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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE Wanbdi Wakita (left) says a prayer with elder Ernie Daniels, Maata Evaluardjuk-Palmer, and Piita Irniq at the opening ceremony of the Maamiikwendan Gathering at the Fairmont in Winnipeg on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. For Maggie Macintosh story. Winnipeg Free Press 2019.