Students at the Chief Poundmaker School on the Poundmaker Cree Nation in Saskatchewan participated in a local spelling bee in December 2015. Photo by Nicole Jordan / Treaty Six Education Council / Facebook
The inaugural First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee takes place April 8 on the Poundmaker Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. About 140 Native students from schools across the province have registered for the event, The Battlefords News-Optimist reported. The top three spellers will advance to the Spelling Bee of Canada in Ontario on May 15. "This is a first ever for Native people," organizer Pauline Favel told the paper. The Chief Poundmaker School is hosting the First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee. Get the Story:
First Nation spelling bee champs to move on to national competition (The Battlefords News-Optimist 2/18)
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