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By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com BIIGTIGONG NISHNAABEG \u2014 Chief Duncan Michano says Saturday will be an emotional day. That\u2019s the day the chief of Biigtigong Nishnaabeg is scheduled to meet Martha Mason, the representative of a southern Ontario family that is formally donating to the community 165 acres of land in the North Shore First Nation\u2019s traditional territory, which has been owned by her and her relatives for over a century. Michano told Newswatch on Thursday this is what reconciliation looks like in action. \u201cThey did that out of the kindness of their hearts,\u201d he said. \u201cI love those people \u2014 I haven’t met (Martha) yet, but I’m probably going to cry when I meet her.\u201d \u201cThat is true reconciliation.\u201d The Mason family will be honoured on… <\/p>\n

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By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com BIIGTIGONG NISHNAABEG \u2014 Chief Duncan Michano says Saturday will be an emotional day. That\u2019s the day the chief of Biigtigong Nishnaabeg is scheduled to meet Martha Mason, the representative of a southern Ontario family that is formally donating to the community 165 acres of land in the North Shore First Nation\u2019s traditional territory, which has been owned by her and her relatives for over a century. Michano told Newswatch on Thursday this is what reconciliation looks like in action. \u201cThey did that out of the kindness of their hearts,\u201d he said. \u201cI love those people \u2014 I haven’t met (Martha) yet, but I’m probably going to cry when I meet her.\u201d \u201cThat is true reconciliation.\u201d The Mason family will be honoured on... <\/p>\n

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