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Philomene Gladue lived for most of her 106 years at a place she dearly loved , along the quiet lakeshore of Lesser Slave Lake in northern Alberta.

Born and raised in Kinuso (Swan River Indian reserve) it is believed Philomene was actually 112-years-old when she passed away April 4, 1990.

When she was a young girl, birthdates were usually never registered until children were baptized. Philomene's family members say she wasn't baptized until she was five or six years old.

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Philomene Gladue lived for most of her 106 years at a place she dearly loved , along the quiet lakeshore of Lesser Slave Lake in northern Alberta.

Born and raised in Kinuso (Swan River Indian reserve) it is believed Philomene was actually 112-years-old when she passed away April 4, 1990.

When she was a young girl, birthdates were usually never registered until children were baptized. Philomene's family members say she wasn't baptized until she was five or six years old.

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Philomene Gladue lived for most of her 106 years at a place she dearly loved , along the quiet lakeshore of Lesser Slave Lake in northern Alberta.

Born and raised in Kinuso (Swan River Indian reserve) it is believed Philomene was actually 112-years-old when she passed away April 4, 1990.

When she was a young girl, birthdates were usually never registered until children were baptized. Philomene's family members say she wasn't baptized until she was five or six years old.

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Philomene Gladue lived for most of her 106 years at a place she dearly loved , along the quiet lakeshore of Lesser Slave Lake in northern Alberta.

Born and raised in Kinuso (Swan River Indian reserve) it is believed Philomene was actually 112-years-old when she passed away April 4, 1990.

When she was a young girl, birthdates were usually never registered until children were baptized. Philomene's family members say she wasn't baptized until she was five or six years old.

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In the early 1930s word went out that Metis families were needed around Fishing Lake to establish a home base for Metis people. Victoria Fayant, along with her husband and their families, heard the call and made the journey from Biggar, Sask. to the grazing hills just inside the Alberta border.

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In the early 1930s word went out that Metis families were needed around Fishing Lake to establish a home base for Metis people. Victoria Fayant, along with her husband and their families, heard the call and made the journey from Biggar, Sask. to the grazing hills just inside the Alberta border.

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In the early 1930s word went out that Metis families were needed around Fishing Lake to establish a home base for Metis people. Victoria Fayant, along with her husband and their families, heard the call and made the journey from Biggar, Sask. to the grazing hills just inside the Alberta border.

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In the early 1930s word went out that Metis families were needed around Fishing Lake to establish a home base for Metis people. Victoria Fayant, along with her husband and their families, heard the call and made the journey from Biggar, Sask. to the grazing hills just inside the Alberta border.

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Canadian Native languages are being lost because parents neglect to teach their children.

Sheila Keizie, a Cree language teacher at Anzac, regrets that her two daughters did not learn to speak their mother tongue. They both speak English and the youngest can understand Cree but can't speak it. Ironically, she's learning to speak French.

Keizie grew up in an environment where Cree was a necessity. It's now hardly found in modern society.

"You hardly meet anyone now, who will speak to you in Cree," she said.

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Canadian Native languages are being lost because parents neglect to teach their children.

Sheila Keizie, a Cree language teacher at Anzac, regrets that her two daughters did not learn to speak their mother tongue. They both speak English and the youngest can understand Cree but can't speak it. Ironically, she's learning to speak French.

Keizie grew up in an environment where Cree was a necessity. It's now hardly found in modern society.

"You hardly meet anyone now, who will speak to you in Cree," she said.