fort Nelson First Nation, said it was only her second photo shoot. Still relatively new in the world of modelling, Cardinal said she just “wanted to give it a shot” and was heavily influenced by her upbringing to put together the photo collection. “My aunties, and of course my grandma,” said Cardinal. “They spoke to me of elders’ stories. This is what I came up with.” With help from her mother-in-law, Cardinal was able to put together traditional moose hide and wolf fur for the photos. Preparing for the shoot took about…
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