During his first year of post-secondary, when University of Saskatchewan student Sawyer Kopec attended his first powwow, he felt ill-suited to participate in any of the traditions. A Métis student from Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Kopec grew up in a small rural community with very little of his culture around him. Attending that powwow, feeling unconnected, became a major catalyst for change in Kopec. “I didn’t feel comfortable there. There were peopl…
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