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By Odette Auger Local Journalism Initiative Reporter When Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak was checking in for her Air Canada flight from Montreal to Fredericton, N.B April 24, the ceremonial headdress she was carrying in its case was not a problem. It wasn\u2019t a problem when she boarded the flight, either. \u201cThen I put my headdress under the chair in front of me, as usual. Just standard stuff, right?\u201d It became a problem when a flight attendant made it a problem. \u201cThat\u2019s when it escalated,\u201d she told Windspeaker.com. Another flight attendant joined in and tried to tell Woodhouse Nepinak that she needed to put the sacred item into checked luggage in the underbelly of the plane with the cargo. The headdress had been bestowed on the… <\/p>\n

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By Odette Auger Local Journalism Initiative Reporter When Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak was checking in for her Air Canada flight from Montreal to Fredericton, N.B April 24, the ceremonial headdress she was carrying in its case was not a problem. It wasn\u2019t a problem when she boarded the flight, either. \u201cThen I put my headdress under the chair in front of me, as usual. Just standard stuff, right?\u201d It became a problem when a flight attendant made it a problem. \u201cThat\u2019s when it escalated,\u201d she told Windspeaker.com. Another flight attendant joined in and tried to tell Woodhouse Nepinak that she needed to put the sacred item into checked luggage in the underbelly of the plane with the cargo. The headdress had been bestowed on the... <\/p>\n

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