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National Aboriginal Day celebrated throughout Creston Valley

The Lower Kootenay Band, Creston library and elementary school students took part in National Aboriginal Day...
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Students from around the Creston Valley visited the Lower Kootenay Bank complex on National Aboriginal Day.


About 270 Creston Valley elementary school students were bused to the Lower Kootenay Band complex on Friday to participate in National Aboriginal Day activities, which included face-painting and joining the Lower Kootenay Band drummers to pound out a beat that filled the room.

During the event, Lower Kootenay Band Chief Jason Louie arrived with other cyclists who completed a trip from Bonners Ferry, Idaho, to raise awareness of diabetes.

In Creston that afternoon, Louie and Creston and District Public Library chief librarian Aaron Francis unveiled a new welcome sign at the library. The sign is among several initiatives designed to forge closer ties between the LKB and the library.