'He lost his spirit': Family wants answers after Indigenous man’s braids cut at Edmonton hospital

'Should never have happened': Braids of Sask. Indigenous man cut off in Edmonton hospital

Family members are calling for change after the braids of an elderly Indigenous man from Pasqua First Nation in southeast Saskatchewan were cut off and thrown away during a hospital stay in Edmonton.

Indigenous man’s braids cut off, thrown away in Edmonton hospital

Alberta Health: ‘deeply regrettable and should never have happened’

Family calls for changes after Indigenous elder's braids cut off without consent in hospital

Family members are calling for changes and safeguards after an elderly Indigenous man’s braids were cut off and thrown away during a hospital stay in Edmonton.

Indigenous man’s braids cut off in Edmonton hospital in ‘deeply regrettable’ incident

Indigenous man, 84, had braids cut off and thrown away at Edmonton hospital

Family speaks out after Pasqua First Nation man's braids cut off in Edmonton hospital

Alberta Health Services says it has taken a number of steps to better train staff, after an Indigenous man's braids were cut off and thrown away while he was in an Edmonton hospital.

‘Essence of his spirit’: Family of Indigenous man who had braids cut off in Alberta hospital

Crowe said her uncle was a day school survivor and that because it wasn't culturally safe to have long hair while in school, he decided to grow his hair out when he became older.