Medicine Hat College recently hosted the Kainai Chieftainship Ceremony, where the Blood Tribe inducted two new Honorary Chiefs. Elder Jim Langston explained that “when you are inducted into the Chieftainship, you become part of the Blood Tribe… We contribute as best we can to the security, the future, the education, and all kinds of things involving the Blood Tribe.” Medicine Hat MLA Robert (Bob) E Wanner and First Nations lawyer Joanne Crook became Honorary Chiefs. Wanner received the Blackfoot name iitis ooks kah sii – The One Who Runs In Front, to reflect his leadership during his career in social work and public service, while Crook received the name Aah Pom aa kii – A Woman From Across The Water.
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