With funding in place through the Department of Culture and Heritage, elders gatherings at the Kenojuak Cultural Centre will once again take place in the coming weeks.

Perhaps nobody is more elated than Louisa Parr, the cultural centreSA国际影视传媒檚 manager, who submitted the funding application.

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Several gatherings were held last year so senior guests could socialize, drink tea, eat seal meat and enjoy the ambience of the communitySA国际影视传媒檚 new arts building. The largest get-together took place just before Christmas when 40 people showed up and feasted on geese and bannock, Parr noted.

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Parr said sheSA国际影视传媒檒l make announcements in the community once the date is set for the next elders gathering.