There are growing calls for accountability after the cutting of a First Nations elder's braids while in Edmonton's Royal ...

Crowe said her uncle was a day school survivor and that because it wasn't culturally safe to have long hair while in school, he decided to grow his hair out when he became older.

The family of an Indigenous man whose braids were cut and thrown away while he was staying in an Edmonton hospital want ...

After her uncle’s braids were cut off, it was as though he lost his ... Dexter Adams eventually was transferred to a long-term care bed and died within a few weeks. In a news conference Tuesday ...

said braids have a deep cultural meaning, and to have them cut off without consent was crushing. "My uncle was a day school survivor, and in his era it wasn't culturally safe to have long hair.

Family of an Indigenous man whose braids were cut and thrown away while he was staying in an Edmonton hospital want answers.

EDMONTON - Alberta Health Services says it has taken a number of steps to better train staff, after an Indigenous man’s braids were cut off and thrown away while he was in an Edmonton hospital.

So as he got older, he grew his hair long … To be able to ... And to have that cut off — it was a huge change in him. “The braids were found in the garbage on top of soiled adult diapers ...

Crowe said Eve was undergoing cancer treatment and could no longer care for him at home. On March 23, a nurse cut off Adams braids and threw them, a container of bear grease and an eagle feather in ...

said braids have a deep cultural meaning, and to have them cut off without consent was crushing. “My uncle was a day school survivor, and in his era it wasn’t culturally safe to have long hair ...