Few can say they’re 100-per-cent Indigenous but Lillian Lerat is close

Oct 15, 2024 | 4:12 PM

Cowessess elder Lillian Lerat made a surprising discovery while researching her family tree — she is 99.6 per-cent Indigenous.

Born Lillian Assiniboine in 1945 on the Ochapowace First Nation, to Frank Assinboine and Alice Louison. She has lived through and experienced many changes in the province.

Her great-grandfather Possimosis (Little Assiniboine) was an original member of the Chakachas band, which was reinstated as a First Nation earlier this year.

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Few can say they’re 100-per-cent Indigenous but Lillian Lerat is close

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