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Sitting in the shade of her tent, 53-year-old Margaret St. Pierre munched reflectively on a piece of dried meat. The Wollaston Lake, Sask. woman was thinking about the significance of her 63-day, 1,300 km pilgrimage to Lac Ste. Anne.

St. Pierre, the oldest of the seven women to complete the journey, said she and Marie Bonnie, Bernadette Tsannie, Sarah Tsannie, Marlene Kkaikka, Annie Dzeylion, and Susan Hansen did a lot of praying during their two-month trek to Lac Ste. Anne, 80 km west of Edmonton.

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Sitting in the shade of her tent, 53-year-old Margaret St. Pierre munched reflectively on a piece of dried meat. The Wollaston Lake, Sask. woman was thinking about the significance of her 63-day, 1,300 km pilgrimage to Lac Ste. Anne.

St. Pierre, the oldest of the seven women to complete the journey, said she and Marie Bonnie, Bernadette Tsannie, Sarah Tsannie, Marlene Kkaikka, Annie Dzeylion, and Susan Hansen did a lot of praying during their two-month trek to Lac Ste. Anne, 80 km west of Edmonton.

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Sitting in the shade of her tent, 53-year-old Margaret St. Pierre munched reflectively on a piece of dried meat. The Wollaston Lake, Sask. woman was thinking about the significance of her 63-day, 1,300 km pilgrimage to Lac Ste. Anne.

St. Pierre, the oldest of the seven women to complete the journey, said she and Marie Bonnie, Bernadette Tsannie, Sarah Tsannie, Marlene Kkaikka, Annie Dzeylion, and Susan Hansen did a lot of praying during their two-month trek to Lac Ste. Anne, 80 km west of Edmonton.

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Sitting in the shade of her tent, 53-year-old Margaret St. Pierre munched reflectively on a piece of dried meat. The Wollaston Lake, Sask. woman was thinking about the significance of her 63-day, 1,300 km pilgrimage to Lac Ste. Anne.

St. Pierre, the oldest of the seven women to complete the journey, said she and Marie Bonnie, Bernadette Tsannie, Sarah Tsannie, Marlene Kkaikka, Annie Dzeylion, and Susan Hansen did a lot of praying during their two-month trek to Lac Ste. Anne, 80 km west of Edmonton.

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Sitting in the shade of her tent, 53-year-old Margaret St. Pierre munched reflectively on a piece of dried meat. The Wollaston Lake, Sask. woman was thinking about the significance of her 63-day, 1,300 km pilgrimage to Lac Ste. Anne.

St. Pierre, the oldest of the seven women to complete the journey, said she and Marie Bonnie, Bernadette Tsannie, Sarah Tsannie, Marlene Kkaikka, Annie Dzeylion, and Susan Hansen did a lot of praying during their two-month trek to Lac Ste. Anne, 80 km west of Edmonton.

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Sitting in the shade of her tent, 53-year-old Margaret St. Pierre munched reflectively on a piece of dried meat. The Wollaston Lake, Sask. woman was thinking about the significance of her 63-day, 1,300 km pilgrimage to Lac Ste. Anne.

St. Pierre, the oldest of the seven women to complete the journey, said she and Marie Bonnie, Bernadette Tsannie, Sarah Tsannie, Marlene Kkaikka, Annie Dzeylion, and Susan Hansen did a lot of praying during their two-month trek to Lac Ste. Anne, 80 km west of Edmonton.

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Sitting in the shade of her tent, 53-year-old Margaret St. Pierre munched reflectively on a piece of dried meat. The Wollaston Lake, Sask. woman was thinking about the significance of her 63-day, 1,300 km pilgrimage to Lac Ste. Anne.

St. Pierre, the oldest of the seven women to complete the journey, said she and Marie Bonnie, Bernadette Tsannie, Sarah Tsannie, Marlene Kkaikka, Annie Dzeylion, and Susan Hansen did a lot of praying during their two-month trek to Lac Ste. Anne, 80 km west of Edmonton.

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I don't know if any of you have heard, but it's not easy being a Native writer in this country. Oh, I know the images that are going through your head. You're thinking of all the rumors you've heard. The stories of the limousines, the scantily clad girls and guys, the all-night drumming parties, a buckskin suit for every day of the week, the fabulous homes with indoor lacrosse facilities. But I'm sorry, you can only have your nails buffed so many times before you get bored.

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I don't know if any of you have heard, but it's not easy being a Native writer in this country. Oh, I know the images that are going through your head. You're thinking of all the rumors you've heard. The stories of the limousines, the scantily clad girls and guys, the all-night drumming parties, a buckskin suit for every day of the week, the fabulous homes with indoor lacrosse facilities. But I'm sorry, you can only have your nails buffed so many times before you get bored.

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I don't know if any of you have heard, but it's not easy being a Native writer in this country. Oh, I know the images that are going through your head. You're thinking of all the rumors you've heard. The stories of the limousines, the scantily clad girls and guys, the all-night drumming parties, a buckskin suit for every day of the week, the fabulous homes with indoor lacrosse facilities. But I'm sorry, you can only have your nails buffed so many times before you get bored.