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By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. \u2014 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 \u201cwanted to give it a shot\u201d and was heavily influenced by her upbringing to put together the photo collection. \u201cMy aunties, and of course my grandma,\u201d said Cardinal. \u00a0\u201cThey spoke to me of elders\u2019 stories. \u00a0This is what I came up with.\u201d With help from her mother-in-law, Cardinal was able to put together traditional moose hide and wolf fur for the photos. \u00a0Preparing for the shoot took about… <\/p>\n

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By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. \u2014 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 \u201cwanted to give it a shot\u201d and was heavily influenced by her upbringing to put together the photo collection. \u201cMy aunties, and of course my grandma,\u201d said Cardinal. \u00a0\u201cThey spoke to me of elders\u2019 stories. \u00a0This is what I came up with.\u201d With help from her mother-in-law, Cardinal was able to put together traditional moose hide and wolf fur for the photos. \u00a0Preparing for the shoot took about... <\/p>\n

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