Alexandra Noad

Lethbridge Herald

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The Sage Clan’s mandate is to bring both the homeless and housed people of Lethbridge and their latest event was proof of the sense of community they are promoting.

On Monday evening, in collaboration with Dr. Esther Tailfeathers, assistant dean of Indigenous Health at the Cummings School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, and members of her team, Sage Clan hosted an educational event on smudging protocols and dealing with mental health.

Abbe Pawluk, communications manager for Sage Clan says the evening was about building bridges while also offering tools to better understand each other.

“This event helps bring people together, celebrate Blackfoot culture, understand what smudging is, the cultural practices

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