Sweetgrass First Nation celebrates new school build with sod turning ceremony
Under a snowy sky, the community of Sweetgrass First Nation officially marked the building of its new school with a blessing ceremony and shovels turning sod.
“It’s hard to describe how I’m feeling,” said Chief Lorie Whitecalf of the event on Thursday.
“I woke up this morning excited, a bit anxious about how today would turn out, came and attended the pipe ceremony – that calmed me, and I knew everything was going to work out.”
The day’s event was 23 years in the making after recommendations a new school be built to replace the current school. The excitement in the air was palpable as community elders, government representatives and the community itself turned out to witness the golden shovels turn the sod.