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Ms Shearer's Dance 9-12 Class learn a Kwakiutl traditional dance

 
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Ms Shearer's Dance 9-12 Class learn a Kwakiutl traditional dance
by Bettina Perron - Tuesday, 24 January 2017, 1:04 PM
 

Kiara Child and the students in Dance 9-12 hosted Kwakwaka’wakw guests Kaleb Child and Hazel Wilson to learn about Kwakiutl traditional dancing and the history of button blankets. As part of their learning students were able to wear some of the cultural regalia and to practice the ladies dance and the salmon dance.