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HALIFAX - The North American Indigenous Games officially kicked off Sunday evening with the prime minister in attendance, as thousands of Indigenous athletes from across the continent filled the main hockey arena in Halifax.

The North American Indigenous Games officially kicked off Sunday evening with the prime minister in attendance, as thousands of Indigenous athletes from across the continent filled the main hockey arena in Halifax.

The North American Indigenous Games officially kicked off Sunday evening, as thousands of Indigenous athletes from across the continent filled the main hockey arena in Halifax.

HALIFAX — The North American Indigenous Games have officially kicked off, as thousands of Indigenous athletes, coaches and team personnel from across the continent — including more than 500 from Saskatchewan — filled the main hockey arena in Halifax.

Nina Kent says she learned about practices like the use of moss bags when she became a mother and is now passing that knowledge on to women in Eskasoni, N.S., and beyond.