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"She wanted to listen to the people who were struggling in whatever way it was, and help them in that way, and give with whatever they’re really struggling with." (Lorraine Melchior)"
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Margaret Waterchief was a Blackfoot elder and Anglican priest. A member of the Siksika Nation and the Piikani Nation, Waterchief attended the St. Cyprian's Anglican Residential School in Piikani until the age of 17. As a residential school student she was discouraged from speaking the Blackfoot language and was prevented from seeing her family, who lived nearby, beyond a few hours each Saturday. A
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"For many of us, Margaret was the face of the new Indigenous church we are living into: great kindness and compassion for all people, a willingness to embrace a new future, and a loving connection to the past." (Mark MacDonald)"
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"I believe she gave people confidence that the Indigenous church had substance -- intelligence, theological grounding and fair-minded, strong love towards all peoples and creatures."
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