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BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The grand opening of the Manitoba First Nations School System took place on Wednesday. The new school system is a First Nations- led education transformation initiative. It will assist First Nations schools to address the quality of education through culturally relevant programming to improve student outcomes including student retention, completion and graduation rates. The event happened at Sergeant Tommy Prince School, Brokenhead Ojibway Nation. L-R Lorne C. Keeper – Executive Director of the MFNERC, Hon. Jane Philpott - Minister of Indigenous Services, (hidden behind hoop dancer) Chief Jim Bear - (Brokenhead Ojibway Nation), Grand Chief Sheila North Wilson - Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO), and Grand Chief Arlen Dumas - Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC). Here they watch 53 year old hoop dancer George Bear. OCT. 11, 2017