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- 2014-03-28 (Contribution)
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- 1 wooden post
- 1 piece of barbed wire
- 1 stone wrapped in a red cloth
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Items submitted by Theodore "Ted" Fontaine at the Alberta National Event on March 28, 2014 in Edmonton AB.
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Items from Fort Alexander School submitted by Theodore "Ted" Fontaine" at the Alberta National Event. Theodore Fontaine, during his Expression of Reconciliation, described the items in his speech: "They're not a memento of pride and joy but of a remembrance and reconciliation. There was a piece of barbwire that incarcerated us, wood from a wall that divided us, and a stone which formed part of the residential school and grounded us to the earth."
- Worn wooden post, 53 cm long, from Fort Alexander Residential School.
- Rusty barbed wire from Fort Alexander Residential School.
- Stone wrapped and tied in red cloth. All items wrapped together in large red cloth.
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- Theodore "Ted" Fontaine (Contributor)
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Draft
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- English
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- Latin