{"id":3778,"date":"2019-06-21T16:08:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T22:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/gravelbourg\/?p=3778"},"modified":"2019-06-21T16:08:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T22:08:32","slug":"new-tradition-for-egs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/new-tradition-for-egs\/","title":{"rendered":"New Tradition for EGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 21, National Aboriginal Day, a new tradition was started at Ecole Gravelbourg School.<\/p>\n<p>In Aboriginal culture, a star blanket is a cherished gift that symbolizes respect and honor. It is given to community members who are revered.<\/p>\n<p>The staff and students of EGS will be presenting a blanket annually. This year, the first one was given to Nicole Fister. She is a Metis elder, and has been a source of inspiration and guidance to many. The blanket was personalized for her and draped around her shoulders to show that she is loved and respected.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3779\" src=\"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/gravelbourg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/06\/Blanket-wrapped-on-Nicole-back-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/06\/Blanket-wrapped-on-Nicole-back-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/06\/Blanket-wrapped-on-Nicole-back.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3780\" src=\"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/gravelbourg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/06\/Blanket-wrapped-on-Nicole-front-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/06\/Blanket-wrapped-on-Nicole-front-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/06\/Blanket-wrapped-on-Nicole-front.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3781\" src=\"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/gravelbourg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2019\/06\/Nicole-presented-with-blanket-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/06\/Nicole-presented-with-blanket-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/06\/Nicole-presented-with-blanket.jpg 505w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 21, National Aboriginal Day, a new tradition was started at Ecole Gravelbourg School. In Aboriginal culture, a star blanket is a cherished gift that symbolizes respect and honor.&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/new-tradition-for-egs\/\" class=\"button button-primary\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Tradition for EGS<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.prairiesouth.ca\/sites\/gravelbourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}