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NIPD to celebrate diverse Indigenous cultures in Maple Ridge

Although Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows are on the unceded, ancestral lands of the Katzie First Nation and Kwantlen First Nation, a diverse Indigenous community comes together for celebrations.  National Indigenous Peoples Day (NIPD) is one of them.  After two years of pandemic-related restrictions, the day is back for its 11th in-person celebration this Saturday.  […]

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