Burns Lake Youth Nominated
Burns Lake Youth Nominated
Brooklyn Haizimsque of the Wet’suwet’en has been nominated for the female youth representative of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN).
As a youth representative, her role would be to travel to other communities and engage with them.
Haizimsque is a Grade 11 student at the Lakes District Secondary School and has been a consistent honour roll student.
Haizimsque said, she has hosted a ribbon skirt workshop.
During the workshop, two girls didn’t know how to use a sewing machine and they asked Haizimsque to teach them how to use it. She said, “They were very excited to be able to make their own ribbon skirts.”
Leona Prince from Lake Babine Nation started a girl’s group which Haizimsque joined.
She said, “Leona had been doing it for a long time and it’s where I started making my ribbon skirts.”
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